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<table class="head">
  <tr>
    <td class="head-ltitle">MLX4EN(4)</td>
    <td class="head-vol">Device Drivers Manual</td>
    <td class="head-rtitle">MLX4EN(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">mlx4en</code> &#x2014; <span class="Nd">Mellanox
    ConnectX-3 10GbE/40GbE network 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 these lines in your
    kernel configuration file:</p>
<div class="Bd Pp Bd-indent"><code class="Cd">options COMPAT_LINUXKPI</code>
<br/>
<code class="Cd">device mlx4</code>
<br/>
<code class="Cd">device mlx4en</code></div>
<p class="Pp">To load the driver as a module at run-time, run this command as
    root:</p>
<div class="Bd Pp Bd-indent Li">
<pre>kldload mlx4en</pre>
</div>
<p class="Pp">To load the driver as a module at boot time, place this line in
    <a class="Xr">loader.conf(5)</a>:</p>
<div class="Bd Pp Bd-indent Li">
<pre>mlx4en_load=&quot;YES&quot;</pre>
</div>
</section>
<section class="Sh">
<h1 class="Sh" id="DESCRIPTION"><a class="permalink" href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></h1>
<p class="Pp">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.</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">mlx4en</code> driver supports the following
    network adapters:</p>
<p class="Pp"></p>
<ul class="Bl-bullet Bl-compact">
  <li>Mellanox ConnectX-2 (ETH)</li>
  <li>Mellanox ConnectX-3 (ETH)</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section class="Sh">
<h1 class="Sh" id="SUPPORT"><a class="permalink" href="#SUPPORT">SUPPORT</a></h1>
<p class="Pp">For general information and support, go to the Mellanox support
    website at:
    <a class="Lk" href="http://www.mellanox.com/">http://www.mellanox.com/</a>.</p>
<p class="Pp">If an issue is identified with this driver and a supported network
    adapter, please email the specific information to
    &lt;<a class="Mt" href="mailto:freebsd-drivers@mellanox.com">freebsd-drivers@mellanox.com</a>&gt;.</p>
</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">mlx4ib(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">mlx4en</code> device driver first appeared in
    <span class="Ux">FreeBSD 9.0</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">mlx4en</code> driver was written by
    <span class="An">Mellanox Technologies
    &lt;freebsd-drivers@mellanox.com&gt;</span>.</p>
</section>
</div>
<table class="foot">
  <tr>
    <td class="foot-date">March 1, 2017</td>
    <td class="foot-os">FreeBSD 15.0</td>
  </tr>
</table>