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Commit 322d3ed1 authored by Stephen Hemminger's avatar Stephen Hemminger Committed by Jeff Kirsher
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ixgb: remove references to ifconfig 



Move documentation into this century, even if this device hasn't
been available for some time.

Signed-off-by: default avatarStephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
parent d7018be0

Documentation/networking/ixgb.txt

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@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Channel Bonding documentation can be found in the Linux kernel source: 


The driver information previously displayed in the /proc filesystem is not

supported in this release.  Alternatively, you can use ethtool (version 1.6

or later), lspci, and ifconfig to obtain the same information.

or later), lspci, and iproute2 to obtain the same information.



Instructions on updating ethtool can be found in the section "Additional

Configurations" later in this document.
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ select m for "Intel(R) PRO/10GbE support" located at: 
3. Assign an IP address to the interface by entering the following, where

   x is the interface number:



     ifconfig ethx <IP_address>

     ip addr add ethx <IP_address>



4. Verify that the interface works. Enter the following, where <IP_address>

   is the IP address for another machine on the same subnet as the interface
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ NOTE: These changes are only suggestions, and serve as a starting point for 
      tuning your network performance.



The changes are made in three major ways, listed in order of greatest effect:

- Use ifconfig to modify the mtu (maximum transmission unit) and the txqueuelen

- Use ip link to modify the mtu (maximum transmission unit) and the txqueuelen

  parameter.

- Use sysctl to modify /proc parameters (essentially kernel tuning)

- Use setpci to modify the MMRBC field in PCI-X configuration space to increase
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ setpci -d 8086:1a48 e6.b=2e 
# to change as well.

# set the txqueuelen

# your ixgb adapter should be loaded as eth1 for this to work, change if needed

ifconfig eth1 mtu 9000 txqueuelen 1000 up

ip li set dev eth1 mtu 9000 txqueuelen 1000 up

# call the sysctl utility to modify /proc/sys entries

sysctl -p ./sysctl_ixgb.conf

- END ixgb_perf.sh
@@ -297,10 +297,10 @@ Additional Configurations 
  ------------

  The driver supports Jumbo Frames for all adapters. Jumbo Frames support is

  enabled by changing the MTU to a value larger than the default of 1500.

  The maximum value for the MTU is 16114.  Use the ifconfig command to

  The maximum value for the MTU is 16114.  Use the ip command to

  increase the MTU size.  For example:



        ifconfig ethx mtu 9000 up

        ip li set dev ethx mtu 9000



  The maximum MTU setting for Jumbo Frames is 16114.  This value coincides

  with the maximum Jumbo Frames size of 16128.