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diff --git a/static/freebsd/man4/alc.4 3.html b/static/freebsd/man4/alc.4 3.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e2503200 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/freebsd/man4/alc.4 3.html @@ -0,0 +1,148 @@ +<table class="head"> + <tr> + <td class="head-ltitle">ALC(4)</td> + <td class="head-vol">Device Drivers Manual</td> + <td class="head-rtitle">ALC(4)</td> + </tr> +</table> +<div class="manual-text"> +<section class="Sh"> +<h1 class="Sh" id="NAME"><a class="permalink" href="#NAME">NAME</a></h1> +<p class="Pp"><code class="Nm">alc</code> — <span class="Nd">Atheros + AR813x/AR815x/AR816x/AR817x Gigabit/Fast Ethernet driver</span></p> +</section> +<section class="Sh"> +<h1 class="Sh" id="SYNOPSIS"><a class="permalink" href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></h1> +<p class="Pp">To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines + in your kernel configuration file:</p> +<div class="Bd Pp Bd-indent"><code class="Cd">device miibus</code> +<br/> +<code class="Cd">device alc</code></div> +<p class="Pp">Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place + the following line in <a class="Xr">loader.conf(5)</a>:</p> +<div class="Bd Pp Bd-indent Li"> +<pre>if_alc_load="YES"</pre> +</div> +</section> +<section class="Sh"> +<h1 class="Sh" id="DESCRIPTION"><a class="permalink" href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></h1> +<p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">alc</code> device driver provides support for + Atheros AR813x, AR815x, AR816x and AR817x PCI Express Gigabit/Fast Ethernet + controllers.</p> +<p class="Pp">All LOMs supported by the <code class="Nm">alc</code> driver have + TCP/UDP/IP checksum offload for transmit, TCP segmentation offload (TSO), + hardware VLAN tag stripping/insertion features, Wake On Lan (WOL) and an + interrupt moderation mechanism as well as a 64-bit multicast hash + filter.</p> +<p class="Pp">The AR813x, AR815x, AR816x and AR817x supports Jumbo Frames (up to + 9216, 6144, 9216 and 9216 bytes, respectively), which can be configured via + the interface MTU setting. Selecting an MTU larger than 1500 bytes with the + <a class="Xr">ifconfig(8)</a> utility configures the adapter to receive and + transmit Jumbo Frames.</p> +<p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">alc</code> driver supports the following + media types:</p> +<dl class="Bl-tag"> + <dt id="autoselect"><a class="permalink" href="#autoselect"><code class="Cm">autoselect</code></a></dt> + <dd>Enable autoselection of the media type and options. The user can manually + override the autoselected mode by adding media options to + <a class="Xr">rc.conf(5)</a>.</dd> + <dt id="10baseT/UTP"><a class="permalink" href="#10baseT/UTP"><code class="Cm">10baseT/UTP</code></a></dt> + <dd>Set 10Mbps operation.</dd> + <dt id="100baseTX"><a class="permalink" href="#100baseTX"><code class="Cm">100baseTX</code></a></dt> + <dd>Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation.</dd> + <dt id="1000baseTX"><a class="permalink" href="#1000baseTX"><code class="Cm">1000baseTX</code></a></dt> + <dd>Set 1000baseTX operation over twisted pair.</dd> +</dl> +<p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">alc</code> driver supports the following + media options:</p> +<dl class="Bl-tag"> + <dt id="full-duplex"><a class="permalink" href="#full-duplex"><code class="Cm">full-duplex</code></a></dt> + <dd>Force full duplex operation.</dd> + <dt id="half-duplex"><a class="permalink" href="#half-duplex"><code class="Cm">half-duplex</code></a></dt> + <dd>Force half duplex operation.</dd> +</dl> +<p class="Pp">For more information on configuring this device, see + <a class="Xr">ifconfig(8)</a>.