[PATCH] ixgbe: Remove out-of-tree references

From: Jamie Bainbridge
Date: Mon Nov 07 2016 - 23:35:27 EST


The module parameters FdirMode, FdirPballoc, AtrSampleRate, or Node are
not available in the in-kernel driver, only in Intel's out-of-tree
SourceForge driver. Remove these from the kernel documentation.

Remove reference to Intel affinity script. Move max_vfs to tidy up.

Signed-off-by: Jamie Bainbridge <jamie.bainbridge@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/networking/ixgbe.txt | 62 +++++++-------------------------------
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 51 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ixgbe.txt b/Documentation/networking/ixgbe.txt
index 6f0cb57b59c6b3713b3428c0dfadbbec46972ab5..77b5b4f75fe751e0f52b8fa26f2beb71436bfdc9 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ixgbe.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ixgbe.txt
@@ -128,9 +128,6 @@ for flexible flow classification and load balancing.

Flow director is enabled only if the kernel is multiple TX queue capable.

-An included script (set_irq_affinity.sh) automates setting the IRQ to CPU
-affinity.
-
You can verify that the driver is using Flow Director by looking at the counter
in ethtool: fdir_miss and fdir_match.

@@ -158,54 +155,6 @@ NOTE: Receive Packet Steering (RPS) and Receive Flow Steering (RFS) are not
compatible with Flow Director. IF Flow Director is enabled, these will be
disabled.

-The following three parameters impact Flow Director.
-
-FdirMode
---------
-Valid Range: 0-2 (0=off, 1=ATR, 2=Perfect filter mode)
-Default Value: 1
-
- Flow Director filtering modes.
-
-FdirPballoc
------------
-Valid Range: 0-2 (0=64k, 1=128k, 2=256k)
-Default Value: 0
-
- Flow Director allocated packet buffer size.
-
-AtrSampleRate
---------------
-Valid Range: 1-100
-Default Value: 20
-
- Software ATR Tx packet sample rate. For example, when set to 20, every 20th
- packet, looks to see if the packet will create a new flow.
-
-Node
-----
-Valid Range: 0-n
-Default Value: 1 (off)
-
- 0 - n: where n is the number of NUMA nodes (i.e. 0 - 3) currently online in
- your system
- 1: turns this option off
-
- The Node parameter will allow you to pick which NUMA node you want to have
- the adapter allocate memory on.
-
-max_vfs
--------
-Valid Range: 1-63
-Default Value: 0
-
- If the value is greater than 0 it will also force the VMDq parameter to be 1
- or more.
-
- This parameter adds support for SR-IOV. It causes the driver to spawn up to
- max_vfs worth of virtual function.
-
-
Additional Configurations
=========================

@@ -297,6 +246,17 @@ Additional Configurations

Where n=the VF that attempted to do the spoofing.

+ max_vfs
+ -------
+ Valid Range: 1-63
+ Default Value: 0
+
+ If the value is greater than 0 it will also force the VMDq parameter to be 1
+ or more.
+
+ This parameter adds support for SR-IOV. It causes the driver to spawn up to
+ max_vfs worth of virtual function.
+

Performance Tuning
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2.7.4