diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 65a1482457a89ec9d6c5beec89464bc049f3f5e2..86334b6f8238409409debbcab2e89f60f4b080f1 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -308,9 +308,31 @@ Who: Matthew Wilcox --------------------------- +What: SCTP_GET_PEER_ADDRS_NUM_OLD, SCTP_GET_PEER_ADDRS_OLD, + SCTP_GET_LOCAL_ADDRS_NUM_OLD, SCTP_GET_LOCAL_ADDRS_OLD +When: June 2009 +Why: A newer version of the options have been introduced in 2005 that + removes the limitions of the old API. The sctp library has been + converted to use these new options at the same time. Any user + space app that directly uses the old options should convert to using + the new options. +Who: Vlad Yasevich + +--------------------------- + What: CONFIG_THERMAL_HWMON When: January 2009 Why: This option was introduced just to allow older lm-sensors userspace to keep working over the upgrade to 2.6.26. At the scheduled time of removal fixed lm-sensors (2.x or 3.x) should be readily available. Who: Rene Herman + +--------------------------- + +What: Code that is now under CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS + (in net/core/net-sysfs.c) +When: After the only user (hal) has seen a release with the patches + for enough time, probably some time in 2010. +Why: Over 1K .text/.data size reduction, data is available in other + ways (ioctls) +Who: Johannes Berg diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt index 15838d706ea24afaac3d1951d3452006b15d9742..44c97e6accb2655faed63b52e4bc63848571a7ab 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt @@ -233,12 +233,10 @@ accomplished via the group operations specified on the group's config_item_type. struct configfs_group_operations { - int (*make_item)(struct config_group *group, - const char *name, - struct config_item **new_item); - int (*make_group)(struct config_group *group, - const char *name, - struct config_group **new_group); + struct config_item *(*make_item)(struct config_group *group, + const char *name); + struct config_group *(*make_group)(struct config_group *group, + const char *name); int (*commit_item)(struct config_item *item); void (*disconnect_notify)(struct config_group *group, struct config_item *item); diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs_example.c b/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs_example.c index 0b422acd470c5826e269d6a98628b4cd0d81cf07..039648791701f6e1b74a970d36f361cab695ab64 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs_example.c +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs_example.c @@ -273,13 +273,13 @@ static inline struct simple_children *to_simple_children(struct config_item *ite return item ? container_of(to_config_group(item), struct simple_children, group) : NULL; } -static int simple_children_make_item(struct config_group *group, const char *name, struct config_item **new_item) +static struct config_item *simple_children_make_item(struct config_group *group, const char *name) { struct simple_child *simple_child; simple_child = kzalloc(sizeof(struct simple_child), GFP_KERNEL); if (!simple_child) - return -ENOMEM; + return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); config_item_init_type_name(&simple_child->item, name, @@ -287,8 +287,7 @@ static int simple_children_make_item(struct config_group *group, const char *nam simple_child->storeme = 0; - *new_item = &simple_child->item; - return 0; + return &simple_child->item; } static struct configfs_attribute simple_children_attr_description = { @@ -360,21 +359,20 @@ static struct configfs_subsystem simple_children_subsys = { * children of its own. */ -static int group_children_make_group(struct config_group *group, const char *name, struct config_group **new_group) +static struct config_group *group_children_make_group(struct config_group *group, const char *name) { struct simple_children *simple_children; simple_children = kzalloc(sizeof(struct simple_children), GFP_KERNEL); if (!simple_children) - return -ENOMEM; + return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); config_group_init_type_name(&simple_children->group, name, &simple_children_type); - *new_group = &simple_children->group; - return 0; + return &simple_children->group; } static struct configfs_attribute group_children_attr_description = { diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs-rdma.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs-rdma.txt index d0ec45ae4e7dfa4585fa74c0757be4d80dc02bf5..44bd766f2e5d2225488337681a948c160bd2a821 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs-rdma.