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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/aquantia/atlantic.txt b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/aquantia/atlantic.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..d235cbaeccc6 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/aquantia/atlantic.txt @@ -0,0 +1,439 @@ +aQuantia AQtion Driver for the aQuantia Multi-Gigabit PCI Express Family of +Ethernet Adapters +============================================================================= + +Contents +======== + +- Identifying Your Adapter +- Configuration +- Supported ethtool options +- Command Line Parameters +- Config file parameters +- Support +- License + +Identifying Your Adapter +======================== + +The driver in this release is compatible with AQC-100, AQC-107, AQC-108 based ethernet adapters. + + +SFP+ Devices (for AQC-100 based adapters) +---------------------------------- + +This release tested with passive Direct Attach Cables (DAC) and SFP+/LC Optical Transceiver. + +Configuration +========================= + Viewing Link Messages + --------------------- + Link messages will not be displayed to the console if the distribution is + restricting system messages. In order to see network driver link messages on + your console, set dmesg to eight by entering the following: + + dmesg -n 8 + + NOTE: This setting is not saved across reboots. + + Jumbo Frames + ------------ + The driver supports Jumbo Frames for all adapters. Jumbo Frames support is + enabled by changing the MTU to a value larger than the default of 1500. + The maximum value for the MTU is 16000. Use the `ip` command to + increase the MTU size. For example: + + ip link set mtu 16000 dev enp1s0 + + ethtool + ------- + The driver utilizes the ethtool interface for driver configuration and + diagnostics, as well as displaying statistical information. The latest + ethtool version is required for this functionality. + + NAPI + ---- + NAPI (Rx polling mode) is supported in the atlantic driver. + +Supported ethtool options +============================ + Viewing adapter settings + --------------------- + ethtool <ethX> + + Output example: + + Settings for enp1s0: + Supported ports: [ TP ] + Supported link modes: 100baseT/Full + 1000baseT/Full + 10000baseT/Full + 2500baseT/Full + 5000baseT/Full + Supported pause frame use: Symmetric + Supports auto-negotiation: Yes + Supported FEC modes: Not reported + Advertised link modes: 100baseT/Full + 1000baseT/Full + 10000baseT/Full + 2500baseT/Full + 5000baseT/Full + Advertised pause frame use: Symmetric + Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes + Advertised FEC modes: Not reported + Speed: 10000Mb/s + Duplex: Full + Port: Twisted Pair + PHYAD: 0 + Transceiver: internal + Auto-negotiation: on + MDI-X: Unknown + Supports Wake-on: g + Wake-on: d + Link detected: yes + + --- + Note: AQrate speeds (2.5/5 Gb/s) will be displayed only with linux kernels > 4.10. + But you can still use these speeds: + ethtool -s eth0 autoneg off speed 2500 + + Viewing adapter information + --------------------- + ethtool -i <ethX> + + Output example: + + driver: atlantic + version: 5.2.0-050200rc5-generic-kern + firmware-version: 3.1.78 + expansion-rom-version: + bus-info: 0000:01:00.0 + supports-statistics: yes + supports-test: no + supports-eeprom-access: no + supports-register-dump: yes + supports-priv-flags: no + + + Viewing Ethernet adapter statistics: + --------------------- + ethtool -S <ethX> + + Output example: + NIC statistics: + InPackets: 13238607 + InUCast: 13293852 + InMCast: 52 + InBCast: 3 + InErrors: 0 + OutPackets: 23703019 + OutUCast: 23704941 + OutMCast: 67 + OutBCast: 11 + InUCastOctects: 213182760 + OutUCastOctects: 22698443 + InMCastOctects: 6600 + OutMCastOctects: 8776 + InBCastOctects: 192 + OutBCastOctects: 704 + InOctects: 2131839552 + OutOctects: 226938073 + InPacketsDma: 95532300 + OutPacketsDma: 59503397 + InOctetsDma: 1137102462 + OutOctetsDma: 2394339518 + InDroppedDma: 0 + Queue[0] InPackets: 23567131 + Queue[0] OutPackets: 20070028 + Queue[0] InJumboPackets: 0 + Queue[0] InLroPackets: 0 + Queue[0] InErrors: 0 + Queue[1] InPackets: 45428967 + Queue[1] OutPackets: 11306178 + Queue[1] InJumboPackets: 0 + Queue[1] InLroPackets: 0 + Queue[1] InErrors: 0 + Queue[2] InPackets: 3187011 + Queue[2] OutPackets: 13080381 + Queue[2] InJumboPackets: 0 + Queue[2] InLroPackets: 0 + Queue[2] InErrors: 0 + Queue[3] InPackets: 23349136 + Queue[3] OutPackets: 15046810 + Queue[3] InJumboPackets: 0 + Queue[3] InLroPackets: 0 + Queue[3] InErrors: 0 + + Interrupt coalescing support + --------------------------------- + ITR mode, TX/RX coalescing timings could be viewed