How to compile and install ixgbe driver in Debian Linux

Intel's 10g network card (for example, 82598, 82599, x540) is supported by the ixgbe driver. Modern Linux distributions already come with the ixgbe driver, which is used through loadable modules. However, there are situations where you want to compile and install the ixgbe driver yourself on your machine, for example, when you want to experience the latest features of the ixbge driver. Similarly, a problem with the ixgbe driver that comes with the kernel by default is that it does not allow you to customize the driver parameters. If you want a fully customized ixgbe driver (such as rss, multiple queues, interrupt thresholds, etc.), you need to manually compile the ixgbe driver from source.

Step one: Installation prerequisites

Before installation, you need to install matching kernel header files and development tool kits.

  $ sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
  $ sudo apt-get install gcc make

Step 2: Compile ixgbe driver

Download the source code from the latest ixgbe driver.

  $ wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000/files/ixgbe%20stable/3.23.2/ixgbe-3.23.2.tar.gz

Compile the ixgbe driver as follows.

  $ tar xvfvz ixgbe-3.23.2.tar.gz
  $ cd ixgbe-3.23.2/src
  $ make

Step 3: Check the ixgbe driver

After compilation, you will see ixgbe.ko created in the ixgbe-3.23.2/src directory. This is the ixgbe driver that will be loaded into the kernel.

Use the modinfo command to check the kernel module information. Note that you need to specify the absolute path to the module file (such as ./ixgbe.ko or /home/xmodulo/ixgbe/ixgbe-3.23.2/src/ixgbe.ko). The output will show the version of the ixgbe kernel.

  $ modinfo ./ixgbe.ko

filename: /home/xmodulo/ixgbe/ixgbe-3.23.2/src/ixgbe.ko
  version: 3.23.2
  license: gpl
  description: intel(r) 10 gigabit pci express network driver
  author: intel corporation,
  srcversion: 2ada5e537923e983fa9dae2
  alias: pci:v00008086d00001560sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
  alias: pci:v00008086d00001558sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
  alias: pci:v00008086d0000154asv*sd*bc*sc*i*
  alias: pci:v00008086d00001557sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
  alias: pci:v00008086d0000154fsv*sd*bc*sc*i*
  alias: pci:v00008086d0000154dsv*sd*bc*sc*i*
  alias: pci:v00008086d00001528sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
  alias: pci:v00008086d000010f8sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
  alias: pci:v00008086d0000151csv*sd*bc*sc*i*
  alias: pci:v00008086d00001529sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
  alias: pci:v00008086d0000152asv*sd*bc*sc*i*
  alias: pci:v00008086d000010f9sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
  alias: pci:v00008086d00001514sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
  alias: pci:v00008086d00001507sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
  alias: pci:v00008086d000010fbsv*sd*bc*sc*i*
  alias: pci:v00008086d00001517sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
  alias: pci:v00008086d000010fcsv*sd*bc*sc*i*
  alias: pci:v00008086d000010f7sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
  alias: pci:v00008086d00001508sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
  alias: pci:v00008086d000010dbsv*sd*bc*sc*i*
  alias: pci:v00008086d000010f4sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
  alias: pci:v00008086d000010e1sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
  alias: pci:v00008086d000010f1sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
  alias: pci:v00008086d000010ecsv*sd*bc*sc*i*
  alias: pci:v00008086d000010ddsv*sd*bc*sc*i*
  alias: pci:v00008086d0000150bsv*sd*bc*sc*i*
  alias: pci:v00008086d000010c8sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
  alias: pci:v00008086d000010c7sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
  alias: pci:v00008086d000010c6sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
  alias: pci:v00008086d000010b6sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
  depends: ptp,dca
  vermagic: 3.11.0-19-generic smp mod_unload modversions
  parm: interrupttype:change interrupt mode (0=legacy, 1=msi, 2=msi-x), default intmode (deprecated) (array of int)
  parm: intmode:change interrupt mode (0=legacy, 1=msi, 2=msi-x), default 2 (array of int)
  parm: mq:disable or enable multiple queues, default 1 (array of int)
  parm: dca:disable or enable direct cache access, 0=disabled, 1=descriptor only, 2=descriptor and data (array of int)
  parm: rss:number of receive-side scaling descriptor queues, default 0=number of cpus (array of int)
  parm: vmdq:number of virtual machine device queues: 0/1 = disable, 2-16 enable (default=8) (array of int)
  parm: max_vfs:number of virtual functions: 0 = disable (default), 1-63 = enable this many vfs (array of int)
  parm: vepa:vepa bridge mode: 0 = veb (default), 1 = vepa (array of int)
  parm: interruptthrottlerate:maximum interrupts per second, per vector, (0,1,956-488281), default 1 (array of int)
  parm: lliport:low latency interrupt tcp port (0-65535) (array of int)
  parm: llipush:low latency interrupt on tcp push flag (0,1) (array of int)
  parm: llisize:low latency interrupt on packet size (0-1500) (array of int)
  parm: llietype:low latency interrupt ethernet protocol type (array of int)
  parm: llivlanp:low latency interrupt on vlan priority threshold (array of int)
  parm: fdirpballoc:flow director packet buffer allocation level:
  1 = 8k hash filters or 2k perfect filters
  2 = 16k hash filters or 4k perfect filters
  3 = 32k hash filters or 8k perfect filters (array of int)
  parm: atrsamplerate:software atr tx packet sample rate (array of int)
  parm: fcoe:disable or enable fcoe offload, default 1 (array of int)
  parm: lro:large receive offload (0,1), default 1 = on (array of int)
  parm: allow_unsupported_sfp:allow unsupported and untested sfp+ modules on 82599 based adapters, default 0 = disable (array of int)

Step 4: Test the ixgbe driver

Before testing the new module, if there is an old version of the ixgbe module in your kernel, you need to remove it first .

  $ sudo rmmod ixgbe

Then use the insmod command to insert the newly compiled ixgbe module. Make sure to specify an absolute path to the module.

  $ sudo insmod ./ixgbe.ko

If the above command runs successfully, no information will be displayed.

If you need, you can try adding additional parameters. For example, set the number of RSS queues to 16:

  $ sudo insmod ./ixgbe.ko rss=16

Check /var/log/kern.log to see whether the ixgbe driver is successfully activated. Check the log for "intel(r) 10 gigabit pci express network driver". The version information of ixgbe should be the same as the previous modinfo display.

sep 18 14:48:52 spongebob kernel: [684717.906254] intel(r) 10 gigabit pci express network driver - version 3.22.3

Step 5: Install ixgbe driver

Once you have verified that the new ixgbe driver loads successfully, the final step is to install the driver on your system.

  $ sudo make install

ixgbe.ko will be installed under /lib/modules//kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe.

From this step, you can use the following modprobe command to load the ixgbe driver. Note that you no longer have to specify the absolute path.

  $ sudo modprobe ixgbe

If you want to load the ixgbe driver at startup, you can add "ixgbe" at the end of /etc/modules.

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