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs-rdma.txt @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ################################################################################ Author: NetApp and Open Grid Computing - Date: April 15, 2008 + Date: May 29, 2008 Table of Contents ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -60,16 +60,18 @@ Installation The procedures described in this document have been tested with distributions from Red Hat's Fedora Project (http://fedora.redhat.com/). - - Install nfs-utils-1.1.1 or greater on the client + - Install nfs-utils-1.1.2 or greater on the client - An NFS/RDMA mount point can only be obtained by using the mount.nfs - command in nfs-utils-1.1.1 or greater. To see which version of mount.nfs - you are using, type: + An NFS/RDMA mount point can be obtained by using the mount.nfs command in + nfs-utils-1.1.2 or greater (nfs-utils-1.1.1 was the first nfs-utils + version with support for NFS/RDMA mounts, but for various reasons we + recommend using nfs-utils-1.1.2 or greater). To see which version of + mount.nfs you are using, type: - > /sbin/mount.nfs -V + $ /sbin/mount.nfs -V - If the version is less than 1.1.1 or the command does not exist, - then you will need to install the latest version of nfs-utils. + If the version is less than 1.1.2 or the command does not exist, + you should install the latest version of nfs-utils. Download the latest package from: @@ -77,22 +79,33 @@ Installation Uncompress the package and follow the installation instructions. - If you will not be using GSS and NFSv4, the installation process - can be simplified by disabling these features when running configure: + If you will not need the idmapper and gssd executables (you do not need + these to create an NFS/RDMA enabled mount command), the installation + process can be simplified by disabling these features when running + configure: - > ./configure --disable-gss --disable-nfsv4 + $ ./configure --disable-gss --disable-nfsv4 - For more information on this see the package's README and INSTALL files. + To build nfs-utils you will need the tcp_wrappers package installed. For + more information on this see the package's README and INSTALL files. After building the nfs-utils package, there will be a mount.nfs binary in the utils/mount directory. This binary can be used to initiate NFS v2, v3, - or v4 mounts. To initiate a v4 mount, the binary must be called mount.nfs4. - The standard technique is to create a symlink called mount.nfs4 to mount.nfs. + or v4 mounts. To initiate a v4 mount, the binary must be called + mount.nfs4. The standard technique is to create a symlink called + mount.nfs4 to mount.nfs. - NOTE: mount.nfs and therefore nfs-utils-1.1.1 or greater is only needed + This mount.nfs binary should be installed at /sbin/mount.nfs as follows: + + $ sudo cp utils/mount/mount.nfs /sbin/mount.nfs + + In this location, mount.nfs will be invoked automatically for NFS mounts + by the system mount commmand. + + NOTE: mount.nfs and therefore nfs-utils-1.1.2 or greater is only needed on the NFS client machine. You do not need this specific version of nfs-utils on the server. Furthermore, only the mount.nfs command from - nfs-utils-1.1.1 is needed on the client. + nfs-utils-1.1.2 is needed on the client. - Install a Linux kernel with NFS/RDMA @@ -156,8 +169,8 @@ Check RDMA and NFS Setup this time. For example, if you are using a Mellanox Tavor/Sinai/Arbel card: - > modprobe ib_mthca - > modprobe ib_ipoib + $ modprobe ib_mthca + $ modprobe ib_ipoib If you are using InfiniBand, make sure there is a Subnet Manager (SM) running on the network. If your IB switch has an embedded SM, you can @@ -166,7 +179,7 @@ Check RDMA and NFS Setup If an SM is running on your network, you should see the following: - > cat /sys/class/infiniband/driverX/ports/1/state + $ cat /sys/class/infiniband/driverX/ports/1/state 4: ACTIVE where driverX is mthca0, ipath5, ehca3, etc. @@ -174,10 +187,10 @@ Check RDMA and NFS Setup To further test the InfiniBand software stack, use IPoIB (this assumes you have two IB hosts named host1 and host2): - host1> ifconfig ib0 a.b.c.x - host2> ifconfig ib0 a.b.c.y - host1> ping a.b.c.y - host2> ping a.b.c.x + host1$ ifconfig ib0 a.b.c.x + host2$ ifconfig ib0 a.b.c.y + host1$ ping a.b.c.y + host2$ ping a.b.c.x For other device types, follow the appropriate procedures. @@ -202,11 +215,11 @@ NFS/RDMA Setup /vol0 192.168.0.47(fsid=0,rw,async,insecure,no_root_squash) /vol0 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0(fsid=0,rw,async,insecure,no_root_squash) - The IP address(es) is(are) the client's IPoIB address for an InfiniBand HCA or the - cleint's iWARP address(es) for an RNIC. + The IP address(es) is(are) the client's IPoIB address for an