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diff --git a/static/freebsd/man4/man4.arm/mge.4 3.html b/static/freebsd/man4/man4.arm/mge.4 3.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e9a5086a --- /dev/null +++ b/static/freebsd/man4/man4.arm/mge.4 3.html @@ -0,0 +1,121 @@ +<table class="head"> + <tr> + <td class="head-ltitle">MGE(4)</td> + <td class="head-vol">Device Drivers Manual (arm)</td> + <td class="head-rtitle">MGE(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">mge</code> — <span class="Nd">Marvell + Gigabit Ethernet device 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 mge</code> +<br/> +<code class="Cd">device miibus</code></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">mge</code> driver provides support for + gigabit Ethernet controller integrated in Marvell system-on-chip + devices.</p> +<p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">mge</code> driver supports the following + media types:</p> +<dl class="Bl-tag"> + <dt>autoselect</dt> + <dd>Enable autoselection of the media type and options</dd> + <dt>10baseT/UTP</dt> + <dd>Set 10Mbps operation</dd> + <dt>100baseTX</dt> + <dd>Set 100Mbps operation</dd> + <dt>1000baseT</dt> + <dd>Set 1000baseT operation</dd> +</dl> +<p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">mge</code> driver supports the following + media options:</p> +<dl class="Bl-tag"> + <dt>full-duplex</dt> + <dd>Set full duplex operation</dd> +</dl> +<p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">mge</code> driver supports polled operation + when the system is configured with DEVICE_POLLING kernel option, see + <a class="Xr">polling(4)</a> for more details.</p> +<p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">mge</code> driver supports reception and + transmission of extended frames for <a class="Xr">vlan(4)</a>. This + capability of <code class="Nm">mge</code> can be controlled by means of the + <code class="Cm">vlanmtu</code> parameter to + <a class="Xr">ifconfig(8)</a>.</p> +<p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">mge</code> driver supports interrupts + coalescing (IC) so that raising a transmit/receive frame interrupt is + delayed, if possible, until a threshold-defined period of time has elapsed. + The following sysctls regulate this behaviour (separately for each + path):</p> +<dl class="Bl-tag"> + <dt id="dev.mge.X.int_coal.rx_time"><var class="Va">dev.mge.X.int_coal.rx_time</var></dt> + <dd style="width: auto;"> </dd> + <dt id="dev.mge.X.int_coal.tx_time"><var class="Va">dev.mge.X.int_coal.tx_time</var></dt> + <dd> + <p class="Pp">Value of 0 disables IC on the given path, value greater than + zero corresponds to a real time period and is expressed in units + equivalent to 64 ticks of the MGE clock. Maximum allowed value depends + on MGE hardware revision. User provided values larger than supported + will be trimmed to the maximum supported. More details are available in + the reference manual of the device.</p> + </dd> +</dl> +</section> +<section class="Sh"> +<h1 class="Sh" id="HARDWARE"><a class="permalink" href="#HARDWARE">HARDWARE</a></h1> +<p class="Pp">Gigabit Ethernet controllers built into the following Marvell + systems-on-chip are known to work with the <code class="Nm">mge</code> + driver:</p> +<p class="Pp"></p> +<ul class="Bl-bullet Bl-compact"> + <li>Orion 88F5182</li> + <li>Orion 88F5281</li> + <li>Kirkwood 88F6281 (MGE V2)</li> + <li>Discovery MV78100 (MGE V2)</li> +</ul> +<p class="Pp">There are also Marvell system controllers for PowerPC processors, + which include a variation of this gigabit Ethernet module integrated on + chip, and they should also work with the <code class="Nm">mge</code> driver, + but this wasn't tested:</p> +<p class="Pp"></p> +<ul class="Bl-bullet Bl-compact"> + <li>MV64430</li> + <li>MV64460, MV64461, MV64462</li> +</ul> +</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">polling(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">mge</code> device driver first appeared in + <span class="Ux">FreeBSD 8.0</span>.</p> +</section> +<section class="Sh"> +<h1 class="Sh" id="AUTHORS"><a class="permalink" href="#AUTHORS">AUTHORS</a></h1> +<p class="Pp">The base version of <code class="Nm">mge</code> device driver was + written by <span class="An">Grzegorz Bernacki.</span> It has been extended + with advanced features (polling, interrupt coalescing, multicast, h/w + checksum calculation etc.) by <span class="An">Piotr Ziecik</span>. This + manual page was written by <span class="An">Rafal Jaworowski</span>.</p> +</section> +</div> +<table class="foot"> + <tr> + <td class="foot-date">November 27, 2008</td> + <td class="foot-os">FreeBSD 15.0</td> + </tr> +</table> |