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| 31.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man4/re.4 126579 2004-03-04 06:42:46Z sanpei $ | 31.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man4/re.4 131530 2004-07-03 18:29:24Z ru $ |
| 32.\" 33.Dd September 4, 2003 34.Dt RE 4 35.Os 36.Sh NAME 37.Nm re 38.Nd "RealTek 8139C+/8169/8169S/8110S PCI ethernet adapter driver" 39.Sh SYNOPSIS --- 9 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 49.Bl -bullet -compact 50.It 51Alloy Computer Products EtherGOLD 1439E 10/100 (8139C+) 52.It 53Compaq Evo N1015v Integrated Ethernet (8139C+) 54.It 55Gigabyte 7N400 Pro2 Integrated Gigabit Ethernet (8110S) 56.It | 32.\" 33.Dd September 4, 2003 34.Dt RE 4 35.Os 36.Sh NAME 37.Nm re 38.Nd "RealTek 8139C+/8169/8169S/8110S PCI ethernet adapter driver" 39.Sh SYNOPSIS --- 9 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 49.Bl -bullet -compact 50.It 51Alloy Computer Products EtherGOLD 1439E 10/100 (8139C+) 52.It 53Compaq Evo N1015v Integrated Ethernet (8139C+) 54.It 55Gigabyte 7N400 Pro2 Integrated Gigabit Ethernet (8110S) 56.It |
| 57PLANEX COMMUNICATIONS Inc. GN-1200TC (8169S) | 57PLANEX COMMUNICATIONS Inc.\& GN-1200TC (8169S) |
| 58.It 59Xterasys XN-152 10/100/1000 NIC (8169) 60.El 61.Pp 62NICs based on the 8139C+ are capable of 10 and 100Mbps speeds over CAT5 | 58.It 59Xterasys XN-152 10/100/1000 NIC (8169) 60.El 61.Pp 62NICs based on the 8139C+ are capable of 10 and 100Mbps speeds over CAT5 |
| 63cable. NICs based on the 8169, 8169S and 8110S are capable of 10, 100 and | 63cable. 64NICs based on the 8169, 8169S and 8110S are capable of 10, 100 and |
| 641000Mbps operation. 65.Pp 66All NICs supported by the 67.Nm 68driver have TCP/IP checksum offload and hardware VLAN tagging/insertion | 651000Mbps operation. 66.Pp 67All NICs supported by the 68.Nm 69driver have TCP/IP checksum offload and hardware VLAN tagging/insertion |
| 69features, and use a descriptor-based DMA mechanism. They are also | 70features, and use a descriptor-based DMA mechanism. 71They are also |
| 70capable of TCP large send (TCP segmentation offload). 71.Pp 72The 8139C+ is a single-chip solution combining both a 10/100 MAC and PHY. 73The 8169 is a 10/100/1000 MAC only, requiring a GMII or TBI external PHY. 74The 8169S and 8110S are single-chip devices containing both a 10/100/1000 | 72capable of TCP large send (TCP segmentation offload). 73.Pp 74The 8139C+ is a single-chip solution combining both a 10/100 MAC and PHY. 75The 8169 is a 10/100/1000 MAC only, requiring a GMII or TBI external PHY. 76The 8169S and 8110S are single-chip devices containing both a 10/100/1000 |
| 75MAC and 10/100/1000 copper PHY. Standalone 10/100/1000 cards are available 76in both 32-bit PCI and 64-bit PCI models. The 8110S is designed for | 77MAC and 10/100/1000 copper PHY. 78Standalone 10/100/1000 cards are available 79in both 32-bit PCI and 64-bit PCI models. 80The 8110S is designed for |
| 77embedded LAN-on-motherboard applications. 78.Pp 79The 8169, 8169S and 8110S also support jumbo frames, which can be configured 80via the interface MTU setting. 81Selecting an MTU larger than 1500 bytes with the 82.Xr ifconfig 8 83utility configures the adapter to receive and transmit jumbo frames. 84.Pp --- 93 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 178.Sh AUTHORS 179The 180.Nm 181driver was written by 182.An Bill Paul Aq wpaul@windriver.com . 183.Sh BUGS 184The Xterasys XN-152 32-bit PCI NIC, which uses the RTL8169 MAC and 185Marvell 88E1000 PHY, has a defect that causes DMA corruption | 81embedded LAN-on-motherboard applications. 82.Pp 83The 8169, 8169S and 8110S also support jumbo frames, which can be configured 84via the interface MTU setting. 85Selecting an MTU larger than 1500 bytes with the 86.Xr ifconfig 8 87utility configures the adapter to receive and transmit jumbo frames. 88.Pp --- 93 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 182.Sh AUTHORS 183The 184.Nm 185driver was written by 186.An Bill Paul Aq wpaul@windriver.com . 187.Sh BUGS 188The Xterasys XN-152 32-bit PCI NIC, which uses the RTL8169 MAC and 189Marvell 88E1000 PHY, has a defect that causes DMA corruption |
| 186if the board is plugged into a 64-bit PCI slot. The defect | 190if the board is plugged into a 64-bit PCI slot. 191The defect |
| 187lies in the board design, not the chip itself: the PCI REQ64# and ACK64# | 192lies in the board design, not the chip itself: the PCI REQ64# and ACK64# |
| 188lines should be pulled high, but they are not. The result is that the | 193lines should be pulled high, but they are not. 194The result is that the |
| 1898169 chip is tricked into performing 64-bit DMA transfers even though 190a 64-bit data path between the NIC and the bus does not actually exist. 191.Pp 192Unfortunately, it is not possible to correct this problem in software, | 1958169 chip is tricked into performing 64-bit DMA transfers even though 196a 64-bit data path between the NIC and the bus does not actually exist. 197.Pp 198Unfortunately, it is not possible to correct this problem in software, |
| 193however it is possible to detect it. When the | 199however it is possible to detect it. 200When the |
| 194.Nm 195driver is loaded, it will run a diagnostic routine designed to 196validate DMA operation by placing the chip in digital loopback mode | 201.Nm 202driver is loaded, it will run a diagnostic routine designed to 203validate DMA operation by placing the chip in digital loopback mode |
| 197and initiating a packet transmission. If the card functions properly, | 204and initiating a packet transmission. 205If the card functions properly, |
| 198the transmitted data will | 206the transmitted data will |
| 199be echoed back unmodified. If the echoed data is corrupt, the driver 200will print an error message on the console and abort the device attach. The | 207be echoed back unmodified. 208If the echoed data is corrupt, the driver 209will print an error message on the console and abort the device attach. 210The |
| 201user should insure the NIC is installed in a 32-bit PCI slot to 202avoid this problem. 203.Pp 204The RealTek 8169, 8169S and 8110S chips appear to only be capable of 205transmitting jumbo frames up to 7.5K in size. | 211user should insure the NIC is installed in a 32-bit PCI slot to 212avoid this problem. 213.Pp 214The RealTek 8169, 8169S and 8110S chips appear to only be capable of 215transmitting jumbo frames up to 7.5K in size. |