InfiniBand + HCA or the cleint's iWARP address(es) for an RNIC. - NOTE: The "insecure" option must be used because the NFS/RDMA client does not - use a reserved port. + NOTE: The "insecure" option must be used because the NFS/RDMA client does + not use a reserved port. Each time a machine boots: @@ -214,43 +227,45 @@ NFS/RDMA Setup For InfiniBand using a Mellanox adapter: - > modprobe ib_mthca - > modprobe ib_ipoib - > ifconfig ib0 a.b.c.d + $ modprobe ib_mthca + $ modprobe ib_ipoib + $ ifconfig ib0 a.b.c.d NOTE: use unique addresses for the client and server - Start the NFS server - If the NFS/RDMA server was built as a module (CONFIG_SUNRPC_XPRT_RDMA=m in kernel config), - load the RDMA transport module: + If the NFS/RDMA server was built as a module (CONFIG_SUNRPC_XPRT_RDMA=m in + kernel config), load the RDMA transport module: - > modprobe svcrdma + $ modprobe svcrdma - Regardless of how the server was built (module or built-in), start the server: + Regardless of how the server was built (module or built-in), start the + server: - > /etc/init.d/nfs start + $ /etc/init.d/nfs start or - > service nfs start + $ service nfs start Instruct the server to listen on the RDMA transport: - > echo rdma 2050 > /proc/fs/nfsd/portlist + $ echo rdma 2050 > /proc/fs/nfsd/portlist - On the client system - If the NFS/RDMA client was built as a module (CONFIG_SUNRPC_XPRT_RDMA=m in kernel config), - load the RDMA client module: + If the NFS/RDMA client was built as a module (CONFIG_SUNRPC_XPRT_RDMA=m in + kernel config), load the RDMA client module: - > modprobe xprtrdma.ko + $ modprobe xprtrdma.ko - Regardless of how the client was built (module or built-in), issue the mount.nfs command: + Regardless of how the client was built (module or built-in), use this + command to mount the NFS/RDMA server: - > /path/to/your/mount.nfs :/ /mnt -i -o rdma,port=2050 + $ mount -o rdma,port=2050 :/ /mnt - To verify that the mount is using RDMA, run "cat /proc/mounts" and check the - "proto" field for the given mount. + To verify that the mount is using RDMA, run "cat /proc/mounts" and check + the "proto" field for the given mount. Congratulations! You're using NFS/RDMA! diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt index a0cda062bc33b6e1de3dd2bb60d5ff62bdf97cd4..7fa7fe71d7a8310c00c8cade78688ece2d5250c4 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt @@ -289,35 +289,73 @@ downdelay fail_over_mac Specifies whether active-backup mode should set all slaves to - the same MAC address (the traditional behavior), or, when - enabled, change the bond's MAC address when changing the - active interface (i.e., fail over the MAC address itself). - - Fail over MAC is useful for devices that cannot ever alter - their MAC address, or for devices that refuse incoming - broadcasts with their own source MAC (which interferes with - the ARP monitor). - - The down side of fail over MAC is that every device on the - network must be updated via gratuitous ARP, vs. just updating - a switch or set of switches (which often takes place for any - traffic, not just ARP traffic, if the switch snoops incoming - traffic to update its tables) for the traditional method. If - the gratuitous ARP is lost, communication may be disrupted. - - When fail over MAC is used in conjuction with the mii monitor, - devices which assert link up prior to being able to actually - transmit and receive are particularly susecptible to loss of - the gratuitous ARP, and an appropriate updelay setting may be - required. - - A value of 0 disables fail over MAC, and is the default. A - value of 1 enables fail over MAC. This option is enabled - automatically if the first slave added cannot change its MAC - address. This option may be modified via sysfs only when no - slaves are present in the bond. - - This option was added in bonding version 3.2.0. + the same MAC address at enslavement (the traditional + behavior), or, when enabled, perform special handling of the + bond's MAC address in accordance with the selected policy. + + Possible values are: + + none or 0 + + This setting disables fail_over_mac, and causes + bonding to set all slaves of an active-backup bond to + the same MAC address at enslavement time. This is the + default. + + active or 1 + + The "active" fail_over_mac policy indicates that the + MAC address of the bond should always be the MAC + address of the currently active slave. The MAC + address of the slaves is not changed; instead, the MAC + address of the bond changes during a failover. + + This policy is useful for devices that cannot ever + alter their MAC address, or for devices that refuse + incoming broadcasts with their own source MAC (which + interferes with the ARP monitor). + + The down side of this policy is that every device on + the network must be updated via gratuitous ARP, + vs. just updating a switch or set of switches (which + often takes place for any traffic, not just ARP + traffic, if the switch snoops incoming traffic to + update its tables) for the traditional method. If the + gratuitous ARP is lost, communication may be + disrupted. + + When this policy is used in conjuction with the mii + monitor, devices which assert link up prior to being + able to actually transmit and receive are particularly + susecptible to loss of the gratuitous ARP, and an + appropriate updelay setting may be required. + + follow or 2 + + The "follow" fail_over_mac policy causes the MAC + address of the bond to be selected normally (normally + the MAC address of the first slave added to the bond). + However, the second and subsequent slaves are not set + to this MAC address while they are in a backup role; a + slave is programmed with the bond's MAC address at + failover time (and the formerly active slave receives + the newly active slave's MAC address). + + This policy is useful for multiport devices that + either become confused or incur a performance penalty + when multiple ports are programmed with the same MAC + address. + + + The default policy is none, unless the first slave cannot + change its MAC address, in which case the active policy is + selected by default. + + This option may be modified via sysfs only when no slaves are + present in the bond. + + This option was added in bonding version 3.2.0. The "follow" + policy was added in bonding version 3.3.0. lacp_rate @@ -338,7 +376,8 @@ max_bonds Specifies the number of bonding devices to create for this instance of the bonding driver. E.g., if max_bonds is 3, and the bonding driver is not already loaded, then bond0, bond1 - and bond2 will be created. The default value is 1. + and bond2 will be created. The default value is 1. Specifying + a value of 0 will load bonding, but will not create any devices. miimon @@ -501,6 +540,17 @@ mode swapped with the new curr_active_slave that was chosen. +num_grat_arp + + Specifies the number of gratuitous ARPs to be issued after a + failover event. One gratuitous ARP is issued immediately after + the failover, subsequent ARPs are sent at a rate of one per link + monitor interval (arp_interval or miimon, whichever is active). + + The valid range is 0 - 255; the default value is 1. This option + affects only the active-backup mode. This option was added for + bonding version 3.3.0. + primary A string (eth0, eth2, etc) specifying which slave is the diff --git a/Documentation/networking/dm9000.txt b/Documentation/networking/dm9000.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..65df3dea55613bd581dd787305054b7062657507 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/dm9000.txt @@ -0,0 +1,167 @@ +DM9000 Network driver +===================== + +Copyright 2008 Simtec Electronics, + Ben Dooks + + +Introduction +------------ + +This file describes how to use the DM9000 platform-device based network driver +that is contained in the files drivers/net/dm9000.c and drivers/net/dm9000.h. + +The driver supports three DM9000 variants, the DM9000E which is the first chip +supported as well as the newer DM9000A and DM9000B devices. It is currently +maintained and tested by Ben Dooks, who should be CC: to any patches for this +driver. + + +Defining the platform device +---------------------------- + +The minimum set of resources attached to the platform device are as follows: + + 1) The physical address of the address register + 2) The physical address of the data register + 3) The IRQ line the device's interrupt pin is connected to. + +These resources should be specified in that order, as the ordering of the +two address regions is important (the driver expects these to be address +and then data). + +An example from arch/arm/mach-s3c2410/mach-bast.c is: + +static struct resource bast_dm9k_resource[] = { + [0] = { + .start = S3C2410_CS5 + BAST_PA_DM9000, + .end = S3C2410_CS5 + BAST_PA_DM9000 + 3, + .flags = IORESOURCE_MEM, + }, + [1] = { + .start = S3C2410_CS5 + BAST_PA_DM9000 + 0x40, + .end = S3C2410_CS5 + BAST_PA_DM9000 + 0x40 + 0x3f, + .flags = IORESOURCE_MEM, + }, + [2] = { + .start = IRQ_DM9000, + .end = IRQ_DM9000, + .flags = IORESOURCE_IRQ | IORESOURCE_IRQ_HIGHLEVEL, + } +}; + +static struct platform_device bast_device_dm9k = { + .name = "dm9000", + .id = 0, + .num_resources = ARRAY_SIZE(bast_dm9k_resource), + .resource = bast_dm9k_resource, +}; + +Note the setting of the IRQ trigger flag in bast_dm9k_resource[2].flags, +as this will