Hi folks, Dale Ghent has put together some updates to the ixgbe device driver which covers the new Intel 10 GbE devices. There are links to SmartOS images with these below. If you have ixgbe parts and you could give these a try, we'd appreciate it.
Thanks, Robert On 6/16/16 14:01 , Dale Ghent wrote: > The following webrev serves to introduce Intel X550 (including X552 and X557) > support to ixgbe(7D) > > http://elemental.org/webrevs/x550-final/ > > One may find it in git patch format here: > http://elemental.org/webrevs/0001-6064-ixgbe-needs-X550-support.patch > > New adapters supported (and tested) with this patch: > X550-T2 - PCIe add-on card supporting speeds of 10Gb, 1Gb, 100Mb baseT, as > well as 2.5Gb and 5.0Gb NBASE-T (Intel’s pre-802.3bz feature) > X550EM - Xeon-D SoC embedded X550 MAC, utilizing one of two models of > external PHYs: X552 (for SFP+) and X557 (10Gb, 1Gb baseT) > > Existing adapters tested with this patch: > X540-T1 > 82599 SFP (aka X520) > > Patch Description > ============== > > At a high level, there were two intertwined goals with this patch: > > 1) To introduce support for the Intel X550 family of adapters. > 2) To bring the illumos version of the Intel Common Code (ICC) up to date > after ~4 years of deltas accumulating between it and FreeBSD (our source for > the ICC) > > As worked progressed, it became clear that simply adding case statements for > the new hardware and a few changes to accommodate adjustments in ICC APIs > were not going to be sufficient, and several specific areas required heavy > re-working to not only support X550, but also maintain expected behavior with > existing adapters. Among these areas of heavy focus are: > > * Rewrite of autonegotiation management and its interfacing with GLD > RSS (Receive-Side Scaling) overhaul to account for differences between new > and legacy adapters > Basic adapter initialization > > This patch also piggy-backs on Robert’s recent commit which relocated the > ixgbe ICC files to their own directory, allowing us to cleanly exempt them > from the prying eyes of lint(1). The updated ICC source files are very > lint-noisy now, to such an extent that it would be beyond reasonable effort > to add and maintain local corrections. > > I would like the thank and acknowledge Robert Mustacchi and Dan McDonald for > their patient guidance and encouragement throughout this project. > > What’s needed to help test > ==================== > > Since this patch is fairly wide-reaching, touching all previously supported > adapters as well as the new ones, my hope is that enough interested parties > here can assist in vetting it. These adapters include: > > 82598 - Important, as this is the one part I do not have > 82599 (X520) > X540 > X550 (and X550EM on Xeon-D SoC systems) > > To encourage testing, I am providing updated ixgbe packages for OmniOS > r151014, r15108, and Bloody. Robert Mustacchi has kindly assembled SmartOS > images containing this new ixgbe driver code as well. > > OmniOS users: > -------------------- > OmniOS Bloody users need only to utter 'pkg update' to upgrade their Bloody > systems to the latest bits, which include this new ixgbe driver code. For > users of OmniOS r151014 or r151018, package archive download and installation > instructions may be found here: > > http://omnios.omniti.com/media/x550/INSTALL.txt > > SmartOS users: > --------------------- > SmartOS users can download the following images: > > SmartOS ISO: > https://us-east.manta.joyent.com/rmustacc/public/preview/x550/platform-20160616T055400Z.iso > > SmartOS USB: > https://us-east.manta.joyent.com/rmustacc/public/preview/x550/platform-20160616T055400Z.usb.bz2 > > SmartOS Raw Platform: > https://us-east.manta.joyent.com/rmustacc/public/preview/x550/platform-20160616T055400Z.tgz > > But wait! There’s more (work)! > ======================= > > During the course of this work, it became apparent that a few additional > areas deserve some attention, but are areas which are more suitable as > follow-ups to this initial support patch. Among these areas are: > > * Interrupt handler task queue overhaul to convert them to taskq_dispatch_ent > SFP setup and interrupt handling, with further refinements to > autonegotiation logic to accommodate multispeed fiber correctly > Additional interrupt handlers for currently unclaimed types - 82599 (and > newer) thermal sensor alarms and uncorrectable ECC events > > I will be filing bugs for these follow-ups once they can be fully (and > properly) characterized. > ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
