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diff --git a/static/freebsd/man4/gve.4 3.html b/static/freebsd/man4/gve.4 3.html deleted file mode 100644 index e42c19b1..00000000 --- a/static/freebsd/man4/gve.4 3.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,345 +0,0 @@ -<table class="head"> - <tr> - <td class="head-ltitle">GVE(4)</td> - <td class="head-vol">Device Drivers Manual</td> - <td class="head-rtitle">GVE(4)</td> - </tr> -</table> -<div class="manual-text"> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="NAME"><a class="permalink" href="#NAME">NAME</a></h1> -<p class="Pp"><code class="Nm">gve</code> — <span class="Nd">Ethernet - driver for Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC)</span></p> -</section> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="SYNOPSIS"><a class="permalink" href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></h1> -<p class="Pp">To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines - in your kernel configuration file:</p> -<div class="Bd Pp Bd-indent"><code class="Cd">device gve</code></div> -<p class="Pp">Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place - the following line in <a class="Xr">loader.conf(5)</a>:</p> -<div class="Bd Pp Bd-indent Li"> -<pre>if_gve_load="YES"</pre> -</div> -</section> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="DESCRIPTION"><a class="permalink" href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></h1> -<p class="Pp">gVNIC is a virtual network interface designed specifically for - Google Compute Engine (GCE). It is required to support per-VM Tier-1 - networking performance, and for using certain VM shapes on GCE.</p> -<p class="Pp"><code class="Nm">gve</code> is the driver for gVNIC. It supports - the following features:</p> -<p class="Pp"></p> -<ul class="Bl-bullet Bl-compact"> - <li>RX checksum offload</li> - <li>TX chesksum offload</li> - <li>TCP Segmentation Offload (TSO)</li> - <li>Large Receive Offload (LRO) in software</li> - <li>Jumbo frames</li> - <li>Receive Side Scaling (RSS)</li> -</ul> -<p class="Pp">For more information on configuring this device, see - <a class="Xr">ifconfig(8)</a>.</p> -</section> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="HARDWARE"><a class="permalink" href="#HARDWARE">HARDWARE</a></h1> -<p class="Pp"><code class="Nm">gve</code> binds to a single PCI device ID - presented by gVNIC:</p> -<p class="Pp"></p> -<ul class="Bl-bullet Bl-compact"> - <li>0x1AE0:0x0042</li> -</ul> -</section> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="EXAMPLES"><a class="permalink" href="#EXAMPLES">EXAMPLES</a></h1> -<p class="Pp">Change the TX queue count to 4 for the gve0 interface:</p> -<div class="Bd Bd-indent">sysctl dev.gve.0.num_tx_queues=4</div> -<p class="Pp">Change the RX queue count to 4 for the gve0 interface:</p> -<div class="Bd Bd-indent">sysctl dev.gve.0.num_rx_queues=4</div> -<p class="Pp">Change the TX ring size to 512 for the gve0 interface:</p> -<div class="Bd Bd-indent">sysctl dev.gve.0.tx_ring_size=512</div> -<p class="Pp">Change the RX ring size to 512 for the gve0 interface:</p> -<div class="Bd Bd-indent">sysctl dev.gve.0.rx_ring_size=512</div> -</section> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="DIAGNOSTICS"><a class="permalink" href="#DIAGNOSTICS">DIAGNOSTICS</a></h1> -<p class="Pp">The following messages are recorded during driver - initialization:</p> -<dl class="Bl-diag"> - <dt>Enabled MSIX with %d vectors</dt> - <dd></dd> - <dt>Configured device resources</dt> - <dd></dd> - <dt>Successfully attached %s</dt> - <dd></dd> - <dt>Deconfigured device