ix? / Intel(R) PRO/10GbE

Daniel Braniss danny at cs.huji.ac.il
Wed Feb 13 07:03:17 UTC 2013


thanks Luigi,
the 'confusion' could have been avoided if at least in the dmesg,
the fuller name was used, and yes, I hate apple/linux
just calling then eth0, eth1 :-)

danny

> ixgbe is the _driver name_, ix is the _interface name_ you
> see in ifconfig. The latter is usually shorter.
> 
> Also there are overlaps, e.g. the lem, em and igb drivers
> all map to "em" as interface name.
> 
> cheers
> luigi
> 
> 
> On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 7:21 AM, Daniel Braniss <danny at cs.huji.ac.il> wrote:
> 
> > I finally got a 10G card that is recognized by FreeBSD (9.1-stable):
> > ...
> > ix0: <Intel(R) PRO/10GbE PCI-Express Network Driver, Version - 2.4.8> port
> > 0xecc0-0xecdf mem 0xd9e80000-0xd9efffff,0xd9ff8000-0xd9ffbfff irq 40 at
> > device
> > 0.0 on pci4
> > ix0: Using MSIX interrupts with 9 vectors
> > ix0: RX Descriptors exceed system mbuf max, using default instead!
> > ix0: Ethernet address: 90:e2:ba:29:c0:54
> > ix0: PCI Express Bus: Speed 5.0Gb/s Width x8
> > ...
> > but it apperas as ix0/ix1, manuals only mention ixgb/e,
> > and ifconfig:
> >
> > ix0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
> >
> > options=401bb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCS
> > UM,TSO4,VLAN_HWTSO>
> >         ether 90:e2:ba:29:c0:54
> >         nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
> >         media: Ethernet autoselect
> >         status: no carrier
> > ix1: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
> >
> > options=401bb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCS
> > UM,TSO4,VLAN_HWTSO>
> >         ether 90:e2:ba:29:c0:55
> >         nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
> >         media: Ethernet autoselect
> >         status: no carrier
> >
> > and pciconf:
> > ix0 at pci0:4:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x7a118086 chip=0x10fb8086 rev=0x01
> > hdr=0x00
> >     vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
> >     device     = '82599EB 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ Network Connection'
> >     class      = network
> >     subclass   = ethernet
> >
> > Secondly how is this fixable:
> >         RX Descriptors exceed system mbuf max, using default instead!
> >
> > thanks,
> >         danny
> >
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> 
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> <div dir=3D"ltr"><font face=3D"courier new,monospace">ixgbe is the _driver =
> name_, ix is the _interface name_ you</font><div><font face=3D"courier new,=
> monospace">see in ifconfig. The latter is usually shorter.</font></div><div=
>  style>
> <br></div><div style><font face=3D"courier new, monospace">Also there are o=
> verlaps, e.g. the lem, em and igb drivers</font></div><div style><font face=
> =3D"courier new, monospace">all map to "em" as interface name.</f=
> ont></div>
> <div style><font face=3D"courier new, monospace"><br></font></div><div styl=
> e><font face=3D"courier new,monospace">cheers</font></div><div style><font =
> face=3D"courier new,monospace">luigi</font></div></div><div class=3D"gmail_=
> extra">
> <br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 7:21 AM, Daniel =
> Braniss <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:danny at cs.huji.ac.il" target=
> =3D"_blank">danny at cs.huji.ac.il</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=
> =3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padd=
> ing-left:1ex">
> I finally got a 10G card that is recognized by FreeBSD (9.1-stable):<br>
> ...<br>
> ix0: <Intel(R) PRO/10GbE PCI-Express Network Driver, Version - 2.4.8>=
>  port<br>
> 0xecc0-0xecdf mem 0xd9e80000-0xd9efffff,0xd9ff8000-0xd9ffbfff irq 40 at dev=
> ice<br>
> 0.0 on pci4<br>
> ix0: Using MSIX interrupts with 9 vectors<br>
> ix0: RX Descriptors exceed system mbuf max, using default instead!<br>
> ix0: Ethernet address: 90:e2:ba:29:c0:54<br>
> ix0: PCI Express Bus: Speed 5.0Gb/s Width x8<br>
> ...<br>
> but it apperas as ix0/ix1, manuals only mention ixgb/e,<br>
> and ifconfig:<br>
> <br>
> ix0: flags=3D8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500<br>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 options=3D401bb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JU=
> MBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCS<br>
> UM,TSO4,VLAN_HWTSO><br>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 ether 90:e2:ba:29:c0:54<br>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 nd6 options=3D21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL><br>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 media: Ethernet autoselect<br>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 status: no carrier<br>
> ix1: flags=3D8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500<br>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 options=3D401bb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JU=
> MBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCS<br>
> UM,TSO4,VLAN_HWTSO><br>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 ether 90:e2:ba:29:c0:55<br>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 nd6 options=3D21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL><br>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 media: Ethernet autoselect<br>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 status: no carrier<br>
> <br>
> and pciconf:<br>
> ix0 at pci0:4:0:0: class=3D0x020000 card=3D0x7a118086 chip=3D0x10fb8086 rev=3D=
> 0x01<br>
> hdr=3D0x00<br>
> =A0 =A0 vendor =A0 =A0 =3D 'Intel Corporation'<br>
> =A0 =A0 device =A0 =A0 =3D '82599EB 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ Network Connect=
> ion'<br>
> =A0 =A0 class =A0 =A0 =A0=3D network<br>
> =A0 =A0 subclass =A0 =3D ethernet<br>
> <br>
> Secondly how is this fixable:<br>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 RX Descriptors exceed system mbuf max, using default instea=
> d!<br>
> <br>
> thanks,<br>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 danny<br>
> <br>
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