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Date:      Tue, 26 Aug 2014 16:16:21 -0700
From:      Nick Rogers <ncrogers@gmail.com>
To:        Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Jack F Vogel <jfv@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: ixgbe IXGBE_LEGACY_TX breaks build (patch/fix included)
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On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 3:36 PM, Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm not surprised the legacy tx path has bitrotted there.
>
> Please file a bug with this - https://bugs.freebsd.org/submit/ - and
> then just keep poking people until it's done.
>

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=193053

>
> Thank!
>
>
> -a
>
>
> On 26 August 2014 13:42, Nick Rogers <ncrogers@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am trying to get the ixgbe driver + PF/ALTQ working under stable/9.
> > Initially, loading a PF rulset with ALTQ enabled fails on an ix
> interface,
> > reporting "ix0: driver does not support altq". This is similar to the
> > behavior over the last few years when dealing with the igb driver.
> However,
> > I have been using ALTQ + igb with great success by defining IGB_LEGACY_TX
> > in the e1000/igb driver code. I noticed that ixgbe has a similar define
> > IXGBE_LEGACY_TX to enable the legacy, non-multiqueue transmit behavior,
> > that also "enables" ALTQ support.
> >
> > After adding the IXGBE_LEGACY_TX define to ixgbe source, building the
> > driver fails with the following compile errors:
> >
> > /usr/src/sys/dev/ixgbe/ixgbe.c: In function 'ixgbe_msix_que':
> > /usr/src/sys/dev/ixgbe/ixgbe.c:1529: error: invalid type argument of '->'
> > (have 'struct ifaltq')
> > /usr/src/sys/dev/ixgbe/ixgbe.c:1529: error: invalid type argument of '->'
> > (have 'struct ifaltq')
> > /usr/src/sys/dev/ixgbe/ixgbe.c: In function 'ixgbe_local_timer':
> > /usr/src/sys/dev/ixgbe/ixgbe.c:2077: error: 'struct tx_ring' has no
> member
> > named 'txq_task'
> > /usr/src/sys/dev/ixgbe/ixgbe.c: In function
> 'ixgbe_free_transmit_buffers':
> > /usr/src/sys/dev/ixgbe/ixgbe.c:3255: error: 'struct tx_ring' has no
> member
> > named 'br'
> > /usr/src/sys/dev/ixgbe/ixgbe.c:3256: error: 'struct tx_ring' has no
> member
> > named 'br'
> >
> > So it seems that the IXGBE_LEGACY_TX path no longer compiles
> successfully,
> > and perhaps never did? Using e1000 as a reference, fixing the pointer
> > error, and looking at previous revisions of ixgbe.c, I was able to come
> up
> > with the following patch that got the driver to compile while having
> > IXGBE_LEGACY_TX defined. Note that the following svn diff is against
> HEAD,
> > which as far as I can tell contains the same broken IXGBE_LEGACY_TX path
> as
> > stable/9 and stable/10.
> >
> > Index: ixgbe.c
> > ===================================================================
> > --- ixgbe.c (revision 270665)
> > +++ ixgbe.c (working copy)
> > @@ -1543,7 +1543,7 @@
> >   IXGBE_TX_LOCK(txr);
> >   ixgbe_txeof(txr);
> >  #ifdef IXGBE_LEGACY_TX
> > - if (!IFQ_DRV_IS_EMPTY(ifp->if_snd))
> > + if (!IFQ_DRV_IS_EMPTY(&ifp->if_snd))
> >   ixgbe_start_locked(txr, ifp);
> >  #else
> >   if (!drbr_empty(ifp, txr->br))
> > @@ -2091,7 +2091,11 @@
> >      (paused == 0))
> >   ++hung;
> >   else if (txr->queue_status == IXGBE_QUEUE_WORKING)
> > +#ifndef IXGBE_LEGACY_TX
> >   taskqueue_enqueue(que->tq, &txr->txq_task);
> > +#else
> > + taskqueue_enqueue(que->tq, &que->que_task);
> > +#endif
> >          }
> >   /* Only truely watchdog if all queues show hung */
> >          if (hung == adapter->num_queues)
> > @@ -3327,10 +3331,6 @@
> >   tx_buffer->map = NULL;
> >   }
> >   }
> > -#ifdef IXGBE_LEGACY_TX
> > - if (txr->br != NULL)
> > - buf_ring_free(txr->br, M_DEVBUF);
> > -#endif
> >   if (txr->tx_buffers != NULL) {
> >   free(txr->tx_buffers, M_DEVBUF);
> >   txr->tx_buffers = NULL;
> > ===================================================================
> >
> > Using a stable/9 kernel with the above patch allowed me to load my PF
> > ruleset on a machine with an ixgbe interface and ALTQ enabled. i.e. I no
> > longer received the "driver does not support altq error". Queueing on the
> > ix interface now appears to work as it should.
> >
> > I am hoping someone can help verify my work and perhaps audit and correct
> > the IXGBE_LEGACY_TX path currently in the svn tree.
> >
> > Also, FWIW, here is relevant pciconf output for the ixbge card.
> >
> > ix0@pci0:1:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x00038086 chip=0x10fb8086 rev=0x01
> > hdr=0x00
> >     vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
> >     device     = '82599EB 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ Network Connection'
> >     class      = network
> >     subclass   = ethernet
> >     cap 01[40] = powerspec 3  supports D0 D3  current D0
> >     cap 05[50] = MSI supports 1 message, 64 bit, vector masks
> >     cap 11[70] = MSI-X supports 64 messages in map 0x20 enabled
> >     cap 10[a0] = PCI-Express 2 endpoint max data 128(512) link x8(x8)
> > ecap 0001[100] = AER 1 0 fatal 0 non-fatal 1 corrected
> > ecap 0003[140] = Serial 1 0023faffff300715
> > ecap 000e[150] = unknown 1
> > ecap 0010[160] = unknown 1
> > ix1@pci0:1:0:1: class=0x020000 card=0x00038086 chip=0x10fb8086 rev=0x01
> > hdr=0x00
> >     vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
> >     device     = '82599EB 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ Network Connection'
> >     class      = network
> >     subclass   = ethernet
> >     cap 01[40] = powerspec 3  supports D0 D3  current D0
> >     cap 05[50] = MSI supports 1 message, 64 bit, vector masks
> >     cap 11[70] = MSI-X supports 64 messages in map 0x20 enabled
> >     cap 10[a0] = PCI-Express 2 endpoint max data 128(512) link x8(x8)
> > ecap 0001[100] = AER 1 0 fatal 0 non-fatal 1 corrected
> > ecap 0003[140] = Serial 1 0023faffff300715
> > ecap 000e[150] = unknown 1
> > ecap 0010[160] = unknown 1
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > -Nick
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