| re.4 (211936) | re.4 (214432) |
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| 31.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man4/re.4 211936 2010-08-28 16:32:01Z brucec $ | 31.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man4/re.4 214432 2010-10-27 19:01:09Z yongari $ |
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| 33.Dd February 9, 2009 | 33.Dd October 27, 2010 |
| 34.Dt RE 4 35.Os 36.Sh NAME 37.Nm re | 34.Dt RE 4 35.Os 36.Sh NAME 37.Nm re |
| 38.Nd "RealTek 8139C+/8169/816xS/811xS/8101E PCI/PCIe Ethernet adapter driver" | 38.Nd "RealTek 8139C+/8169/816xS/811xS/8168/810xE/8111 PCI/PCIe Ethernet adapter driver" |
| 39.Sh SYNOPSIS 40To compile this driver into the kernel, 41place the following lines in your 42kernel configuration file: 43.Bd -ragged -offset indent 44.Cd "device miibus" 45.Cd "device re" 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_re_load="YES" 53.Ed 54.Sh DESCRIPTION 55The 56.Nm 57driver provides support for various NICs based on the RealTek RTL8139C+, | 39.Sh SYNOPSIS 40To compile this driver into the kernel, 41place the following lines in your 42kernel configuration file: 43.Bd -ragged -offset indent 44.Cd "device miibus" 45.Cd "device re" 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_re_load="YES" 53.Ed 54.Sh DESCRIPTION 55The 56.Nm 57driver provides support for various NICs based on the RealTek RTL8139C+, |
| 58RTL8169, RTL8169S, RTL8110S, RTL8168S, RTL8111S and RTL8101E PCI and | 58RTL8169, RTL816xS, RTL811xS, RTL8168, RTL810xE and RTL8111 PCI and |
| 59PCIe Ethernet controllers. 60.Pp | 59PCIe Ethernet controllers. 60.Pp |
| 61NICs based on the 8139C+ and 8101E are capable of 10 and 100Mbps speeds | 61NICs based on the 8139C+ and 810xE are capable of 10 and 100Mbps speeds |
| 62over CAT5 cable. | 62over CAT5 cable. |
| 63NICs based on the 8169, 816xS and 811xS are capable of 10, 100 and 641000Mbps operation. | 63NICs based on the 8169, 816xS, 811xS, 8168 and 8111 are capable of 10, 100 64and 1000Mbps operation. |
| 65.Pp 66All NICs supported by the 67.Nm 68driver have TCP/IP checksum offload and hardware VLAN tagging/insertion 69features, and use a descriptor-based DMA mechanism. 70They are also 71capable of TCP large send (TCP segmentation offload). 72.Pp 73The 8139C+ is a single-chip solution combining both a 10/100 MAC and PHY. 74The 8169 is a 10/100/1000 MAC only, requiring a GMII or TBI external PHY. | 65.Pp 66All NICs supported by the 67.Nm 68driver have TCP/IP checksum offload and hardware VLAN tagging/insertion 69features, and use a descriptor-based DMA mechanism. 70They are also 71capable of TCP large send (TCP segmentation offload). 72.Pp 73The 8139C+ is a single-chip solution combining both a 10/100 MAC and PHY. 74The 8169 is a 10/100/1000 MAC only, requiring a GMII or TBI external PHY. |
| 75The 8169S and 8110S are single-chip devices containing both a 10/100/1000 76MAC and 10/100/1000 copper PHY. | 75The 816xS, 811xS, 8168 and 8111 are single-chip devices containing both a 7610/100/1000 MAC and 10/100/1000 copper PHY. |
| 77Standalone 10/100/1000 cards are available 78in both 32-bit PCI and 64-bit PCI models. 79The 8110S is designed for 80embedded LAN-on-motherboard applications. 81.Pp 82The 8169, 8169S and 8110S also support jumbo frames, which can be configured 83via the interface MTU setting. 84The MTU is limited to 7422, since the chip cannot transmit larger frames. --- 54 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 139Force half duplex operation. 140.El 141.Pp 142For more information on configuring this device, see 143.Xr ifconfig 8 . 144.Sh HARDWARE 145The 146.Nm | 77Standalone 10/100/1000 cards are available 78in both 32-bit PCI and 64-bit PCI models. 79The 8110S is designed for 80embedded LAN-on-motherboard applications. 81.Pp 82The 8169, 8169S and 8110S also support jumbo frames, which can be configured 83via the interface MTU setting. 84The MTU is limited to 7422, since the chip cannot transmit larger frames. --- 54 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 139Force half duplex operation. 140.El 141.Pp 142For more information on configuring this device, see 143.Xr ifconfig 8 . 144.Sh HARDWARE 145The 146.Nm |
| 147driver supports RealTek RTL8139C+, RTL8169, RTL816xS, RTL811xS, 148and RTL8101E based Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet adapters including: | 147driver supports RealTek RTL8139C+, RTL8169, RTL816xS, RTL811xS, RTL8168, 148RTL810xE and RTL8111 based Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet adapters including: |
| 149.Pp 150.Bl -bullet -compact 151.It 152Alloy Computer Products EtherGOLD 1439E 10/100 (8139C+) 153.It 154Compaq Evo N1015v Integrated Ethernet (8139C+) 155.It 156Corega CG-LAPCIGT Gigabit Ethernet (8169S) --- 99 unchanged lines hidden --- | 149.Pp 150.Bl -bullet -compact 151.It 152Alloy Computer Products EtherGOLD 1439E 10/100 (8139C+) 153.It 154Compaq Evo N1015v Integrated Ethernet (8139C+) 155.It 156Corega CG-LAPCIGT Gigabit Ethernet (8169S) --- 99 unchanged lines hidden --- |