IXG(4)

📦 version 11.0, in nixpkgs unstable

okay so bestie, welcome to the ixg(4) page in the Kernel Interfaces Manual 💖 this is your group-chat explainer for the Intel(R) 10Gb Ethernet driver, and yes, we are keeping every single deet. no cap.

✨ NAME ✨

  • ixg — the Intel(R) 10Gb Ethernet driver, aka your 10Gb Ethernet main character 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

ixg* at pci? dev ? function ?

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so the ixg driver provides support for PCI 10Gb Ethernet adapters based on the Intel(R) 82598EB, 82599, X540 and X550 Ethernet Controllers ✨. The driver supports Jumbo Frames, TCP Segmentation Offload (TSO).

if you have questions related to hardware requirements, refer to the documentation supplied with your Intel 10GbE adapter. All hardware requirements listed apply to use with NetBSD. 🫶

Support for Jumbo Frames is provided via the interface MTU setting. Selecting an MTU larger than 1500 bytes with the ifconfig(8) utility configures the adapter to receive and transmit Jumbo Frames. On NetBSD, the maximum MTU size for Jumbo Frames is 9000 bytes. 💜

This driver version supports VLANs. For information on enabling VLANs, see ifconfig(8). 🎀

😭 DIAGNOSTICS 😭

when the driver is going through it, you might see these messages:

  • ixg%d: Unable to allocate bus resource: memory — A fatal initialization error has occurred. 💀
  • ixg%d: Unable to allocate bus resource: interrupt — A fatal initialization error has occurred. 💀
  • ixg%d: watchdog timeout -- resetting — The device has stopped responding to the network, or there is a problem with the network connection (cable). 😭

🌈 SUPPORT 🌈

For general information and support, go to the Intel support website at: http://www.intel.com/support/.

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

🌸 HISTORY 🌸

The ixg device driver comes from FreeBSD, where it is called ixgbe. It first appeared in NetBSD 6.0.

👑 AUTHORS 👑

The ixg driver was written by Intel Corporation <freebsdnic@mailbox.intel.com>. It was imported from FreeBSD into NetBSD by David Young <dyoung@NetBSD.org>.

💀 BUGS 💀

The hardware supports a maximum MTU of 16114 bytes, but the NetBSD port of the driver supports only 9000 bytes. so if you were expecting the full 16114, nope — NetBSD caps you at 9000, bestie. 😭

xoxo, this ixg(4) page is from Debian and dated August 25, 2021 — talk soon, bestie 💖🫶

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