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author | ngie <ngie@FreeBSD.org> | 2017-03-30 05:41:27 +0000 |
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committer | ngie <ngie@FreeBSD.org> | 2017-03-30 05:41:27 +0000 |
commit | c7905e37561aa71dca7278444550635b469d593d (patch) | |
tree | b42e3c4e36b5da5bcce3f0fb58ad43845d21af8f /share/man/man4/mlx4ib.4 | |
parent | 16733648c2911b1ebac40ed613960cf82bc5fcef (diff) | |
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MFC r315759,r315761:
r315759 (by gjb):
Add mlx5en(4) to the hardware page. [1]
Belatedly bump copyright years after several changes.
r315761:
Add cxgbe(4), ixl(4), and mlx4en(4) to the hardware release notes
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diff --git a/share/man/man4/mlx4ib.4 b/share/man/man4/mlx4ib.4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e827ff6 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/mlx4ib.4 @@ -0,0 +1,95 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2016 Mellanox Technologies +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS `AS IS' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd March 1, 2017 +.Dt MLX4IB 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm mlx4ib +.Nd "Mellanox ConnectX-3 10GbE/40GbE network adapter driver" +.Sh SYNOPSIS +To compile this driver into the kernel, +place these lines in your kernel configuration file: +.Bd -ragged -offset indent +.Cd "options COMPAT_LINUXKPI" +.Cd "device mlx4" +.Cd "device mlx4ib" +.Ed +.Pp +To load the driver as a module at run-time, +run this command as root: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +kldload mlx4ib +.Ed +.Pp +To load the driver as a +module at boot time, place this line in +.Xr loader.conf 5 : +.Bd -literal -offset indent +mlx4ib_load="YES" +.Ed +.Sh DESCRIPTION +Mellanox ConnectX adapter cards with Virtual Protocol Interconnect +(VPI) provide the highest performing and most flexible interconnect +solution for Enterprise Data Centers, High-Performance Computing, and +Embedded environments. +Clustered data bases, parallelized applications, transactional +services and high-performance embedded I/O applications will achieve +significant performance improvements resulting in reduced completion +time and lower cost per operation. +.Sh HARDWARE +The +.Nm +driver supports the following network adapters: +.Pp +.Bl -bullet -compact +.It +Mellanox ConnectX-2 (IB) +.It +Mellanox ConnectX-3 (IB) +.El +.Sh SUPPORT +For general information and support, +go to the Mellanox support website at: +.Lk http://www.mellanox.com/ . +.Pp +If an issue is identified with this driver and a supported network adapter, +please email the specific information to +.Aq Mt freebsd-drivers@mellanox.com . +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr mlx4en 4 , +.Xr ifconfig 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +device driver first appeared in +.Fx 9.x . +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +The +.Nm +driver was written by +.An Mellanox Technologies <freebsd-drivers@mellanox.com> . |