From: Fernando Luis Vazquez Cao Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 07:26:48 +0000 (-0700) Subject: igb: remove references to long gone command line parameters X-Git-Tag: v3.15-rc1~113^2~137 X-Git-Url: https://asedeno.scripts.mit.edu/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=406d49656f80b1e6d37d67e187a640243ed87ba9;p=linux.git igb: remove references to long gone command line parameters Command line parameters QueuePairs, Node, EEE, DMAC and InterruptThrottleRate do not exist these days. Remove all references to them in the Documentation folder and update code comments. Signed-off-by: Fernando Luis Vazquez Cao Tested-by: Aaron Brown Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- diff --git a/Documentation/networking/igb.txt b/Documentation/networking/igb.txt index 4ebbd659256f..43d3549366a0 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/igb.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/igb.txt @@ -36,54 +36,6 @@ Default Value: 0 This parameter adds support for SR-IOV. It causes the driver to spawn up to max_vfs worth of virtual function. -QueuePairs ----------- -Valid Range: 0-1 -Default Value: 1 (TX and RX will be paired onto one interrupt vector) - -If set to 0, when MSI-X is enabled, the TX and RX will attempt to occupy -separate vectors. - -This option can be overridden to 1 if there are not sufficient interrupts -available. This can occur if any combination of RSS, VMDQ, and max_vfs -results in more than 4 queues being used. - -Node ----- -Valid Range: 0-n -Default Value: -1 (off) - - 0 - n: where n is the number of the NUMA node that should be used to - allocate memory for this adapter port. - -1: uses the driver default of allocating memory on whichever processor is - running insmod/modprobe. - - The Node parameter will allow you to pick which NUMA node you want to have - the adapter allocate memory from. All driver structures, in-memory queues, - and receive buffers will be allocated on the node specified. This parameter - is only useful when interrupt affinity is specified, otherwise some portion - of the time the interrupt could run on a different core than the memory is - allocated on, causing slower memory access and impacting throughput, CPU, or - both. - -EEE ---- -Valid Range: 0-1 -Default Value: 1 (enabled) - - A link between two EEE-compliant devices will result in periodic bursts of - data followed by long periods where in the link is in an idle state. This Low - Power Idle (LPI) state is supported in both 1Gbps and 100Mbps link speeds. - NOTE: EEE support requires autonegotiation. - -DMAC ----- -Valid Range: 0-1 -Default Value: 1 (enabled) - Enables or disables DMA Coalescing feature. - - - Additional Configurations ========================= diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c index d6b11522fed7..ac06492fb816 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c @@ -4347,8 +4347,7 @@ enum latency_range { * were determined based on theoretical maximum wire speed and testing * data, in order to minimize response time while increasing bulk * throughput. - * This functionality is controlled by the InterruptThrottleRate module - * parameter (see igb_param.c) + * This functionality is controlled by ethtool's coalescing settings. * NOTE: This function is called only when operating in a multiqueue * receive environment. **/ @@ -4422,8 +4421,7 @@ static void igb_update_ring_itr(struct igb_q_vector *q_vector) * based on theoretical maximum wire speed and thresholds were set based * on testing data as well as attempting to minimize response time * while increasing bulk throughput. - * this functionality is controlled by the InterruptThrottleRate module - * parameter (see igb_param.c) + * This functionality is controlled by ethtool's coalescing settings. * NOTE: These calculations are only valid when operating in a single- * queue environment. **/