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29.\" $FreeBSD$
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31.Dd July 26, 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, 82544 and 82546 Ethernet controller chips.
44The driver supports Transmit/Receive checksum offload
45and Jumbo Frames only on 82540, 82543, 82544 and 82546-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
61This driver version supports VLANs.
62For information on enabling VLANs, see the
63.Pa README .
64The
65.Nm
66driver supports the following media types:
67.Bl -tag -width ".Cm 10baseT/UTP"
68.It Cm autoselect
69Enables auto-negotiation for speed and duplex.
70.It Cm 10baseT/UTP
71Sets 10Mbps operation.
72Use the
73.Cm mediaopt
74option to select
75.Cm full-duplex
76mode.
77.It Cm 100baseTX
78Sets 100Mbps operation.
79Use the
80.Cm mediaopt
81option to select
82.Cm full-duplex
83mode.
84.It Cm 1000baseSX
85Sets 1000Mbps operation.
86Only
87.Cm full-duplex
88mode is supported at this speed.
89.It Cm 1000baseTX
90Sets 1000Mbps operation.
91Only
92.Cm full-duplex
93mode is supported at this speed.
94.El
95.Pp
96The
97.Nm
98driver supports the following media options:
99.Bl -tag -width ".Cm full-duplex"
100.It Cm full-duplex
101Forces full-duplex operation
102.It Cm half-duplex
103Forces half-duplex operation.
104.El
105.Pp
106Only use
107.Cm mediaopt
108to set the driver to
109.Cm full-duplex .
110If
111.Cm mediaopt
112is not specified, the driver defaults to
113.Cm half-duplex .
114.Pp
115For more information on configuring this device, see
116.Xr ifconfig 8 .
117.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
118.Bl -diag
119.It "em%d: Unable to allocate bus resource: memory"
120A fatal initialization error has occurred.
121.It "em%d: Unable to allocate bus resource: interrupt"
122A fatal initialization error has occurred.
123.It "em%d: watchdog timeout -- resetting"
124The device has stopped responding to the network, or there is a problem with
125the network connection (cable).
126.El
127.Sh SUPPORT
128For additional information regarding building and installation,
129see the
130.Pa README
131included with the driver.
132For general information and support,
133go to the Intel support website at:
134.Pa http://support.intel.com .
135.Pp
136If an issue is identified with the released source code on the supported kernel
137with a supported adapter, email the specific information related to the
138issue to
139.Aq freebsdnic@mailbox.intel.com .
140.Sh SEE ALSO
141.Xr arp 4 ,
142.Xr gx 4 ,
143.Xr netintro 4 ,
144.Xr ng_ether 4 ,
145.Xr vlan 4 ,
146.Xr ifconfig 8
147.Sh HISTORY
148The
149.Nm
150device driver first appeared in
151.Fx 4.4 .
152.Sh AUTHORS
153The
154.Nm
155driver was written by
156.An Intel Corporation Aq freebsdnic@mailbox.intel.com .
157