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NAME

     bce — QLogic NetXtreme II (BCM5706/5708/5709/5716) PCI/PCIe Gigabit Ethernet adapter driver

SYNOPSIS

     To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel
     configuration file:

           device miibus
           device bce

     Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in
     loader.conf(5):

           if_bce_load="YES"

DESCRIPTION

     The bce driver supports QLogic's NetXtreme II product family, including the BCM5706,
     BCM5708, BCM5709 and BCM5716 Ethernet controllers.

     The NetXtreme II product family is composed of various Converged NIC (or CNIC) Ethernet
     controllers which support a TCP Offload Engine (TOE), Remote DMA (RDMA), and iSCSI
     acceleration, in addition to standard L2 Ethernet traffic, all on the same controller.

     The following features are supported in the bce driver under FreeBSD:

           IP/TCP/UDP checksum offload
           Jumbo frames (up to 9022 bytes)
           VLAN tag stripping
           Interrupt coalescing
           10/100/1000Mbps operation in full-duplex mode
           10/100Mbps operation in half-duplex mode

     The bce driver supports the following media types:

     autoselect   Enable autoselection of the media type and options.  The user can manually
                  override the autoselected mode by adding media options to rc.conf(5).

     10baseT/UTP  Set 10Mbps operation.  The ifconfig(8) mediaopt option can also be used to
                  select either full-duplex or half-duplex modes.

     100baseTX    Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation.  The ifconfig(8) mediaopt option can
                  also be used to select either full-duplex or half-duplex modes.

     1000baseSX   Sets 1000Mbps operation.  Only full-duplex mode is supported at this speed.

     1000baseT    Set 1000baseT operation over twisted pair.  Only full-duplex mode is supported.

     2500BaseSX   Set 2500Mbps operation.  Only full-duplex mode is supported.

     The bce driver supports the following media options:

     full-duplex  Force full duplex operation.

     half-duplex  Force half duplex operation.

     For more information on configuring this device, see ifconfig(8).

HARDWARE

     The bce driver provides support for various NICs based on the QLogic NetXtreme II family of
     Gigabit Ethernet controllers, including the following:

        QLogic NetXtreme II BCM5706 1000Base-SX
        QLogic NetXtreme II BCM5706 1000Base-T
        QLogic NetXtreme II BCM5708 1000Base-SX
        QLogic NetXtreme II BCM5708 1000Base-T
        QLogic NetXtreme II BCM5709 1000Base-SX
        QLogic NetXtreme II BCM5709 1000Base-T
        QLogic NetXtreme II BCM5716 1000Base-T
        Dell PowerEdge 1950 integrated BCM5708 NIC
        Dell PowerEdge 2950 integrated BCM5708 NIC
        Dell PowerEdge R710 integrated BCM5709 NIC
        HP NC370F Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter
        HP NC370T Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter
        HP NC370i Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter
        HP NC371i Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter
        HP NC373F PCIe Multifunc Giga Server Adapter
        HP NC373T PCIe Multifunction Gig Server Adapter
        HP NC373i Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter
        HP NC373m Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter
        HP NC374m PCIe Multifunction Adapter
        HP NC380T PCIe DP Multifunc Gig Server Adapter
        HP NC382T PCIe DP Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter
        HP NC382i DP Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter
        HP NC382m DP 1GbE Multifunction BL-c Adapter

SYSCTL VARIABLES

     The following variables are available as both sysctl(8) variables and loader(8) tunables:

     hw.bce.verbose
             Enable/Disable verbose logging and output to the console.  Useful for debugging
             (default 0).

     hw.bce.msi_enable
             Enable/Disable MSI support (default 1).

     hw.bce.tso_enable
             Enable/Disable TSO support (default 1).

     hw.bce.strict_rx_mtu
             Enable/Disable strict RX frame size checking (default 0).

     hw.bce.hdr_split
             Enable/Disable frame header/payload splitting (default 1).

     hw.bce.rx_pages
             Set the number of memory pages assigned to receive packets by the driver.  Due to
             alignment issues, this value can only be of the set 1, 2, 4 or 8 (default 2).

     hw.bce.tx_pages
             Set the number of memory pages assigned to transmit packets by the driver.  Due to
             alignment issues, this value can only be of the set 1, 2, 4 or 8 (default 2).

     hw.bce.rx_ticks
             Time in microsecond ticks to wait before generating a status block updates due to RX
             processing activity.  Values from 0-100 are valid.  A value of 0 disables this
             status block update.  Cannot be set to 0 if hw.bce.rx_quick_cons_trip is also 0
             (default 18).

