ixgbe ALTQ support on 9.1-RELEASE

[Gleb Smirnoff]

On Wed, Jan 02, 2013 at 05:26:35PM -0800, Mike Hix wrote:
M> Should ixgbe 2.4.8 (supplied with 9.1-RELEASE) or newer support altq?
M> 
M> altq(4) lists ixgbe under the SUPPORTED DEVICES section.
M> 
M> I've successfully built a kernel with altq support and altq works with
M> 1Gb nics and corresponding drivers on the same system.
M> 
M> When attempting to load a pf rule set that includes queueing for my 10Gb
M> NIC, it fails with the following message:
M> 
M>     pfctl: ix0: driver does not support altq
M> 
M> Note that 'load a pf rule set' means 'pfctl -vf /etc/pf.conf'. When
M> using the flags '-vnf' to check my rule set pfctl does not produce the
M> above error, prints out the complete rule set, and exits with status
M> 0. I'd expect it to check the driver for support when '-n' is supplied,
M> but it doesn't appear that it does.
M> 
M> My card:
M>     ix0 at pci0:3:0:0:     class=0x020000 card=0xa12c8086 chip=0x150b8086
M> rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
M>         vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
M>         device     = '82598EB 10-Gigabit AT2 Server Adapter'
M>         class      = network
M>         subclass   = ethernet
M> 
M> If ixgbe does support altq, why does pfctl report otherwise? If not, why
M> does the man page state otherwise?

The same issue with igb is discussed in this thread:

http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-net/2012-December/034072.html

For ixgbe situation is absolutely the same.

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