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diff --git a/share/man/man4/nfe.4 b/share/man/man4/nfe.4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9ffa4a2 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/nfe.4 @@ -0,0 +1,96 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: nfe.4,v 1.7 2006/02/28 08:13:47 jsg Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2006 Jonathan Gray <jsg@openbsd.org> +.\" +.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any +.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above +.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. +.\" +.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES +.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF +.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR +.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES +.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN +.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF +.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd February 6, 2006 +.Dt NFE 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm nfe +.Nd "NVIDIA nForce MCP Ethernet driver" +.Sh SYNOPSIS +To compile this driver into the kernel, +place the following lines in your +kernel configuration file: +.Bd -ragged -offset indent +.Cd "device miibus" +.Cd "device nve" +.Ed +.Pp +Alternatively, to load the driver as a +module at boot time, place the following line in +.Xr loader.conf 5 : +.Bd -literal -offset indent +if_nfe_load="YES" +.Ed +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver supports PCI Ethernet adapters based on the NVIDIA +nForce Media and Communications Processors (MCP), such as +the nForce, nForce 2, nForce 3, CK804, MCP04, MCP51 and MCP55 +Ethernet controller chips. +.Pp +The +.Nm +driver supports the following +.Ar media +types: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width autoselect -compact +.It Cm autoselect +Enable autoselection of the media type and options. +.It Cm 10baseT +Set 10Mbps operation. +.It Cm 100baseTX +Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation. +.It Cm 1000baseT +Set 1000Mbps (Gigabit Ethernet) operation (recent models only). +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr arp 4 , +.Xr intro 4 , +.Xr miibus 4 , +.Xr netintro 4 , +.Xr pci 4 , +.Xr ifconfig 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +device driver first appeared in +.Ox 3.9 , +and then in +.Fx 6.0 . +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +The +.Nm +driver was written by +.An Jonathan Gray +.Aq jsg@openbsd.org +and +.An Damien Bergamini +.Aq damien@openbsd.org . +The +.Nm +driver was ported to +.Fx +by +.An Shigeaki Tagashira +.Aq shigeaki@se.hiroshima-u.ac.jp . +.Sh CAVEATS +NVIDIA refuse to release any documentation on their products. |