     hw.bce.rx_ticks_int
             Time in microsecond ticks to wait during RX interrupt processing before generating a
             status block update.  Values from 0-100 are valid.  Valid values are in the range
             from 0-100.  A value of 0 disables this status block update (default 18).

     hw.bce.rx_quick_cons_trip
             Number of RX Quick BD Chain entries that must be completed before a status block is
             generated.  Values from 0-256 are valid.  A value of 0 disables this status block
             update.  Cannot be set to 0 if hw.bce.rx_ticks is also 0 (default 6).

     hw.bce.rx_quick_cons_trip_int
             Number of RX quick BD entries that must be completed before a status block is
             generated duing interrupt processing.  Values from 0-256 are valid.  A value of 0
             disables this status block update (default 6).

     hw.bce.tx_ticks
             Time in microsecond ticks to wait before a status block update is generated due to
             TX activitiy.  Values from 0-100 are valid.  A value of 0 disables this status block
             update.  Cannot be set to 0 if hw.bce.tx_quick_cons_trip is also 0 (default 80).

     hw.bce.tx_ticks_int
             Time in microsecond ticks to wait in interrupt processing before a status block
             update is generated due to TX activity Values from 0-100 are valid.  A value of 0
             disables this status block update (default 80).

     hw.bce.tx_cons_trip
             How many TX Quick BD Chain entries that must be completed before a status block is
             generated.  Values from 0-100 are valid.  A value of 0 disables this status block
             update.  Cannot be set to 0 if hw.bce.tx_ticks is also 0 (default 20).

     hw.bce.tx_cons_trip_int
             How many TX Quick BD Chain entries that must be completed before a status block is
             generated during an interrupt.  Values from 0-100 are valid.  A value of 0 disables
             this status block update (default 20).

DIAGNOSTICS

     bce%d: PCI memory allocation failed!  The driver has encountered a fatal initialization
     error.

     bce%d: PCI map interrupt failed!  The driver has encountered a fatal initialization error.

     bce%d: Unsupported controller revision (%c%d)  The driver does not support the controller
     revision in use.

     bce%d: Controller initialization failed!  The driver has encountered a fatal initialization
     error.

     bce%d: NVRAM test failed!  The driver could not access the controller NVRAM correctly.

     bce%d: DMA resource allocation failed!  The driver could not allocate DMA memory to setup
     the controllers host memory data structures.

     bce%d: Interface allocation failed!  The driver could not create a network interface for the
     controller.

     bce%d: PHY probe failed!  The driver could not access the PHY used by the controller.

     bce%d: Failed to setup IRQ!  The driver could not initialize the IRQ handler.

     bce%d: Error: PHY read timeout!  The driver could not read a PHY register before the timeout
     period expired.

     bce%d: PHY write timeout!  The driver could not write to the PHY register because a timeout
     occurred.

     bce%d: Timeout error reading NVRAM at offset 0x%08X!  The driver could not write to NVRAM
     because a timeout occurred.

     bce%d: Unknown Flash NVRAM found!  The driver does not recognize the NVRAM device being used
     and therefore cannot access it correctly.

     bce%d: Invalid NVRAM magic value!  The driver cannot read NVRAM or the NVRAM is corrupt.

     bce%d: Invalid Manufacturing Information NVRAM CRC!  The driver cannot read NVRAM or the
     NVRAM is corrupt.

     bce%d: Invalid Feature Configuration Information NVRAM CRC!  The driver cannot read NVRAM or
     the NVRAM is corrupt.

     bce%d: DMA mapping error!  The driver was unable to map memory into DMA addressable space
     required by the controller.

     bce%d: Could not allocate parent DMA tag!  The driver could not allocate a PCI compatible
     DMA tag.

     bce%d: Could not allocate status block DMA tag!  The driver could not allocate a DMA tag for
     the controller's status block.

     bce%d: Could not allocate status block DMA memory!  The driver could not allocate DMA
     addressable memory for the controller's status block.

     bce%d: Could not map status block DMA memory!  The driver could not map the status block
     memory into the controller's DMA address space.

     bce%d: Could not allocate statistics block DMA tag!  The driver could not allocate a DMA tag
     for the controller's statistics block.

     bce%d: Could not allocate statistics block DMA memory!  The driver could not allocate DMA
     addressable memory for the controller's statistics block.

