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31.Dd April 5, 2002
32.Dt EM 4
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm em
36.Nd "Intel(R) PRO/1000 gigabit Ethernet driver for the FreeBSD operating system"
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.Cd "device em"
39.Sh DESCRIPTION
40The
41.Nm
42driver provides support for PCI gigabit Ethernet adapters based on
43the Intel 82540, 82542, 82543 and 82544 Ethernet controller chip.
44The driver supports Transmit/Receive checksum offload
45and Jumbo Frames only on 82540, 82543 and 82544-based adapters.
46For a list of supported adapters, see the
47.Pa README
48included with the driver.
49.Pp
50For questions related to hardware requirements,
51refer to the documentation supplied with your Intel PRO/1000 adapter.
52All hardware requirements listed apply to use with
53.Fx .
54.Pp
55Support for Jumbo Frames is provided via the interface MTU setting.
56Selecting an MTU larger than 1500 bytes with the
57.Xr ifconfig 8
58utility configures the adapter to receive and transmit Jumbo Frames.
59The maximum MTU size for Jumbo Frames is 16114.
60.Pp
61The
62.Nm
63driver supports the following media types:
64.Bl -tag -width ".Cm 10baseT/UTP"
65.It Cm autoselect
66Enables auto-negotiation for speed and duplex.
67.It Cm 10baseT/UTP
68Sets 10Mbps operation.
69Use the
70.Cm mediaopt
71option to select
72.Cm full-duplex
73mode.
74.It Cm 100baseTX
75Sets 100Mbps operation.
76Use the
77.Cm mediaopt
78option to select
79.Cm full-duplex
80mode.
81.It Cm 1000baseSX
82Sets 1000Mbps operation.
83Only
84.Cm full-duplex
85mode is supported at this speed.
86.It Cm 1000baseTX
87Sets 1000Mbps operation.
88Only
89.Cm full-duplex
90mode is supported at this speed.
91.El
92.Pp
93The
94.Nm
95driver supports the following media options:
96.Bl -tag -width ".Cm full-duplex"
97.It Cm full-duplex
98Forces full-duplex operation
99.It Cm half-duplex
100Forces half-duplex operation.
101.El
102.Pp
103Only use
104.Cm mediaopt
105to set the driver to
106.Cm full-duplex .
107If
108.Cm mediaopt
109is not specified, the driver defaults to
110.Cm half-duplex .
111.Pp
112For more information on configuring this device, see
113.Xr ifconfig 8 .
114.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
115.Bl -diag
116.It "em%d: Unable to allocate bus resource: memory"
117A fatal initialization error has occurred.
118.It "em%d: Unable to allocate bus resource: interrupt"
119A fatal initialization error has occurred.
120.It "em%d: watchdog timeout -- resetting"
121The device has stopped responding to the network, or there is a problem with
122the network connection (cable).
123.El
124.Sh SUPPORT
125For additional information regarding building and installation,
126see the
127.Pa README
128included with the driver.
129For general information and support,
130go to the Intel support website at:
131.Pa http://support.intel.com .
132.Pp
133If an issue is identified with the released source code on the supported kernel
134with a supported adapter, email the specific information related to the
135issue to
136.Aq freebsdnic@mailbox.intel.com .
137.Sh SEE ALSO
138.Xr arp 4 ,
139.Xr gx 4 ,
140.Xr netintro 4 ,
141.Xr ng_ether 4 ,
142.Xr vlan 4 ,
143.Xr ifconfig 8
144.Sh HISTORY
145The
146.Nm
147device driver first appeared in
148.Fx 4.4 .
149.Sh AUTHORS
150The
151.Nm
152driver was written by
153.An Intel Corporation Aq freebsdnic@mailbox.intel.com .
154