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5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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27.Dd February 8, 2012
27.Dd September 30, 2014
28.Dt SFXGE 4
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm sfxge
32.Nd "Solarflare 10Gb Ethernet adapter driver"
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34To compile this driver into the kernel,
35place the following lines in your

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80Tunables can be set at the
81.Xr loader 8
82prompt before booting the kernel or stored in
83.Xr loader.conf 5 .
84Actual values can be obtained using
85.Xr sysctl 8 .
86.Bl -tag -width indent
87.It Va hw.sfxge.rx_ring
28.Dt SFXGE 4
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm sfxge
32.Nd "Solarflare 10Gb Ethernet adapter driver"
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34To compile this driver into the kernel,
35place the following lines in your

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80Tunables can be set at the
81.Xr loader 8
82prompt before booting the kernel or stored in
83.Xr loader.conf 5 .
84Actual values can be obtained using
85.Xr sysctl 8 .
86.Bl -tag -width indent
87.It Va hw.sfxge.rx_ring
88Maximum number of descriptors in a receive queue ring.
88The maximum number of descriptors in a receive queue ring.
89Supported values are: 512, 1024, 2048 and 4096.
90.It Va hw.sfxge.tx_ring
89Supported values are: 512, 1024, 2048 and 4096.
90.It Va hw.sfxge.tx_ring
91Maximum number of descriptors in a transmit queue ring.
91The maximum number of descriptors in a transmit queue ring.
92Supported values are: 512, 1024, 2048 and 4096.
93.It Va hw.sfxge.tx_dpl_get_max
92Supported values are: 512, 1024, 2048 and 4096.
93.It Va hw.sfxge.tx_dpl_get_max
94The maximum length of the deferred packet 'get-list' for queued transmit
94The maximum length of the deferred packet
95.Dq get-list
96for queued transmit
95packets, used only if the transmit queue lock can be acquired.
97packets, used only if the transmit queue lock can be acquired.
96If packet is dropped, \fItx_early_drops\fR counter grows and local sender
97gets ENOBUFS error.
98Value must be greater than 0.
98If a packet is dropped, the
99.Va tx_early_drops
100counter is incremented and the local sender receives ENOBUFS.
101The value must be greater than 0.
99.It Va hw.sfxge.tx_dpl_put_max
102.It Va hw.sfxge.tx_dpl_put_max
100The maximum length of the deferred packet 'put-list' for queued transmit
103The maximum length of the deferred packet
104.Dq put-list
105for queued transmit
101packets, used if the transmit queue lock cannot be acquired.
106packets, used if the transmit queue lock cannot be acquired.
102If packet is dropped, \fItx_early_drops\fR counter grows and local sender
103gets ENOBUFS error.
104Value must be greater or equal to 0.
107If a packet is dropped, the
108.Va tx_early_drops
109counter is incremented and the local sender receives ENOBUFS.
110The value must be greater than or equal to 0.
111.El
105.Sh SUPPORT
106For general information and support,
107go to the Solarflare support website at:
108.Pa https://support.solarflare.com .
109.Sh SEE ALSO
110.Xr arp 4 ,
111.Xr netintro 4 ,
112.Xr ng_ether 4 ,
113.Xr vlan 4 ,
114.Xr cpuset 1 ,
115.Xr ifconfig 8
116.Sh AUTHORS
117The
118.Nm
119driver was written by
120.An Philip Paeps
121and
122.An Solarflare Communications, Inc.
112.Sh SUPPORT
113For general information and support,
114go to the Solarflare support website at:
115.Pa https://support.solarflare.com .
116.Sh SEE ALSO
117.Xr arp 4 ,
118.Xr netintro 4 ,
119.Xr ng_ether 4 ,
120.Xr vlan 4 ,
121.Xr cpuset 1 ,
122.Xr ifconfig 8
123.Sh AUTHORS
124The
125.Nm
126driver was written by
127.An Philip Paeps
128and
129.An Solarflare Communications, Inc.