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author | pdeuskar <pdeuskar@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-12-02 07:45:22 +0000 |
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committer | pdeuskar <pdeuskar@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-12-02 07:45:22 +0000 |
commit | 124068ba6b175b9c0386b32be7f7d51a5d46908a (patch) | |
tree | 664599fe1de23c16b67190492d58f580862c3a4a /share | |
parent | e52687276867cfdb203948c2941ad2a43847b5dc (diff) | |
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Adding man page for the em driver.
Submitted by:Prafulla Deuskar
Reviewed by:Paul Saab
MFC after:1 week
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/Makefile | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/em.4 | 147 |
2 files changed, 148 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/Makefile b/share/man/man4/Makefile index b9536c0..4d088ec 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/Makefile +++ b/share/man/man4/Makefile @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ MAN= aac.4 \ dummynet.4 \ ed.4 \ ef.4 \ + em.4 \ faith.4 \ fd.4 \ fdc.4 \ diff --git a/share/man/man4/em.4 b/share/man/man4/em.4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b5fb2a5 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/em.4 @@ -0,0 +1,147 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2001 Intel Corporation +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms of the Software, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code of the Software may retain the above +.\" copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form of the Software may reproduce the +.\" above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following +.\" disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the +.\" distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the Intel Corporation nor the names of its contributors +.\" shall be used to endorse or promote products derived from this Software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS 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 THE INTEL OR ITS 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 October, 2001 +.Dt EM 4 +.Os FreeBSD +.Sh NAME +.Nm em +.Nd +Intel(R) PRO/1000 gigabit ethernet driver for the FreeBSD operating system +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "device em" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver provides support for PCI gigabit ethernet adapters based on +the Intel 82542, 82543 and 82544 ethernet controller chip. +The driver supports Transmit/Receive checksum offload +and jumbo frames only on 82543 and 82544-based adapters. +For a list of supported adapters, see the README +included with the driver. +.Pp +For questions related to hardware requirements, +refer to the documentation supplied with your Intel PRO/1000 adapter. +All hardware requirements listed apply to use with FreeBSD. +.Pp +Support for jumbo frames is provided via the interface MTU setting. +Selecting an MTU larger than 1500 bytes with the +.Xr ifconfig 8 +utility configures the adapter to receive and transmit jumbo frames. +The maximum MTU size for jumbo frames is 9000. +.Pp +The +.Nm +driver supports the following media types: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx +.It autoselect +Enables auto-negotiation for speed and duplex. +.It 10baseT/UTP +Sets 10Mbps operation. +The +.Ar mediaopt +option can also be used to select either +.Ar full-duplex +or +.Ar half-duplex +modes. +.It 100baseTX +Sets 100Mbps operation. +The +.Ar mediaopt +option can also be used to select either +.Ar full-duplex +or +.Ar half-duplex +modes. +.It 1000baseSX +Sets 1000Mbps operation. +Only +.Ar full-duplex +mode is supported at this speed. +.It 1000baseTX +Sets 1000Mbps operation. +Only +.Ar full-duplex +mode is supported at this speed. +.El +.Pp +The +.Nm +driver supports the following media options: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx +.It full-duplex +Forces full duplex operation +.It half-duplex +Forces half duplex operation. +.El +.Pp +For more information on configuring this device, see +.Xr ifconfig 8 . +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +.Bl -diag +.It "em%d: Unable to allocate bus resource: memory" +A fatal initialization error has occurred. +.It "em%d: Unable to allocate bus resource: interrupt" +A fatal initialization error has occurred. +.It "em%d: No memory for jumbo buffers!" +The driver failed to allocate memory for jumbo frames during +initialization. +.It "em%d: watchdog timeout -- resetting" +The device has stopped responding to the network, or there is a problem with +the network connection (cable). +.El +.Sh SUPPORT +For additional information regarding building and installation, +see the README included with the driver. For general information and support, +go to the Intel support Website at: +.Ar http://support.intel.com. +.Pp +If an issue is identified with the released source code on the supported kernel +with a supported adapter, email the specific information related to the +issue to freebsdnic@mailbox.intel.com. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr arp 4 , +.Xr netintro 4 , +.Xr vlan 4 , +.Xr ng_ether 4 , +.Xr ifconfig 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +device driver first appeared in +.Fx 4.4 . +.Sh AUTHORS +The +.Nm +driver was written by +.An Intel Corporation Aq freebsdnic@mailbox.intel.com . |