generate a warning if it is not present. The trigger from +the flags field will be passed to request_irq() when registering the IRQ +handler to ensure that the IRQ is setup correctly. + +This shows a typical platform device, without the optional configuration +platform data supplied. The next example uses the same resources, but adds +the optional platform data to pass extra configuration data: + +static struct dm9000_plat_data bast_dm9k_platdata = { + .flags = DM9000_PLATF_16BITONLY, +}; + +static struct platform_device bast_device_dm9k = { + .name = "dm9000", + .id = 0, + .num_resources = ARRAY_SIZE(bast_dm9k_resource), + .resource = bast_dm9k_resource, + .dev = { + .platform_data = &bast_dm9k_platdata, + } +}; + +The platform data is defined in include/linux/dm9000.h and described below. + + +Platform data +------------- + +Extra platform data for the DM9000 can describe the IO bus width to the +device, whether or not an external PHY is attached to the device and +the availability of an external configuration EEPROM. + +The flags for the platform data .flags field are as follows: + +DM9000_PLATF_8BITONLY + + The IO should be done with 8bit operations. + +DM9000_PLATF_16BITONLY + + The IO should be done with 16bit operations. + +DM9000_PLATF_32BITONLY + + The IO should be done with 32bit operations. + +DM9000_PLATF_EXT_PHY + + The chip is connected to an external PHY. + +DM9000_PLATF_NO_EEPROM + + This can be used to signify that the board does not have an + EEPROM, or that the EEPROM should be hidden from the user. + +DM9000_PLATF_SIMPLE_PHY + + Switch to using the simpler PHY polling method which does not + try and read the MII PHY state regularly. This is only available + when using the internal PHY. See the section on link state polling + for more information. + + The config symbol DM9000_FORCE_SIMPLE_PHY_POLL, Kconfig entry + "Force simple NSR based PHY polling" allows this flag to be + forced on at build time. + + +PHY Link state polling +---------------------- + +The driver keeps track of the link state and informs the network core +about link (carrier) availablilty. This is managed by several methods +depending on the version of the chip and on which PHY is being used. + +For the internal PHY, the original (and currently default) method is +to read the MII state, either when the status changes if we have the +necessary interrupt support in the chip or every two seconds via a +periodic timer. + +To reduce the overhead for the internal PHY, there is now the option +of using the DM9000_FORCE_SIMPLE_PHY_POLL config, or DM9000_PLATF_SIMPLE_PHY +platform data option to read the summary information without the +expensive MII accesses. This method is faster, but does not print +as much information. + +When using an external PHY, the driver currently has to poll the MII +link status as there is no method for getting an interrupt on link change. + + +DM9000A / DM9000B +----------------- + +These chips are functionally similar to the DM9000E and are supported easily +by the same driver. The features are: + + 1) Interrupt on internal PHY state change. This means that the periodic + polling of the PHY status may be disabled on these devices when using + the internal PHY. + + 2) TCP/UDP checksum offloading, which the driver does not currently support. + + +ethtool +------- + +The driver supports the ethtool interface for access to the driver +state information, the PHY state and the EEPROM. diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt index 946b66e1b65214f4becc5d2563f73180fe331837..d84932650fd3e926cc11d5fa0bcaee6cc8a8cd33 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt @@ -551,8 +551,9 @@ icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts - BOOLEAN icmp_ratelimit - INTEGER Limit the maximal rates for sending ICMP packets whose type matches icmp_ratemask (see below) to specific targets. - 0 to disable any limiting, otherwise the maximal rate in jiffies(1) - Default: 100 + 0 to disable any limiting, + otherwise the minimal space between responses in milliseconds. + Default: 1000 icmp_ratemask - INTEGER Mask made of ICMP types for which rates are being limited. @@ -1023,11 +1024,23 @@ max_addresses - INTEGER autoconfigured addresses. Default: 16 +disable_ipv6 - BOOLEAN + Disable IPv6 operation. + Default: FALSE (enable IPv6 operation) + +accept_dad - INTEGER + Whether to accept DAD (Duplicate Address Detection). + 0: Disable DAD + 1: Enable DAD (default) + 2: Enable DAD, and disable IPv6 operation if MAC-based duplicate + link-local address has been found. + icmp/*: ratelimit - INTEGER Limit the maximal rates for sending ICMPv6 packets. - 0 to disable any limiting, otherwise the maximal rate in jiffies(1) - Default: 100 + 0 to disable any limiting, + otherwise the minimal space between responses in milliseconds. + Default: 1000 IPv6 Update by: diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ixgb.txt b/Documentation/networking/ixgb.txt index 7c98277777ebcc14ee7c30991873cc6c92296d28..a0d0ffb5e584c1ae1b24a49552bfaef4c3b4684a 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ixgb.