resources</dt> - <dd></dd> -</dl> -<p class="Pp">These messages are seen if driver initialization fails. Global - (across-queues) allocation failures:</p> -<dl class="Bl-diag"> - <dt>Failed to configure device resources: err=%d</dt> - <dd></dd> - <dt>No compatible queue formats</dt> - <dd></dd> - <dt>Failed to allocate ifnet struct</dt> - <dd></dd> - <dt>Failed to allocate admin queue mem</dt> - <dd></dd> - <dt>Failed to alloc DMA mem for DescribeDevice</dt> - <dd></dd> - <dt>Failed to allocate QPL page</dt> - <dd></dd> -</dl> -<p class="Pp">irq and BAR allocation failures:</p> -<dl class="Bl-diag"> - <dt>Failed to acquire any msix vectors</dt> - <dd></dd> - <dt>Tried to acquire %d msix vectors, got only %d</dt> - <dd></dd> - <dt>Failed to setup irq %d for Tx queue %d </dt> - <dd></dd> - <dt>Failed to setup irq %d for Rx queue %d </dt> - <dd></dd> - <dt>Failed to allocate irq %d for mgmnt queue</dt> - <dd></dd> - <dt>Failed to setup irq %d for mgmnt queue, err: %d</dt> - <dd></dd> - <dt>Failed to allocate BAR0</dt> - <dd></dd> - <dt>Failed to allocate BAR2</dt> - <dd></dd> - <dt>Failed to allocate msix table</dt> - <dd></dd> -</dl> -<p class="Pp">Rx queue-specific allocation failures:</p> -<dl class="Bl-diag"> - <dt>No QPL left for rx ring %d</dt> - <dd></dd> - <dt>Failed to alloc queue resources for rx ring %d</dt> - <dd></dd> - <dt>Failed to alloc desc ring for rx ring %d</dt> - <dd></dd> - <dt>Failed to alloc data ring for rx ring %d</dt> - <dd></dd> -</dl> -<p class="Pp">Tx queue-specific allocation failures:</p> -<dl class="Bl-diag"> - <dt>No QPL left for tx ring %d</dt> - <dd></dd> - <dt>Failed to alloc queue resources for tx ring %d</dt> - <dd></dd> - <dt>Failed to alloc desc ring for tx ring %d</dt> - <dd></dd> - <dt>Failed to vmap fifo, qpl_id = %d</dt> - <dd></dd> -</dl> -<p class="Pp">The following messages are recorded when the interface detach - fails:</p> -<dl class="Bl-diag"> - <dt>Failed to deconfigure device resources: err=%d</dt> - <dd></dd> -</dl> -<p class="Pp">If bootverbose is on, the following messages are recorded when the - interface is being brought up:</p> -<dl class="Bl-diag"> - <dt>Created %d rx queues</dt> - <dd></dd> - <dt>Created %d tx queues</dt> - <dd></dd> - <dt>MTU set to %d</dt> - <dd></dd> -</dl> -<p class="Pp">The following messages are recorded when the interface is being - brought down:</p> -<dl class="Bl-diag"> - <dt>Destroyed %d rx queues</dt> - <dd></dd> - <dt>Destroyed %d tx queues</dt> - <dd></dd> -</dl> -<p class="Pp">These messages are seen if errors are encountered when bringing - the interface up or down:</p> -<dl class="Bl-diag"> - <dt>Failed to destroy rxq %d, err: %d</dt> - <dd></dd> - <dt>Failed to destroy txq %d, err: %d</dt> - <dd></dd> - <dt>Failed to create rxq %d, err: %d</dt> - <dd></dd> - <dt>Failed to create txq %d, err: %d</dt> - <dd></dd> - <dt>Failed to set MTU to %d</dt> - <dd></dd> - <dt>Invalid new MTU setting. new mtu: %d max mtu: %d min mtu: %d</dt> - <dd></dd> - <dt>Cannot bring the iface up when detached</dt> - <dd></dd> - <dt>Reached max number of registered pages %lu > %lu</dt> - <dd></dd> - <dt>Failed to init lro for rx ring %d</dt> - <dd></dd> -</dl> -<p class="Pp">These messages are seen if any admin queue command fails:</p> -<dl class="Bl-diag"> - <dt>AQ command(%u): failed with status %d</dt> - <dd></dd> - <dt>AQ command(%u): unknown status code %d</dt> - <dd></dd> - <dt>AQ commands timed out, need to reset AQ</dt> - <dd></dd> - <dt>Unknown AQ command opcode %d</dt> - <dd></dd> -</dl> -<p class="Pp">These messages appear if a TX timeout is detected:</p> -<dl class="Bl-diag"> - <dt>Found %d timed out packet(s) on txq%d, kicking it for completions</dt> - <dd></dd> - <dt>Found %d timed out packet(s) on txq%d with its last kick %ld sec ago which - is less than the cooldown period %d. Resetting device</dt> - <dd></dd> -</dl> -<p class="Pp">These messages are recorded when the device is being reset due to - an error:</p> -<dl class="Bl-diag"> - <dt>Scheduling reset task!