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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/e1000.rst (renamed from Documentation/networking/e1000.txt) | 59 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/index.rst | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | MAINTAINERS | 2 |
3 files changed, 12 insertions, 50 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/e1000.txt b/Documentation/networking/e1000.rst index 1f6ed848363d..616848940e63 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/e1000.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/e1000.rst @@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ NOTE: When e1000 is loaded with default settings and multiple adapters are in use simultaneously, the CPU utilization may increase non- linearly. In order to limit the CPU utilization without impacting the overall throughput, we recommend that you load the driver as - follows: + follows:: modprobe e1000 InterruptThrottleRate=3000,3000,3000 @@ -167,8 +167,8 @@ NOTE: When e1000 is loaded with default settings and multiple adapters RxDescriptors ------------- -Valid Range: 80-256 for 82542 and 82543-based adapters - 80-4096 for all other supported adapters +Valid Range: 48-256 for 82542 and 82543-based adapters + 48-4096 for all other supported adapters Default Value: 256 This value specifies the number of receive buffer descriptors allocated @@ -230,8 +230,8 @@ speed. Duplex should also be set when Speed is set to either 10 or 100. TxDescriptors ------------- -Valid Range: 80-256 for 82542 and 82543-based adapters - 80-4096 for all other supported adapters +Valid Range: 48-256 for 82542 and 82543-based adapters + 48-4096 for all other supported adapters Default Value: 256 This value is the number of transmit descriptors allocated by the driver. @@ -242,41 +242,10 @@ NOTE: Depending on the available system resources, the request for a higher number of transmit descriptors may be denied. In this case, use a lower number. -TxDescriptorStep ----------------- -Valid Range: 1 (use every Tx Descriptor) - 4 (use every 4th Tx Descriptor) - -Default Value: 1 (use every Tx Descriptor) - -On certain non-Intel architectures, it has been observed that intense TX -traffic bursts of short packets may result in an improper descriptor -writeback. If this occurs, the driver will report a "TX Timeout" and reset -the adapter, after which the transmit flow will restart, though data may -have stalled for as much as 10 seconds before it resumes. - -The improper writeback does not occur on the first descriptor in a system -memory cache-line, which is typically 32 bytes, or 4 descriptors long. - -Setting TxDescriptorStep to a value of 4 will ensure that all TX descriptors -are aligned to the start of a system memory cache line, and so this problem -will not occur. - -NOTES: Setting TxDescriptorStep to 4 effectively reduces the number of - TxDescriptors available for transmits to 1/4 of the normal allocation. - This has a possible negative performance impact, which may be - compensated for by allocating more descriptors using the TxDescriptors - module parameter. - - There are other conditions which may result in "TX Timeout", which will - not be resolved by the use of the TxDescriptorStep parameter. As the - issue addressed by this parameter has never been observed on Intel - Architecture platforms, it should not be used on Intel platforms. - TxIntDelay ---------- Valid Range: 0-65535 (0=off) -Default Value: 64 +Default Value: 8 This value delays the generation of transmit interrupts in units of 1.024 microseconds. Transmit interrupt reduction can improve CPU @@ -288,7 +257,7 @@ TxAbsIntDelay ------------- (This parameter is supported only on 82540, 82545 and later adapters.) Valid Range: 0-65535 (0=off) -Default Value: 64 +Default Value: 32 This value, in units of 1.024 microseconds, limits the delay in which a transmit interrupt is generated. Useful only if TxIntDelay is non-zero, @@ -310,7 +279,7 @@ Copybreak --------- Valid Range: 0-xxxxxxx (0=off) Default Value: 256 -Usage: insmod e1000.ko copybreak=128 +Usage: modprobe e1000.ko copybreak=128 Driver copies all packets below or equaling this size to a fresh RX buffer before handing it up the stack. @@ -328,14 +297,6 @@ Default Value: 0 (disabled) Allows PHY to turn off in lower power states. The user can turn off this parameter in supported chipsets. -KumeranLockLoss ---------------- -Valid Range: 0-1 -Default Value: 1 (enabled) - -This workaround skips resetting the PHY at shutdown for the initial -silicon releases of ICH8 systems. - Speed and Duplex Configuration ============================== @@ -397,12 +358,12 @@ Additional Configurations ------------ Jumbo Frames support is enabled by changing the MTU to a value larger than the default of 1500. Use the ifconfig command to increase the MTU size. - For example: + For example:: ifconfig eth<x> mtu 9000 up This setting is not saved across reboots. It can be made permanent if - you add: + you add:: MTU=9000 diff --git a/Documentation/networking/index.rst b/Documentation/networking/index.rst index d11a62977edd..fec8588a588e 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/index.rst @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Contents: can dpaa2/index e100 + e1000 kapi z8530book msg_zerocopy diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS index d68981ca9896..32472fbf4d6e 100644 --- a/MAINTAINERS +++ b/MAINTAINERS @@ -7090,7 +7090,7 @@ T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jkirsher/net-queue.git T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jkirsher/next-queue.git S: Supported F: Documentation/networking/e100.rst -F: Documentation/networking/e1000.txt +F: Documentation/networking/e1000.rst F: Documentation/networking/e1000e.txt F: Documentation/networking/igb.txt F: Documentation/networking/igbvf.txt |