with: + + ethtool -c <ethX> + + and changed with: + + ethtool -C <ethX> tx-usecs <usecs> rx-usecs <usecs> + + To disable coalescing: + + ethtool -C <ethX> tx-usecs 0 rx-usecs 0 tx-max-frames 1 tx-max-frames 1 + + Wake on LAN support + --------------------------------- + + WOL support by magic packet: + + ethtool -s <ethX> wol g + + To disable WOL: + + ethtool -s <ethX> wol d + + Set and check the driver message level + --------------------------------- + + Set message level + + ethtool -s <ethX> msglvl <level> + + Level values: + + 0x0001 - general driver status. + 0x0002 - hardware probing. + 0x0004 - link state. + 0x0008 - periodic status check. + 0x0010 - interface being brought down. + 0x0020 - interface being brought up. + 0x0040 - receive error. + 0x0080 - transmit error. + 0x0200 - interrupt handling. + 0x0400 - transmit completion. + 0x0800 - receive completion. + 0x1000 - packet contents. + 0x2000 - hardware status. + 0x4000 - Wake-on-LAN status. + + By default, the level of debugging messages is set 0x0001(general driver status). + + Check message level + + ethtool <ethX> | grep "Current message level" + + If you want to disable the output of messages + + ethtool -s <ethX> msglvl 0 + + RX flow rules (ntuple filters) + --------------------------------- + There are separate rules supported, that applies in that order: + 1. 16 VLAN ID rules + 2. 16 L2 EtherType rules + 3. 8 L3/L4 5-Tuple rules + + + The driver utilizes the ethtool interface for configuring ntuple filters, + via "ethtool -N <device> <filter>". + + To enable or disable the RX flow rules: + + ethtool -K ethX ntuple <on|off> + + When disabling ntuple filters, all the user programed filters are + flushed from the driver cache and hardware. All needed filters must + be re-added when ntuple is re-enabled. + + Because of the fixed order of the rules, the location of filters is also fixed: + - Locations 0 - 15 for VLAN ID filters + - Locations 16 - 31 for L2 EtherType filters + - Locations 32 - 39 for L3/L4 5-tuple filters (locations 32, 36 for IPv6) + + The L3/L4 5-tuple (protocol, source and destination IP address, source and + destination TCP/UDP/SCTP port) is compared against 8 filters. For IPv4, up to + 8 source and destination addresses can be matched. For IPv6, up to 2 pairs of + addresses can be supported. Source and destination ports are only compared for + TCP/UDP/SCTP packets. + + To add a filter that directs packet to queue 5, use <-N|-U|--config-nfc|--config-ntuple> switch: + + ethtool -N <ethX> flow-type udp4 src-ip 10.0.0.1 dst-ip 10.0.0.2 src-port 2000 dst-port 2001 action 5 <loc 32> + + - action is the queue number. + - loc is the rule number. + + For "flow-type ip4|udp4|tcp4|sctp4|ip6|udp6|tcp6|sctp6" you must set the loc + number within 32 - 39. + For "flow-type ip4|udp4|tcp4|sctp4|ip6|udp6|tcp6|sctp6" you can set 8 rules + for traffic IPv4 or you can set 2 rules for traffic IPv6. Loc number traffic + IPv6 is 32 and 36. + At the moment you can not use IPv4 and IPv6 filters at the same time. + + Example filter for IPv6 filter traffic: + + sudo ethtool -N <ethX> flow-type tcp6 src-ip 2001:db8:0:f101::1 dst-ip 2001:db8:0:f101::2 action 1 loc 32 + sudo ethtool -N <ethX> flow-type ip6 src-ip 2001:db8:0:f101::2 dst-ip 2001:db8:0:f101::5 action -1 loc 36 + + Example filter for IPv4 filter traffic: + + sudo ethtool -N <ethX> flow-type udp4 src-ip 10.0.0.4 dst-ip 10.0.0.7 src-port 2000 dst-port 2001 loc 32 + sudo ethtool -N <ethX> flow-type tcp4 src-ip 10.0.0.3 dst-ip 10.0.0.9 src-port 2000 dst-port 2001 loc 33 + sudo ethtool -N <ethX> flow-type ip4 src-ip 10.0.0.6 dst-ip 10.0.0.4 loc 34 + + If you set action -1, then all traffic corresponding to the filter will be discarded. + The maximum value action is 31. + + + The VLAN filter (VLAN id) is compared against 16 filters. + VLAN id must be accompanied by mask 0xF000. That is to distinguish VLAN filter + from L2 Ethertype filter with UserPriority since both User Priority and VLAN ID + are passed in the same 'vlan' parameter. + + To add a filter that directs packets from VLAN 2001 to queue 5: + ethtool -N <ethX> flow-type ip4 vlan 2001 m 0xF000 action 1 loc 0 + + + L2 EtherType filters allows filter packet by EtherType field or both EtherType + and User Priority (PCP) field of 802.1Q. + UserPriority (vlan) parameter must be accompanied by mask 0x1FFF. That is to + distinguish VLAN filter from L2 Ethertype filter with UserPriority since both + User Priority and VLAN ID are passed in the same 'vlan' parameter. + + To add a filter that directs IP4 packess of priority 3 to queue 3: + ethtool -N <ethX> flow-type ether proto 0x800 vlan 0x600 m 0x1FFF action 3 loc 16 + + + To see the list of filters currently