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sfxge(4): add firmware subvariant aware driver option
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Authored by arybchik on Nov 21 2018, 11:47 AM.
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Summary

FW subvariants allow to tweak NIC global features. For example,
if no drivers require checksumming on transmit, it may be disabled
in FW to increase packet rate.

Sponsored by: Solarflare Communications, Inc.

Test Plan

amd64 tinderbox kernel builds tested
driver loaded/unloaded, interfaces up/down, traffic works fine

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rS FreeBSD src repository - subversion
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This revision was not accepted when it landed; it landed in state Needs Review.Nov 29 2018, 6:44 AM
This revision was automatically updated to reflect the committed changes.