Q-Logic 8100 SERIES manual NIC Driver Parameters for Linux

6–Configuring NIC Functionality in the Converged Network Adapter Configuring the NIC in a Linux Environment

Table 6-2. NIC Driver Parameters for Linux (Continued)

Parameter Name	Description	Default	Allowed	Configuration
		Value	Values	Method
tx-checksumming (tx)	Enables or disables	On	Off, On	ethtool
	hardware transmit
	TCP/UDP checksum
scatter-gather (sg)	Enables or disables	On	Off, On	ethtool
	scatter-gather and
	64-bit DMA on x86
tcp segmentation offload (tso)	Enables or disables	On	Off, On	ethtool
	TCP segmentation
	offload
udp fragmentation offload (ufo)	Enables or disables	Off	On, Off	ethtool
	UDP fragmentation
	offload
generic segmentation offload	Enables or disables	Off	On, off	ethtool
(gso)	generic segmenta-
	tion offload
generic-receive-offload (gro)	Enables or disables	Off	On, off	ethtool
	generic receive
	offload
qlge_irq_type	Type of interrupt for	0	0 = MSI-X	Modprobe
	the network device to		1 = MSI
	use		2 = Legacy
			Interrupts
qlge_mpi_coredump	Enables or disables	1	0 (disables)	Modprobe
	allocation of memory		1 (enables)
	for an MPI firmware
	dump
qlge_spool_coredump	Enables or disables	0	1 (enables)	Modprobe
	spooling of firmware		0 (disables)
	dump to log.
debug	Debug level	0	0–16	Sysfs
	(0=none,...,16=all)			(/sys/class/net/
	(int)			eth0)

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