Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 00:05:37 +0400 From: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org> To: Mike Hix <mike@musl.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: ixgbe ALTQ support on 9.1-RELEASE Message-ID: <20130106200537.GH51864@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <CAJSPOGrfewsjOEaXy8Y2T-__Whmv4090vr9W_89Ye6jHb3jWqA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAJSPOGrfewsjOEaXy8Y2T-__Whmv4090vr9W_89Ye6jHb3jWqA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Jan 02, 2013 at 05:26:35PM -0800, Mike Hix wrote: M> Should ixgbe 2.4.8 (supplied with 9.1-RELEASE) or newer support altq? M> M> altq(4) lists ixgbe under the SUPPORTED DEVICES section. M> M> I've successfully built a kernel with altq support and altq works with M> 1Gb nics and corresponding drivers on the same system. M> M> When attempting to load a pf rule set that includes queueing for my 10Gb M> NIC, it fails with the following message: M> M> pfctl: ix0: driver does not support altq M> M> Note that 'load a pf rule set' means 'pfctl -vf /etc/pf.conf'. When M> using the flags '-vnf' to check my rule set pfctl does not produce the M> above error, prints out the complete rule set, and exits with status M> 0. I'd expect it to check the driver for support when '-n' is supplied, M> but it doesn't appear that it does. M> M> My card: M> ix0@pci0:3:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0xa12c8086 chip=0x150b8086 M> rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 M> vendor = 'Intel Corporation' M> device = '82598EB 10-Gigabit AT2 Server Adapter' M> class = network M> subclass = ethernet M> M> If ixgbe does support altq, why does pfctl report otherwise? If not, why M> does the man page state otherwise? The same issue with igb is discussed in this thread: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-net/2012-December/034072.html For ixgbe situation is absolutely the same. -- Totus tuus, Glebius.
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