ice4

Usage

Overview

The ice driver supports Intel 800 series controllers based on the Intel E810 and E823 Ethernet chipsets, including the following:

• Intel E810-C SFP/QSFP

• Intel E810-XXV SFP/QSFP

• Intel E823-L SFP/QSFP

• Intel E823-L 10G/1G

Files

Intel 800 series controllers contain basic firmware which allows the device to be used with single Tx/Rx queues and without any hardware offloading features enabled. For full functionality, the device needs the following firmware file, which is loaded by the driver when the system boots:

/etc/firmware/ice-ddp

This firmware file is not free because Intel refuses to grant distribution rights without contractual obligations. As a result, even though OpenBSD includes the driver, the firmware file cannot be included and users have to download the file on their own.

A prepackaged version of the firmware can be installed using fw_update(8).