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diff --git a/static/freebsd/man4/nge.4 3.html b/static/freebsd/man4/nge.4 3.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e9858a29 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/freebsd/man4/nge.4 3.html @@ -0,0 +1,168 @@ +<table class="head"> + <tr> + <td class="head-ltitle">NGE(4)</td> + <td class="head-vol">Device Drivers Manual</td> + <td class="head-rtitle">NGE(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">nge</code> — <span class="Nd">National + Semiconductor PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapter 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 nge</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_nge_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">nge</code> driver provides support for + various NICs based on the National Semiconductor DP83820 and DP83821 Gigabit + Ethernet controller chips.</p> +<p class="Pp">The DP83820 supports TBI (ten bit interface) and GMII + transceivers, which means it can be used with either copper or 1000baseX + fiber applications. The DP83820 supports TCP/IP checksum offload and VLAN + tagging/insertion as well as a 2048-bit multicast hash filter and up to 4 + pattern match buffers.</p> +<p class="Pp">Most cards also use the DP83861 10/100/1000 copper gigabit + transceiver chip, which supports autonegotiation of 10, 100 and 1000Mbps + modes in full or half duplex.</p> +<p class="Pp">The DP83820 and DP83821 also support jumbo frames, 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. Using jumbo frames can greatly improve + performance for certain tasks, such as file transfers and data + streaming.</p> +<p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">nge</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. The <a class="Xr">ifconfig(8)</a> + <code class="Ic">mediaopt</code> option can also be used to select either + <code class="Cm">full-duplex</code> or <code class="Cm">half-duplex</code> + modes.</dd> + <dt id="100baseTX"><a class="permalink" href="#100baseTX"><code class="Cm">100baseTX</code></a></dt> + <dd>Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation. The <a class="Xr">ifconfig(8)</a> + <code class="Ic">mediaopt</code> option can also be used to select either + <code class="Cm">full-duplex</code> or <code class="Cm">half-duplex</code> + modes.</dd> + <dt id="1000baseTX"><a class="permalink" href="#1000baseTX"><code class="Cm">1000baseTX</code></a></dt> + <dd>Set 1000baseTX operation over twisted pair. + <code class="Cm">full-duplex</code> and + <code class="Cm">half-duplex</code> modes are supported.</dd> + <dt id="1000baseSX"><a class="permalink" href="#1000baseSX"><code class="Cm">1000baseSX</code></a></dt> + <dd>Set 1000Mbps (Gigabit Ethernet) operation. Both + <code class="Cm">full-duplex</code> and + <code class="Cm">half-duplex</code> modes are supported.</dd> +</dl> +<p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">nge</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">nge</code> driver supports National + Semiconductor DP83820 and DP83821 based Gigabit Ethernet adapters + including:</p> +<p class="Pp"></p> +<ul class="Bl-bullet Bl-compact"> + <li>Addtron AEG320T</li> + <li>Ark PC SOHO-GA2500T (32-bit PCI) and SOHO-GA2000T (64-bit PCI)</li> + <li>Asante FriendlyNet GigaNIX 1000TA and 1000TPC</li> + <li>D-Link DGE-500T</li> + <li>Linksys EG1032, revision 1</li> + <li>Netgear GA621</li> + <li>Netgear GA622T</li> + <li>SMC EZ Card 1000 (SMC9462TX)</li> + <li>Surecom Technology EP-320G-TX</li> + <li>Trendware TEG-PCITX (32-bit PCI) and TEG-PCITX2 (64-bit PCI)</li> +</ul> +</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.nge._d.int_holdoff"><var class="Va">dev.nge.%d.int_holdoff</var></dt> + <dd>Maximum amount of time to delay interrupt processing in units of 100us. + The accepted range is 0 to 255, the default is 1(100us). Value 0 + completely disables the interrupt moderation. The interface has to be + brought down and up again before a change takes effect.</dd> +</dl> +</section> +<section class="Sh"> +<h1 class="Sh" id="DIAGNOSTICS"><a class="permalink" href="#DIAGNOSTICS">DIAGNOSTICS</a></h1> +<dl class="Bl-diag"> + <dt>nge%d: couldn't map memory</dt> + <dd>A fatal initialization error has occurred.</dd> + <dt>nge%d: couldn't map ports</dt> + <dd>A fatal initialization error has occurred.</dd> + <dt>nge%d: couldn't map interrupt</dt> + <dd>A fatal initialization error has occurred.</dd> + <dt>nge%d: no memory for softc struct!</dt> + <dd>The driver failed to allocate memory for per-device instance information + during initialization.</dd> + <dt>nge%d: failed to enable memory mapping!</dt> + <dd>The driver failed to initialize PCI shared memory mapping. This might + happen if the card is not in a bus-master slot.</dd> + <dt>nge%d: no memory for jumbo buffers!</dt> + <dd>The driver failed to allocate memory for jumbo frames during + initialization.</dd> + <dt>nge%d: watchdog timeout</dt> + <dd>The device has stopped responding to the network, or there is a problem + with the network connection (cable).</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">polling(4)</a>, + <a class="Xr">vlan(4)</a>, <a class="Xr">ifconfig(8)</a></p> +<p class="Pp"><cite class="Rs"><span class="RsT">National Semiconductor DP83820 + datasheet</span>.</cite></p> +<p class="Pp"><cite class="Rs"><span class="RsT">National Semiconductor DP83861 + datasheet</span>.</cite></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">nge</code> device driver first appeared in + <span class="Ux">FreeBSD 4.4</span>.</p> +</section> +<section class="Sh"> +<h1 class="Sh" id="AUTHORS"><a class="permalink" href="#AUTHORS">AUTHORS</a></h1> +<p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">nge</code> driver was written by + <span class="An">Bill Paul</span> + <<a class="Mt" href="mailto:wpaul@bsdi.com">wpaul@bsdi.com</a>>.</p> +</section> +</div> +<table class="foot"> + <tr> + <td class="foot-date">November 23, 2010</td> + <td class="foot-os">FreeBSD 15.0</td> + </tr> +</table> |