</p> +</section> +<section class="Sh"> +<h1 class="Sh" id="HARDWARE"><a class="permalink" href="#HARDWARE">HARDWARE</a></h1> +<p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">alc</code> device driver provides support for + the following Ethernet controllers:</p> +<p class="Pp"></p> +<ul class="Bl-bullet Bl-compact"> + <li>Atheros AR8131 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller</li> + <li>Atheros AR8132 PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller</li> + <li>Atheros AR8151 v1.0 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller</li> + <li>Atheros AR8151 v2.0 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller</li> + <li>Atheros AR8152 v1.1 PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller</li> + <li>Atheros AR8152 v2.0 PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller</li> + <li>Atheros AR8161 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller</li> + <li>Atheros AR8162 PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller</li> + <li>Atheros AR8171 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller</li> + <li>Atheros AR8172 PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller</li> + <li>Killer E2200 Gigabit Ethernet controller</li> + <li>Killer E2400 Gigabit Ethernet controller</li> + <li>Killer E2500 Gigabit Ethernet controller</li> +</ul> +</section> +<section class="Sh"> +<h1 class="Sh" id="LOADER_TUNABLES"><a class="permalink" href="#LOADER_TUNABLES">LOADER + TUNABLES</a></h1> +<p class="Pp">Tunables can be set at the <a class="Xr">loader(8)</a> prompt + before booting the kernel or stored in <a class="Xr">loader.conf(5)</a>.</p> +<dl class="Bl-tag"> + <dt id="hw.alc.msi_disable"><var class="Va">hw.alc.msi_disable</var></dt> + <dd>This tunable disables MSI support on the Ethernet hardware. The default + value is 0.</dd> + <dt id="hw.alc.msix_disable"><var class="Va">hw.alc.msix_disable</var></dt> + <dd>This tunable disables MSI-X support on the Ethernet hardware. The default + value is 2, which means to enable or disable MSI-X based on the card type; + for "Killer" cards (E2x00) MSI-X will be disabled, while on + other cards it will be enabled. Set this to 0 to force MSI-X to be + enabled, or 1 to force it to be disabled regardless of card type.</dd> +</dl> +</section> +<section class="Sh"> +<h1 class="Sh" id="SYSCTL_VARIABLES"><a class="permalink" href="#SYSCTL_VARIABLES">SYSCTL + VARIABLES</a></h1> +<p class="Pp">The following variables are available as both + <a class="Xr">sysctl(8)</a> variables and <a class="Xr">loader(8)</a> + tunables:</p> +<dl class="Bl-tag"> + <dt id="dev.alc._d.int_rx_mod"><var class="Va">dev.alc.%d.int_rx_mod</var></dt> + <dd>Maximum amount of time to delay receive interrupt processing in units of + 1us. The accepted range is 0 to 130000, the default is 100(100us). Value 0 + completely disables the interrupt moderation.</dd> + <dt id="dev.alc._d.int_tx_mod"><var class="Va">dev.alc.%d.int_tx_mod</var></dt> + <dd>Maximum amount of time to delay transmit interrupt processing in units of + 1us. The accepted range is 0 to 130000, the default is 1000(1ms). Value 0 + completely disables the interrupt moderation.</dd> + <dt id="dev.alc._d.process_limit"><var class="Va">dev.alc.%d.process_limit</var></dt> + <dd>Maximum amount of Rx frames to be processed in the event loop before + rescheduling a taskqueue. The accepted range is 32 to 255, the default + value is 64 events. The interface does not need to be brought down and up + again before a change takes effect.</dd> +</dl> +</section> +<section class="Sh"> +<h1 class="Sh" id="SEE_ALSO"><a class="permalink" href="#SEE_ALSO">SEE + ALSO</a></h1> +<p class="Pp"><a class="Xr">altq(4)</a>, <a class="Xr">arp(4)</a>, + <a class="Xr">miibus(4)</a>, <a class="Xr">netintro(4)</a>, + <a class="Xr">ng_ether(4)</a>, <a class="Xr">vlan(4)</a>, + <a class="Xr">ifconfig(8)</a></p> +</section> +<section class="Sh"> +<h1 class="Sh" id="HISTORY"><a class="permalink" href="#HISTORY">HISTORY</a></h1> +<p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">alc</code> driver was written by + <span class="An">Pyun YongHyeon</span> + <<a class="Mt" href="mailto:yongari@FreeBSD.org">yongari@FreeBSD.org</a>>. + It first appeared in <span class="Ux">FreeBSD 8.0</span>.</p> +</section> +</div> +<table class="foot"> + <tr> + <td class="foot-date">August 22, 2016</td> + <td class="foot-os">FreeBSD 15.0</td> + </tr> +</table> |