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32.\" $FreeBSD$
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34.Dd July 26, 2002
35.Dt EM 4
36.Os
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm em
39.Nd "Intel(R) PRO/1000 gigabit Ethernet driver for the FreeBSD operating system"
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.Cd "device em"
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43The
44.Nm
45driver provides support for PCI gigabit Ethernet adapters based on
46the Intel 82540, 82542, 82543, 82544 and 82546 Ethernet controller chips.
47The driver supports Transmit/Receive checksum offload
48and Jumbo Frames only on 82540, 82543, 82544 and 82546-based adapters.
49For a list of supported adapters, see the
50.Pa README
51included with the driver.
52.Pp
53For questions related to hardware requirements,
54refer to the documentation supplied with your Intel PRO/1000 adapter.
55All hardware requirements listed apply to use with
56.Fx .
57.Pp
58Support for Jumbo Frames is provided via the interface MTU setting.
59Selecting an MTU larger than 1500 bytes with the
60.Xr ifconfig 8
61utility configures the adapter to receive and transmit Jumbo Frames.
62The maximum MTU size for Jumbo Frames is 16114.
63.Pp
64This driver version supports VLANs.
65For information on enabling VLANs, see the
66.Pa README .
67The
68.Nm
69driver supports the following media types:
70.Bl -tag -width ".Cm 10baseT/UTP"
71.It Cm autoselect
72Enables auto-negotiation for speed and duplex.
73.It Cm 10baseT/UTP
74Sets 10Mbps operation.
75Use the
76.Cm mediaopt
77option to select
78.Cm full-duplex
79mode.
80.It Cm 100baseTX
81Sets 100Mbps operation.
82Use the
83.Cm mediaopt
84option to select
85.Cm full-duplex
86mode.
87.It Cm 1000baseSX
88Sets 1000Mbps operation.
89Only
90.Cm full-duplex
91mode is supported at this speed.
92.It Cm 1000baseTX
93Sets 1000Mbps operation.
94Only
95.Cm full-duplex
96mode is supported at this speed.
97.El
98.Pp
99The
100.Nm
101driver supports the following media options:
102.Bl -tag -width ".Cm full-duplex"
103.It Cm full-duplex
104Forces full-duplex operation
105.It Cm half-duplex
106Forces half-duplex operation.
107.El
108.Pp
109Only use
110.Cm mediaopt
111to set the driver to
112.Cm full-duplex .
113If
114.Cm mediaopt
115is not specified, the driver defaults to
116.Cm half-duplex .
117.Pp
118For more information on configuring this device, see
119.Xr ifconfig 8 .
120.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
121.Bl -diag
122.It "em%d: Unable to allocate bus resource: memory"
123A fatal initialization error has occurred.
124.It "em%d: Unable to allocate bus resource: interrupt"
125A fatal initialization error has occurred.
126.It "em%d: watchdog timeout -- resetting"
127The device has stopped responding to the network, or there is a problem with
128the network connection (cable).
129.El
130.Sh SUPPORT
131For additional information regarding building and installation,
132see the
133.Pa README
134included with the driver.
135For general information and support,
136go to the Intel support website at:
137.Pa http://support.intel.com .
138.Pp
139If an issue is identified with the released source code on the supported kernel
140with a supported adapter, email the specific information related to the
141issue to
142.Aq freebsdnic@mailbox.intel.com .
143.Sh SEE ALSO
144.Xr arp 4 ,
145.Xr gx 4 ,
146.Xr netintro 4 ,
147.Xr ng_ether 4 ,
148.Xr vlan 4 ,
149.Xr ifconfig 8
150.Sh HISTORY
151The
152.Nm
153device driver first appeared in
154.Fx 4.4 .
155.Sh AUTHORS
156The
157.Nm
158driver was written by
159.An Intel Corporation Aq freebsdnic@mailbox.intel.com .
160