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ixgb.txt @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -Linux* Base Driver for the Intel(R) PRO/10GbE Family of Adapters -================================================================ +Linux Base Driver for 10 Gigabit Intel(R) Network Connection +============================================================= -November 17, 2004 +October 9, 2007 Contents @@ -9,94 +9,151 @@ Contents - In This Release - Identifying Your Adapter +- Building and Installation - Command Line Parameters - Improving Performance +- Additional Configurations +- Known Issues/Troubleshooting - Support + In This Release =============== -This file describes the Linux* Base Driver for the Intel(R) PRO/10GbE Family -of Adapters, version 1.0.x. +This file describes the ixgb Linux Base Driver for the 10 Gigabit Intel(R) +Network Connection. This driver includes support for Itanium(R)2-based +systems. + +For questions related to hardware requirements, refer to the documentation +supplied with your 10 Gigabit adapter. All hardware requirements listed apply +to use with Linux. + +The following features are available in this kernel: + - Native VLANs + - Channel Bonding (teaming) + - SNMP + +Channel Bonding documentation can be found in the Linux kernel source: +/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt + +The driver information previously displayed in the /proc filesystem is not +supported in this release. Alternatively, you can use ethtool (version 1.6 +or later), lspci, and ifconfig to obtain the same information. + +Instructions on updating ethtool can be found in the section "Additional +Configurations" later in this document. -For questions related to hardware requirements, refer to the documentation -supplied with your Intel PRO/10GbE adapter. All hardware requirements listed -apply to use with Linux. Identifying Your Adapter ======================== -To verify your Intel adapter is supported, find the board ID number on the -adapter. Look for a label that has a barcode and a number in the format -A12345-001. +The following Intel network adapters are compatible with the drivers in this +release: + +Controller Adapter Name Physical Layer +---------- ------------ -------------- +82597EX Intel(R) PRO/10GbE LR/SR/CX4 10G Base-LR (1310 nm optical fiber) + Server Adapters 10G Base-SR (850 nm optical fiber) + 10G Base-CX4(twin-axial copper cabling) + +For more information on how to identify your adapter, go to the Adapter & +Driver ID Guide at: + + http://support.intel.com/support/network/sb/CS-012904.htm + + +Building and Installation +========================= + +select m for "Intel(R) PRO/10GbE support" located at: + Location: + -> Device Drivers + -> Network device support (NETDEVICES [=y]) + -> Ethernet (10000 Mbit) (NETDEV_10000 [=y]) +1. make modules && make modules_install + +2. Load the module: + +    modprobe ixgb = + + The insmod command can be used if the full + path to the driver module is specified. For example: + + insmod /lib/modules//kernel/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb.ko + + With 2.6 based kernels also make sure that older ixgb drivers are + removed from the kernel, before loading the new module: -Use the above information and the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at: + rmmod ixgb; modprobe ixgb - http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/21397.htm +3. Assign an IP address to the interface by entering the following, where + x is the interface number: -For the latest Intel network drivers for Linux, go to: + ifconfig ethx + +4. Verify that the interface works. Enter the following, where + is the IP address for another machine on the same subnet as the interface + that is being tested: + + ping - http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df/support_intel.asp Command Line Parameters ======================= -If the driver is built as a module, the following optional parameters are -used by entering them on the command line with the modprobe or insmod command -using this syntax: +If the driver is built as a module, the following optional parameters are +used by entering them on the command line with the modprobe command using +this syntax: modprobe ixgb [