</dt> - <dd></dd> - <dt>Waiting until admin queue is released.</dt> - <dd></dd> - <dt>Admin queue released</dt> - <dd></dd> -</dl> -<p class="Pp">If it was the NIC that requested the reset, this message is - recorded:</p> -<dl class="Bl-diag"> - <dt>Device requested reset</dt> - <dd></dd> -</dl> -<p class="Pp">If the reset fails during the reinitialization phase, this message - is recorded:</p> -<dl class="Bl-diag"> - <dt>Restore failed!</dt> - <dd></dd> -</dl> -<p class="Pp">These two messages correspond to the NIC alerting the driver to - link state changes:</p> -<dl class="Bl-diag"> - <dt>Device link is up.</dt> - <dd></dd> - <dt>Device link is down.</dt> - <dd></dd> -</dl> -<p class="Pp">Apart from these messages, the driver exposes per-queue packet and - error counters as sysctl nodes. Global (across queues) counters can be read - using <a class="Xr">netstat(1)</a>.</p> -</section> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="SYSCTL_VARIABLES"><a class="permalink" href="#SYSCTL_VARIABLES">SYSCTL - VARIABLES</a></h1> -<p class="Pp"><code class="Nm">gve</code> exposes the following - <a class="Xr">sysctl(8)</a> variables:</p> -<dl class="Bl-tag"> - <dt id="hw.gve.driver_version"><var class="Va">hw.gve.driver_version</var></dt> - <dd>The driver version. This is read-only.</dd> - <dt id="hw.gve.queue_format"><var class="Va">hw.gve.queue_format</var></dt> - <dd>The queue format in use. This is read-only.</dd> - <dt id="hw.gve.disable_hw_lro"><var class="Va">hw.gve.disable_hw_lro</var></dt> - <dd>Setting this boot-time tunable to 1 disables Large Receive Offload (LRO) - in the NIC. The default value is 0, which means hardware LRO is enabled by - default. The software LRO stack in the kernel is always used. This sysctl - variable needs to be set before loading the driver, using - <a class="Xr">loader.conf(5)</a>.</dd> - <dt id="hw.gve.allow_4k_rx_buffers"><var class="Va">hw.gve.allow_4k_rx_buffers</var></dt> - <dd>Setting this boot-time tunable to 1 enables support for 4K RX Buffers. The - default value is 0, which means 2K RX Buffers will be used. 4K RX Buffers - are only supported on DQO_RDA and DQO_QPL queue formats. When enabled, 4K - RX Buffers will be used either when HW LRO is enabled or mtu is greated - than 2048. This sysctl variable needs to be set before loading the driver, - using <a class="Xr">loader.conf(5)</a>.</dd> - <dt id="dev.gve.X.num_rx_queues"><var class="Va">dev.gve.X.num_rx_queues and - dev.gve.X.num_tx_queues</var></dt> - <dd>Run-time tunables that represent the number of currently used RX/TX - queues. The default value is the max number of RX/TX queues the device can - support. - <p class="Pp">This call turns down the interface while setting up the new - queues, which may potentially cause any new packets to be dropped. This - call can fail if the system is not able to provide the driver with - enough resources. In that situation, the driver will revert to the - previous number of RX/TX queues. If this also fails, a device reset will - be triggered.</p> - <p class="Pp">Note: sysctl nodes for queue stats remain available even if a - queue is removed.