[net-next-2.6 03/27] Documentation/networking/igb.txt: update documentation
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From: Jeff Kirsher <hidden>
Date: 2010-12-10 09:51:20
Subsystem:
documentation, networking [general], the rest · Maintainers:
Jonathan Corbet, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds
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Update Intel Wired LAN igb documentation. Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <redacted> --- Documentation/networking/igb.txt | 22 +++++++++++++++++++--- 1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/igb.txt b/Documentation/networking/igb.txt
index ab2d718..393bdb7 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/igb.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/igb.txt@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ Default Value: 0 This parameter adds support for SR-IOV. It causes the driver to spawn up to max_vfs worth of virtual function. + Additional Configurations =========================
@@ -60,7 +61,8 @@ Additional Configurations Ethtool ------- The driver utilizes the ethtool interface for driver configuration and - diagnostics, as well as displaying statistical information. + diagnostics, as well as displaying statistical information. The latest + version of Ethtool can be found at: http://sourceforge.net/projects/gkernel.
@@ -103,8 +105,8 @@ Additional Configurations NOTE: You need to have inet_lro enabled via either the CONFIG_INET_LRO or CONFIG_INET_LRO_MODULE kernel config option. Additionally, if - CONFIG_INET_LRO_MODULE is used, the inet_lro module needs to be loaded - before the igb driver. + CONFIG_INET_LRO_MODULE is used, the inet_lro module needs to be loaded before + the igb driver. You can verify that the driver is using LRO by looking at these counters in Ethtool:
@@ -116,6 +118,20 @@ Additional Configurations NOTE: IPv6 and UDP are not supported by LRO. + MAC and VLAN anti-spoofing feature + ---------------------------------- + When a malicious driver attempts to send a spoofed packet, it is dropped by + the hardware and not transmitted. An interrupt is sent to the PF driver + notifying it of the spoof attempt. + + When a spoofed packet is detected the PF driver will send the following + message to the system log (displayed by the "dmesg" command): + + Spoof event(s) detected on VF(n) + + Where n=the VF that attempted to do the spoofing. + + Support =======
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