present: + + ethtool <-u|-n|--show-nfc|--show-ntuple> <ethX> + + Rules may be deleted from the table itself. This is done using: + + sudo ethtool <-N|-U|--config-nfc|--config-ntuple> <ethX> delete <loc> + + - loc is the rule number to be deleted. + + Rx filters is an interface to load the filter table that funnels all flow + into queue 0 unless an alternative queue is specified using "action". In that + case, any flow that matches the filter criteria will be directed to the + appropriate queue. RX filters is supported on all kernels 2.6.30 and later. + + RSS for UDP + --------------------------------- + Currently, NIC does not support RSS for fragmented IP packets, which leads to + incorrect working of RSS for fragmented UDP traffic. To disable RSS for UDP the + RX Flow L3/L4 rule may be used. + + Example: + ethtool -N eth0 flow-type udp4 action 0 loc 32 + +Command Line Parameters +======================= +The following command line parameters are available on atlantic driver: + +aq_itr -Interrupt throttling mode +---------------------------------------- +Accepted values: 0, 1, 0xFFFF +Default value: 0xFFFF +0 - Disable interrupt throttling. +1 - Enable interrupt throttling and use specified tx and rx rates. +0xFFFF - Auto throttling mode. Driver will choose the best RX and TX + interrupt throtting settings based on link speed. + +aq_itr_tx - TX interrupt throttle rate +---------------------------------------- +Accepted values: 0 - 0x1FF +Default value: 0 +TX side throttling in microseconds. Adapter will setup maximum interrupt delay +to this value. Minimum interrupt delay will be a half of this value + +aq_itr_rx - RX interrupt throttle rate +---------------------------------------- +Accepted values: 0 - 0x1FF +Default value: 0 +RX side throttling in microseconds. Adapter will setup maximum interrupt delay +to this value. Minimum interrupt delay will be a half of this value + +Note: ITR settings could be changed in runtime by ethtool -c means (see below) + +Config file parameters +======================= +For some fine tuning and performance optimizations, +some parameters can be changed in the {source_dir}/aq_cfg.h file. + +AQ_CFG_RX_PAGEORDER +---------------------------------------- +Default value: 0 +RX page order override. Thats a power of 2 number of RX pages allocated for +each descriptor. Received descriptor size is still limited by AQ_CFG_RX_FRAME_MAX. +Increasing pageorder makes page reuse better (actual on iommu enabled systems). + +AQ_CFG_RX_REFILL_THRES +---------------------------------------- +Default value: 32 +RX refill threshold. RX path will not refill freed descriptors until the +specified number of free descriptors is observed. Larger values may help +better page reuse but may lead to packet drops as well. + +AQ_CFG_VECS_DEF +------------------------------------------------------------ +Number of queues +Valid Range: 0 - 8 (up to AQ_CFG_VECS_MAX) +Default value: 8 +Notice this value will be capped by the number of cores available on the system. + +AQ_CFG_IS_RSS_DEF +------------------------------------------------------------ +Enable/disable Receive Side Scaling + +This feature allows the adapter to distribute receive processing +across multiple CPU-cores and to prevent from overloading a single CPU core. + +Valid values +0 - disabled +1 - enabled + +Default value: 1 + +AQ_CFG_NUM_RSS_QUEUES_DEF +------------------------------------------------------------ +Number of queues for Receive Side Scaling +Valid Range: 0 - 8 (up to AQ_CFG_VECS_DEF) + +Default value: AQ_CFG_VECS_DEF + +AQ_CFG_IS_LRO_DEF +------------------------------------------------------------ +Enable/disable Large Receive Offload + +This offload enables the adapter to coalesce multiple TCP segments and indicate +them as a single coalesced unit to the OS networking subsystem. +The system consumes less energy but it also introduces more latency in packets processing. + +Valid values +0 - disabled +1 - enabled + +Default value: 1 + +AQ_CFG_TX_CLEAN_BUDGET +---------------------------------------- +Maximum descriptors to cleanup on TX at once. +Default value: 256 + +After the aq_cfg.h file changed the driver must be rebuilt to take effect. + +Support +======= + +If an issue is identified with the released source code on the supported +kernel with a supported adapter, email the specific information related +to the issue to support@aquantia.com + +License +======= + +aQuantia Corporation Network Driver +Copyright(c) 2014 - 2019 aQuantia Corporation. + +This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it +under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License, +version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation. |
