igb

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

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

if_igb_load="YES"

The igb driver provides support for PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet adapters based on the Intel 82575 and 82576 Ethernet controller chips. The driver supports Transmit/Receive checksum offload and Jumbo Frames. Furthermore it supports TCP segmentation offload (TSO) on all adapters. The identification LEDs of the adapters supported by the igb driver can be controlled via the led(4) API for localization purposes.

For questions related to hardware requirements, refer to the documentation supplied with your Intel PRO/1000 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 9216.

This driver supports hardware assisted VLANs. The igb driver supports the following media types:

autoselect

Enables auto-negotiation for speed and duplex.

10baseT/UTP

Sets 10Mbps operation. Use the mediaopt option to select full-duplex mode.

100baseTX

Sets 100Mbps operation. Use the mediaopt option to select full-duplex mode.

1000baseSX

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

1000baseTX

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

The igb driver supports the following media options:

full-duplex

Forces full-duplex operation

half-duplex

Forces half-duplex operation.

Only use mediaopt to set the driver to full-duplex. If mediaopt is not specified, the driver defaults to half-duplex.

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

The igb driver supports Gigabit Ethernet adapters based on the Intel 82575 and 82576 controller chips:

• Intel Gigabit ET Dual Port Server Adapter (82576)
• Intel Gigabit VT Quad Port Server Adapter (82575)

Tunables can be set at the loader(8) prompt before booting the kernel or stored in loader.conf(5).

hw.igb.rxd

Number of receive descriptors allocated by the driver. The default value is 256. The minimum is 80, and the maximum is 4096.

hw.igb.txd

Number of transmit descriptors allocated by the driver. The default value is 256. The minimum is 80, and the maximum is 4096.

hw.igb.enable_aim

If set to 1, enable Adaptive Interrupt Moderation. The default is to enable Adaptive Interrupt Moderation.

hw.igb.num_queues

Number of queues used for data transfer. If set to 0, number of queues will be configured automatically based on number of CPUs and max supported MSI-X messages on the device.

kern.ipc.nmbclusters

The maximum number of mbuf clusters allowed. If the system has more than one igb card or jumbo frames are enabled, this value will need to be increased.

kern.ipc.nmbjumbo9k

The maximum number of mbuf 9k jumbo clusters allowed. Increasing this to allow for at least 8192 extra clusters per interface can allow for an mtu of 8192.

/dev/led/igb*

identification LED device nodes

Make the identification LED of igb0 blink:

Turn the identification LED of igb0 off again:

igb%d: Unable to allocate bus resource: memory

A fatal initialization error has occurred.

igb%d: Unable to allocate bus resource: interrupt

A fatal initialization error has occurred.

igb%d: watchdog timeout -- resetting

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

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 ⟨freebsdnic@mailbox.intel.com⟩.

altq(4), arp(4), em(4), led(4), netintro(4), ng_ether(4), polling(4), vlan(4), ifconfig(8)

The igb device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 7.1.

The igb driver was written by Intel Corporation ⟨freebsdnic@mailbox.intel.com⟩.