Allied Telesis AT-ANC10S, Installation And User Manual

Page: 46 / 124

Chapter 4: Installing the Linux Drivers
46
Checking Driver
Messages
The following are the most common sample messages that may be logged
in the /var/log/messages file for the bnx2x driver. Use
dmesg -n
<level>
command to control the level at which messages appear on the
console. Most systems are set to level 6 by default. To see all messages,
set the level higher.

Driver Sign on

NIC Detected

Link Up and Speed Indication

Link Down Indication

MSI enabled successfully
Teaming with
Channel Bonding
With the Linux drivers, you can team adapters together using the bonding
kernel module and a channel bonding interface. For more information, see
the Channel Bonding information in your operating system documentation.
Statistics
You can view detailed statistics and configuration information using the
ethtool utility. See the
ethtool
man page for more information.
Coalesce RX Frames IRQ 6 (range is 0–255)
Coalesce TX Microseconds 80 (range is 0–1023)
Coalesce TX Microseconds IRQ 80 (range is 0–1023)
Coalesce TX Frames 20 (range is 0–255)
Coalesce TX Frames IRQ 20 (range is 0–255)
Coalesce Statistics Microseconds 999936 (approximately 1 second)
(range is 0–16776960 in
increments of 256)
MSI Enabled (if supported by the 2.6
kernel and the interrupt test
passes)
TSO Enabled (on 2.6 kernels)
WoL Not supported.
Table 5. Default Values for the bnx2x Driver (Continued)
Parameter
Default Value