BNXT(4) FreeBSD Kernel Interfaces Manual BNXT(4)
NAME
bnxt - Broadcom NetXtreme-C/NetXtreme-E Family Ethernet driver
SYNOPSIS
To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your
kernel configuration file:
device iflib
device bnxt
Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the
following line in loader.conf(5):
if_bnxt_load="YES"
DESCRIPTION
The bnxt driver provides support for various NICs based on the Broadcom
BCM57301/2/4, and BCM57402/4/6 Ethernet controller chips.
For more information on configuring this device, see ifconfig(8).
HARDWARE
The bnxt driver provides support for various NICs based on the Broadcom
NetXtreme-C and NetXtreme-E families of Gigabit Ethernet controller
chips, including the following:
• Broadcom BCM57301 NetXtreme-C 10Gb Ethernet Controller
• Broadcom BCM57302 NetXtreme-C 10Gb/25Gb Ethernet Controller
• Broadcom BCM57304 NetXtreme-C 10Gb/25Gb/40Gb/50Gb Ethernet Controller
• Broadcom BCM57304 NetXtreme-C Ethernet Virtual Function
• Broadcom BCM57314 NetXtreme-C Ethernet Virtual Function
• Broadcom BCM57402 NetXtreme-E 10Gb Ethernet Controller
• Broadcom BCM57402 NetXtreme-E Ethernet Partition
• Broadcom BCM57404 NetXtreme-E 10Gb/25Gb Ethernet Controller
• Broadcom BCM57404 NetXtreme-E Ethernet Virtual Function
• Broadcom BCM57404 NetXtreme-E Partition
• Broadcom BCM57406 NetXtreme-E 10GBASE-T Ethernet Controller
• Broadcom BCM57406 NetXtreme-E Partition
• Broadcom BCM57407 NetXtreme-E 10GBase-T Ethernet Controller
• Broadcom BCM57407 NetXtreme-E 25Gb Ethernet Controller
• Broadcom BCM57407 NetXtreme-E Partition
• Broadcom BCM57412 NetXtreme-E Partition
• Broadcom BCM57414 NetXtreme-E Ethernet Virtual Function
• Broadcom BCM57414 NetXtreme-E Partition
• Broadcom BCM57416 NetXtreme-E Partition
• Broadcom BCM57417 NetXtreme-E Ethernet Partition
• Broadcom BCM57454 NetXtreme-E 10Gb/25Gb/40Gb/50Gb/100Gb Ethernet
SYSCTL VARIABLES
These variables must be set before loading the driver, either via
loader.conf(5) or through the use of kenv(1). These are provided by the
iflib(4) framework, and might be better documented there.
dev.bnxt.X.iflib.override_nrxds
Override the number of RX descriptors for each queue. The value
is a comma separated list of three positive integers: the size of
the completion ring, the size of the receive ring, and the size
of the aggregation ring respectively. The completion ring should
be at least the size of the aggregation ring plus four times the
size of the receive ring. These numbers must be powers of two,
and zero means to use the default. Defaults to 0,0,0.
dev.bnxt.X.iflib.override_ntxds
Override the number of TX descriptors for each queue. The value
is a comma separated list of two positive integers: the size of
the completion ring, and the size of the transmit ring
respectively. The completion ring should be at least twice the
size of the transmit ring. These numbers must be powers of two,
and zero means to use the default. Defaults to 0,0.
dev.bnxt.X.iflib.override_qs_enable
When set, allows the number of transmit and receive queues to be
different. If not set, the lower of the number of TX or RX
queues will be used for both.
dev.bnxt.X.iflib.override_nrxqs
Set the number of RX queues. If zero, the number of RX queues is
derived from the number of cores on the socket connected to the
controller. Defaults to 0.
dev.bnxt.X.iflib.override_ntxqs
Set the number of TX queues. If zero, the number of TX queues is
derived from the number of cores on the socket connected to the
controller.
These sysctl(8) variables can be changed at any time:
dev.bnxt.X.vlan_only
Require that incoming frames must have a VLAN tag on them that
matches one that is configured for the NIC. Normally, both
frames that have a matching VLAN tag and frames that have no VLAN
tag are accepted. Defaults to 0.
dev.bnxt.X.vlan_strip
When non-zero the NIC strips VLAN tags on receive. Defaults to
0.
dev.bnxt.X.rx_stall
Enable buffering rather than dropping frames when there are no
available host RX buffers for DMA. Defaults to 0.
dev.bnxt.X.rss_type
Comma-separated list of RSS hash types to support. Default is
all types. Defaults to
ipv4,tcp_ipv4,udp_ipv4,ipv6,tcp_ipv6,udp_ipv6.
dev.bnxt.X.rss_key
Current RSS key. Defaults to a randomly generated value which is
generated for each device during attach.
dev.bnxt.X.ver.hwrm_min_ver
Minimum HWRM (HardWare Resource Manager) firmware API to support.
If the firmware implements an older version, a warning will be
printed, and the firmware should be upgraded. Defaults to 1.2.2.
These sysctl(8) variables are read-only:
dev.bnxt.X.if_name
Current interface name of the device. This will normally be
bnxtX, but this can be changed using ifconfig name. This sysctl
allows correlating an interface with a child of dev.bnxt.
dev.bnxt.X.nvram.*
Information about the NVRAM device which contains the device
firmware.
dev.bnxt.X.ver.*
Version-related information about the device and firmware:
dev.bnxt.X.ver.hwrm_if
Supported HWRM API version of the currently running firmware.
dev.bnxt.X.ver.driver_hwrm_if
HWRM API version the driver was built to support.
dev.bnxt.X.hwstats.*
Per-queue statistics tracked by the hardware.
dev.bnxt.X.hwstats.port_stats.*
Per-port statistics tracked by the hardware.
dev.bnxt.X.hwstats.rxq0.drop_pkts
Number of packets dropped by hardware on queue zero. This number
might seem high, but the count includes packets dropped due to
incorrect destination MAC, unsubscribed multicast address, and
other normal reasons to ignore Ethernet frames.
dev.bnxt.X.hwstats.rxq0.tpa_*
statistics related to HW LRO.
dev.bnxt.X.hw_lro.*
Enable / Disable HW LRO feature. Defaults to disable. Enabling
HW LRO could cause issues when forwarding is enabled on host.
dev.bnxt.X.fc
Enable / Disable Flow Control feature. Defaults to Enable
DIAGNOSTICS
bnxt%d: %s command returned %s error. Device firmware rejected a command
from the driver. There might be a driver/firmware HWRM API mismatch.
bnxt%d: Timeout sending %s (timeout: %d) seq %d Device firmware
unresponsive. A PCI device reset is likely needed.
bnxt%d: Timeout sending %s (timeout: %d) msg {0x%x 0x%x} len:%d v:
%d Partial firmware response. A PCI device reset is likely needed.
As of this writing, the system must be rebooted to initiate a PCI device
reset.
SEE ALSO
altq(4), arp(4), iflib(4), netintro(4), ng_ether(4), vlan(4), ifconfig(8)
HISTORY
The bnxt device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 11.1.
AUTHORS
The bnxt driver was written by Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com> and Stephen
Hurd <shurd@freebsd.org>, and is currently maintained by Broadcom Limited
<freebsd.pdl@broadcom.com>.
FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE-p6 August 18, 2020 FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE-p6
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