| ixgb.4 (139593) | ixgb.4 (161433) |
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| 1.\" Copyright (c) 2001-2004, Intel Corporation 2.\" All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 6.\" 7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, 8.\" this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. --- 15 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 24.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 25.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 26.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 27.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 28.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 29.\" 30.\" * Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. 31.\" | 1.\" Copyright (c) 2001-2004, Intel Corporation 2.\" All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 6.\" 7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, 8.\" this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. --- 15 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 24.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 25.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 26.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 27.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 28.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 29.\" 30.\" * Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. 31.\" |
| 32.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man4/ixgb.4 139593 2005-01-02 18:26:13Z krion $ | 32.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man4/ixgb.4 161433 2006-08-18 10:22:36Z brueffer $ |
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| 34.Dd November 24, 2004 | 34.Dd August 18, 2006 |
| 35.Dt IXGB 4 36.Os 37.Sh NAME 38.Nm ixgb 39.Nd "Intel(R) PRO/10GbE Ethernet driver for the FreeBSD operating system" 40.Sh SYNOPSIS | 35.Dt IXGB 4 36.Os 37.Sh NAME 38.Nm ixgb 39.Nd "Intel(R) PRO/10GbE Ethernet driver for the FreeBSD operating system" 40.Sh SYNOPSIS |
| 41To compile this driver into the kernel, 42place the following line in your 43kernel configuration file: 44.Bd -ragged -offset indent |
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| 41.Cd "device ixgb" | 45.Cd "device ixgb" |
| 46.Ed 47.Pp 48Alternatively, to load the driver as a 49module at boot time, place the following line in 50.Xr loader.conf 5 : 51.Bd -literal -offset indent 52if_ixgb_load="YES" 53.Ed |
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| 42.Sh DESCRIPTION 43The 44.Nm | 54.Sh DESCRIPTION 55The 56.Nm |
| 45driver provides support for PCI gigabit Ethernet adapters based on | 57driver provides support for PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapters based on |
| 46the Intel 82597EX Ethernet controller chips. 47The driver supports Transmit/Receive checksum offload 48and Jumbo Frames. | 58the Intel 82597EX Ethernet controller chips. 59The driver supports Transmit/Receive checksum offload 60and Jumbo Frames. |
| 49For a list of supported adapters, see the 50.Pa README 51included with the driver. | |
| 52.Pp 53For questions related to hardware requirements, 54refer to the documentation supplied with your Intel PRO/10GbE adapter. 55All hardware requirements listed apply to use with 56.Fx . 57.Pp 58Support for Jumbo Frames is provided via the interface MTU setting. 59Selecting an MTU larger than 1500 bytes with the 60.Xr ifconfig 8 61utility configures the adapter to receive and transmit Jumbo Frames. 62The maximum MTU size for Jumbo Frames is 16114. 63.Pp 64This driver version supports VLANs. | 61.Pp 62For questions related to hardware requirements, 63refer to the documentation supplied with your Intel PRO/10GbE adapter. 64All hardware requirements listed apply to use with 65.Fx . 66.Pp 67Support for Jumbo Frames is provided via the interface MTU setting. 68Selecting an MTU larger than 1500 bytes with the 69.Xr ifconfig 8 70utility configures the adapter to receive and transmit Jumbo Frames. 71The maximum MTU size for Jumbo Frames is 16114. 72.Pp 73This driver version supports VLANs. |
| 65For information on enabling VLANs, see the 66.Pa README . | 74For information on enabling VLANs, see 75.Xr ifconfig 8 . |
| 67.Sh HARDWARE 68The 69.Nm 70driver supports the following cards: 71.Pp 72.Bl -bullet -compact 73.It 74Intel PRO/10GbE LR Server Adapter --- 6 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 81A fatal initialization error has occurred. 82.It "ixgb%d: Unable to allocate bus resource: interrupt" 83A fatal initialization error has occurred. 84.It "ixgb%d: watchdog timeout -- resetting" 85The device has stopped responding to the network, or there is a problem with 86the network connection (cable). 87.El 88.Sh SUPPORT | 76.Sh HARDWARE 77The 78.Nm 79driver supports the following cards: 80.Pp 81.Bl -bullet -compact 82.It 83Intel PRO/10GbE LR Server Adapter --- 6 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 90A fatal initialization error has occurred. 91.It "ixgb%d: Unable to allocate bus resource: interrupt" 92A fatal initialization error has occurred. 93.It "ixgb%d: watchdog timeout -- resetting" 94The device has stopped responding to the network, or there is a problem with 95the network connection (cable). 96.El 97.Sh SUPPORT |
| 89For additional information regarding building and installation, 90see the 91.Pa README 92included with the driver. | |
| 93For general information and support, 94go to the Intel support website at: 95.Pa http://support.intel.com . 96.Pp 97If an issue is identified with the released source code on the supported kernel 98with a supported adapter, email the specific information related to the 99issue to 100.Aq freebsdnic@mailbox.intel.com . --- 20 unchanged lines hidden --- | 98For general information and support, 99go to the Intel support website at: 100.Pa http://support.intel.com . 101.Pp 102If an issue is identified with the released source code on the supported kernel 103with a supported adapter, email the specific information related to the 104issue to 105.Aq freebsdnic@mailbox.intel.com . --- 20 unchanged lines hidden --- |