</p> - </dd> - <dt id="dev.gve.X.rx_ring_size"><var class="Va">dev.gve.X.rx_ring_size and - dev.gve.X.tx_ring_size</var></dt> - <dd>Run-time tunables that represent the current ring size for RX/TX queues. - The default value is set to device defaults for ring size. - <p class="Pp">This call turns down the interface while setting up the queues - with the new ring size, which may potentially cause any new packets to - be dropped. This call can fail if the system is not able to provide the - driver with enough resources. In that situation, the driver will try to - revert to the previous ring size for RX/TX queues. If this also fails, - the device will be in an unhealthy state and will need to be reloaded. - This value must be a power of 2 and within the defined range.</p> - </dd> -</dl> -</section> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="LIMITATIONS"><a class="permalink" href="#LIMITATIONS">LIMITATIONS</a></h1> -<p class="Pp"><code class="Nm">gve</code> does not support the transmission of - VLAN-tagged packets. All VLAN-tagged traffic is dropped.</p> -</section> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="QUEUE_FORMATS"><a class="permalink" href="#QUEUE_FORMATS">QUEUE - FORMATS</a></h1> -<p class="Pp"><code class="Nm">gve</code> features different datapath modes - called queue formats:</p> -<p class="Pp"></p> -<ul class="Bl-bullet Bl-compact"> - <li>GQI_QPL: "QPL" stands for "Queue Page List" and refers - to the fact that hardware expects a fixed bounce buffer and cannot access - arbitrary memory. GQI is the older descriptor format. The G in - "GQI" refers to an older generation of hardware, and the - "QI" stands for "Queue In-order" referring to the fact - that the NIC sends Tx and Rx completions in the same order as the one in - which the corresponding descriptors were posted by the driver.</li> - <li>DQO_RDA: DQO is the descriptor format required to take full advantage of - next generation VM shapes. "RDA" stands for "Raw DMA - Addressing" and refers to the fact that hardware can work with DMA-ed - packets and does not expect them to be copied into or out of a fixed - bounce buffer. The D in "DQO" refers to a newer generation of - hardware, and the "QO" stands for "Queue Out-of-order" - referring to the fact that the NIC might send Tx and Rx completions in an - order different from the one in which the corresponding descriptors were - posted by the driver.</li> - <li>DQO_QPL: The next generation descriptor format in the "QPL" - mode.</li> -</ul> -</section> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="SUPPORT"><a class="permalink" href="#SUPPORT">SUPPORT</a></h1> -<p class="Pp">Please email gvnic-drivers@google.com with the specifics of the - issue encountered.</p> -</section> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="SEE_ALSO"><a class="permalink" href="#SEE_ALSO">SEE - ALSO</a></h1> -<p class="Pp"><a class="Xr">netstat(1)</a>, <a class="Xr">loader.conf(5)</a>, - <a class="Xr">ifconfig(8)</a>, <a class="Xr">sysctl(8)</a></p> -</section> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="HISTORY"><a class="permalink" href="#HISTORY">HISTORY</a></h1> -<p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">gve</code> device driver first appeared in - <span class="Ux">FreeBSD 13.3</span>.</p> -</section> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="AUTHORS"><a class="permalink" href="#AUTHORS">AUTHORS</a></h1> -<p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">gve</code> driver was written by Google.</p> -</section> -</div> -<table class="foot"> - <tr> - <td class="foot-date">May 20, 2025</td> - <td class="foot-os">FreeBSD 15.0</td> - </tr> -</table> |
