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$FreeBSD: stable/11/share/man/man4/mlx4ib.4 316229 2017-03-30 05:47:18Z ngie $

.Dd March 1, 2017 .Dt MLX4IB 4 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm mlx4ib .Nd "Mellanox ConnectX-3 10GbE/40GbE network adapter driver" .Sh SYNOPSIS To compile this driver into the kernel, place these lines in your kernel configuration file: d -ragged -offset indent .Cd "options COMPAT_LINUXKPI" .Cd "device mlx4" .Cd "device mlx4ib" .Ed

p To load the driver as a module at run-time, run this command as root: d -literal -offset indent kldload mlx4ib .Ed

p To load the driver as a module at boot time, place this line in .Xr loader.conf 5 : d -literal -offset indent mlx4ib_load="YES" .Ed .Sh DESCRIPTION Mellanox ConnectX adapter cards with Virtual Protocol Interconnect (VPI) provide the highest performing and most flexible interconnect solution for Enterprise Data Centers, High-Performance Computing, and Embedded environments. Clustered data bases, parallelized applications, transactional services and high-performance embedded I/O applications will achieve significant performance improvements resulting in reduced completion time and lower cost per operation. .Sh HARDWARE The .Nm driver supports the following network adapters:

p l -bullet -compact t Mellanox ConnectX-2 (IB) t Mellanox ConnectX-3 (IB) .El .Sh SUPPORT For general information and support, go to the Mellanox support website at: .Lk http://www.mellanox.com/ .

p If an issue is identified with this driver and a supported network adapter, please email the specific information to .Aq Mt freebsd-drivers@mellanox.com . .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr mlx4en 4 , .Xr ifconfig 8 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm device driver first appeared in .Fx 9.x . .Sh AUTHORS .An -nosplit The .Nm driver was written by .An Mellanox Technologies <freebsd-drivers@mellanox.com> .