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diff --git a/static/freebsd/man4/igc.4 b/static/freebsd/man4/igc.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..757c7dd4 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/freebsd/man4/igc.4 @@ -0,0 +1,161 @@ +.\" +.\" Copyright 2021 Intel Corp +.\" Copyright 2021 Rubicon Communications, LLC (Netgate) +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause +.\" +.Dd March 9, 2026 +.Dt IGC 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm igc +.Nd Intel Ethernet Controller I225 2.5GbE driver +.Sh SYNOPSIS +To compile this driver into the kernel, +place the following lines in your +kernel configuration file: +.Bd -ragged -offset indent +.Cd "device iflib" +.Cd "device igc" +.Ed +.Pp +Alternatively, to load the driver as a +module at boot time, place the following line in +.Xr loader.conf 5 : +.Bd -literal -offset indent +if_igc_load="YES" +.Ed +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver provides support for any PCI Express adapter or LOM (LAN +On Motherboard) based on the Intel I225 Multi Gigabit Controller. +The driver supports Transmit/Receive checksum offload, Jumbo Frames, +MSI/MSI-X, TSO, and RSS. +.Pp +Support for Jumbo Frames is provided via the interface MTU setting. +Selecting an MTU larger than 1500 bytes with the +.Xr ifconfig 8 +utility +configures the adapter to receive and transmit Jumbo Frames. +The maximum MTU size for Jumbo Frames is 9216 bytes. +.Pp +This driver version supports VLAN hardware insertion / extraction, and +VLAN checksum offload. +For information on enabling VLANs, see +.Xr ifconfig 8 . +The +.Nm +driver supports the following media types: +.Bl -tag -width ".Cm 10baseT/UTP" +.It Cm autoselect +Enables auto-negotiation for speed and duplex. +.It Cm 10baseT/UTP +Sets 10Mbps operation. +Use the +.Cm mediaopt +option to select +.Cm half-duplex +mode. +.It Cm 100baseTX +Sets 100Mbps operation. +Use the +.Cm mediaopt +option to select +.Cm half-duplex +mode. +.It Cm 1000baseT +Sets 1000Mbps operation. +Only +.Cm full-duplex +mode is supported at this speed. +.It Cm 2500baseT +Sets 2500Mbps operation. +Only +.Cm full-duplex +mode is supported at this speed. +.El +.Sh HARDWARE +The +.Nm +driver supports the following 2.5Gb Ethernet controllers: +.Pp +.Bl -bullet -compact +.It +I220-V +.It +I221-V +.It +I225-LM +.It +I225-LMvP(2) +.It +I225-V +.It +I225-IT, I225-IT(2) +.It +I225-K, I225-K(2) +.It +I226-LM +.It +I226-LMvP +.It +I226-V +.It +I226-IT +.It +I226-K +.El +.Sh LOADER TUNABLES +Tunables can be set at the +.Xr loader 8 +prompt before booting the kernel or stored in +.Xr loader.conf 5 . +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It Va hw.igc.igc_disable_crc_stripping +Disable or enable hardware stripping of CRC field. +This is mostly useful on BMC/IPMI shared interfaces where stripping the +CRC causes remote access over IPMI to fail. +Default 0 (enabled). +.It Va hw.igc.sbp +Show bad packets when in promiscuous mode. +Default is false. +.It Va hw.igc.eee_setting +Disable or enable Energy Efficient Ethernet. +Default 1 (disabled). +.It Va hw.igc.max_interrupt_rate +Maximum device interrupts per second. +The default is 8000. +.El +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +.Bl -diag +.It "igc%d: Hardware Initialization Failed" +A fatal initialization error has occurred. +.It "igc%d: Unable to allocate bus resource: memory" +A fatal initialization error has occurred. +.It "igc%d: Invalid MAC address" +The MAC address programmed into the EEPROM is either empty or a multicast/broadcast +address. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr altq 4 , +.Xr arp 4 , +.Xr iflib 4 , +.Xr netintro 4 , +.Xr ng_ether 4 , +.Xr vlan 4 , +.Xr ifconfig 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +device driver first appeared in +.Fx 13.1 . +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +The +.Nm +was originally written by +.An Intel Corporation +and converted to the +.Xr iflib 4 +framework by +.An Netgate . |
