ixgb(4)

ixgb4

Intel(r) pro/10gbe ethernet driver for the freebsd operating system

Usage

device ixgb

Overview

The ixgb driver provides support for PCI gigabit Ethernet adapters based on the Intel 82597EX Ethernet controller chips. The driver supports Transmit/Receive checksum offload and Jumbo Frames. For a list of supported adapters, see the README included with the driver.

For questions related to hardware requirements, refer to the documentation supplied with your Intel PRO/10GbE adapter. All hardware requirements listed apply to use with FreeBSD.

Support for Jumbo Frames is provided via the interface MTU setting. Selecting an MTU larger than 1500 bytes with the ifconfig(8) utility configures the adapter to receive and transmit Jumbo Frames. The maximum MTU size for Jumbo Frames is 16114.

This driver version supports VLANs. For information on enabling VLANs, see the README.

Hardware

The ixgb driver supports the following cards:

  • Intel PRO/10GbE LR Server Adapter

  • Intel PRO/10GbE SR Server Adapter

Diagnostics

ixgb%d: Unable to allocate bus resource: memory

A fatal initialization error has occurred.

ixgb%d: Unable to allocate bus resource: interrupt

A fatal initialization error has occurred.

ixgb%d: watchdog timeout -- resetting

The device has stopped responding to the network, or there is a problem with the network connection (cable).

Support

For additional information regarding building and installation, see the README included with the driver. For general information and support, go to the Intel support website at: http://support.intel.com.

If an issue is identified with the released source code on the supported kernel with a supported adapter, email the specific information related to the issue to ⟨[email protected]⟩.

History

The ixgb device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 4.11 and FreeBSD 5.3.

Authors

The ixgb driver was written by Intel Corporation ⟨[email protected]⟩.

From freebsd-manpages 6.0-5 in Debian 4.0 (Etch). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.