     bce%d: Could not map statistics block DMA memory!  The driver could not map the statistics
     block memory into the controller's DMA address space.

     bce%d: Could not allocate TX descriptor chain DMA tag!  The driver could not allocate a DMA
     tag for the controller's TX chain.

     bce%d: Could not allocate TX descriptor chain DMA memory!  The driver could not allocate DMA
     addressable memory for the controller's TX chain.

     bce%d: Could not map TX descriptor chain DMA memory!  The driver could not map the TX
     descriptor chain memory into the controller's DMA address space.

     bce%d: Could not allocate TX mbuf DMA tag!  The driver could not allocate a DMA tag for the
     controller's TX mbuf memory.

     bce%d: Unable to create TX mbuf DMA map!  The driver could not map the TX mbuf memory into
     the controller's DMA address space.

     bce%d: Could not allocate RX descriptor chain DMA tag!  The driver could not allocate a DMA
     tag for the controller's RX chain.

     bce%d: Could not allocate RX descriptor chain   The driver could not allocate DMA
     addressable memory for the controller's RX chain.

     bce%d: Could not map RX descriptor chain DMA memory!  The driver could not map the RX
     descriptor chain memory into the controller's DMA address space.

     bce%d: Could not allocate RX mbuf DMA tag!  The driver could not allocate a DMA tag for the
     controller's RX mbuf memory.

     bce%d: Unable to create RX mbuf DMA map!  The driver could not map the RX mbuf memory into
     the controller's DMA address space.

     bce%d: Firmware synchronization timeout!  The driver was not able to synchronize with the
     firmware running on the controller.  The firmware may be stopped or hung.

     bce%d: Invalid Ethernet address!  The driver was not able to read a valid Ethernet MAC
     address from NVRAM.

     bce%d: Reset failed!  The driver has encountered a fatal initialization error.

     bce%d: Byte swap is incorrect!  The driver has encountered a fatal initialization error.
     Contact the author with details of the CPU architecture and system chipset in use.

     bce%d: Firmware did not complete initialization!  The driver has encountered a fatal
     initialization error.

     bce%d: Bootcode not running!  The driver has encountered a fatal initialization error.

     bce%d: Error mapping mbuf into RX chain!  The driver could not map a RX mbuf into DMA
     addressable memory.

     bce%d: Error filling RX chain: rx_bd[0x%04X]!  The driver was unable to allocate enough
     mbufs to fill the RX chain during initialization.  Try increasing the number of mbufs
     available in the system, increase system memory, or if using jumbo frames, make sure enough
     9KB mbufs are available.

     bce%d: Failed to allocate new mbuf, incoming frame dropped!  The driver was unable to
     allocate a new mbuf for the RX chain and reused the mbuf for the received frame, dropping
     the incoming frame in the process.  Try increasing the number of mbufs available in the
     system or increase system memory.

     bce%d: Controller reset failed!  A fatal initialization error has occurred.

     bce%d: Controller initialization failed!  A fatal initialization error has occurred.

     bce%d: Block initialization failed!  A fatal initialization error has occurred.

     bce%d: Error mapping mbuf into TX chain!  The driver could not map a TX mbuf into DMA
     addressable memory.

     bce%d: Error registering poll function!  The driver received an error while attempting to
     register the poll function.

     bce%d: Changing VLAN_MTU not supported.  Changing the VLAN MTU is not currently supported by
     the driver.

     bce%d: Cannot change VLAN_HWTAGGING while management firmware (ASF/IPMI/UMP) is running!
     Management firmware to support ASF/IPMI/UMP requires that VLAN tag stripping be enabled in
     the controller.

     bce%d: Changing VLAN_HWTAGGING not supported!  Disabling VLAN tag stripping is not currently
     supported by the driver.

     bce%d: Watchdog timeout occurred, resetting!  The device has stopped responding to the
     network, there is a problem with the cable connection, or a driver logic problem has
     occurred..

     bce%d: Fatal attention detected: 0x%08X!  A controller hardware failure has occurred.  If
     the problem continues replace the controller.

SUPPORT

     For support questions please contact your QLogic approved reseller or QLogic Technical
     Support at http://support.qlogic.com, or by E-mail at ⟨support@qlogic.com⟩.

SEE ALSO

     altq(4), arp(4), miibus(4), netintro(4), ng_ether(4), vlan(4), ifconfig(8)

HISTORY

     The bce device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 6.1.

AUTHORS

     The bce driver was written by David Christensen <davidch@broadcom.com>.