From owner-svn-src-stable-8@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 18 02:06:35 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-stable-8@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01BF31065748; Fri, 18 May 2012 02:06:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gjb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::2c]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E01CD8FC08; Fri, 18 May 2012 02:06:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q4I26Yqf029093; Fri, 18 May 2012 02:06:34 GMT (envelope-from gjb@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from gjb@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id q4I26YLE029090; Fri, 18 May 2012 02:06:34 GMT (envelope-from gjb@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201205180206.q4I26YLE029090@svn.freebsd.org> From: Glen Barber Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 02:06:34 +0000 (UTC) To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-8@freebsd.org X-SVN-Group: stable-8 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Subject: svn commit: r235590 - stable/8/share/man/man4 X-BeenThere: svn-src-stable-8@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for only the 8-stable src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 02:06:35 -0000 Author: gjb (doc committer) Date: Fri May 18 02:06:34 2012 New Revision: 235590 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/235590 Log: Document requirement to alter some sysctls when using igb(4) with jumbo frames. PR: 153738 Modified: stable/8/share/man/man4/igb.4 Directory Properties: stable/8/share/man/man4/ (props changed) Modified: stable/8/share/man/man4/igb.4 ============================================================================== --- stable/8/share/man/man4/igb.4 Fri May 18 02:06:10 2012 (r235589) +++ stable/8/share/man/man4/igb.4 Fri May 18 02:06:34 2012 (r235590) @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd May 14, 2010 +.Dd May 12, 2012 .Dt IGB 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -160,6 +160,14 @@ The minimum is 80, and the maximum is 40 .It Va hw.igb.enable_aim If set to 1, enable Adaptive Interrupt Moderation. The default is to enable Adaptive Interrupt Moderation. +.It Va kern.ipc.nmbclusters +The maximum number of mbuf clusters allowed. +If the system has more than one igb card or jumbo frames are +enabled, this value will need to be increased. +.It Va kern.ipc.nmbjumbo9k +The maximum number of mbuf 9k jumbo clusters allowed. +Increasing this to allow for at least 8192 extra clusters +per interface can allow for an mtu of 8192. .El .Sh DIAGNOSTICS .Bl -diag