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27.\" $FreeBSD$
28.\"
29.Dd December 8, 2001
30.Dt EM 4
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm em
34.Nd "Intel(R) PRO/1000 gigabit Ethernet driver for the FreeBSD operating system"
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.Cd "device em"
37.Sh DESCRIPTION
38The
39.Nm
40driver provides support for PCI gigabit Ethernet adapters based on
41the Intel 82542, 82543 and 82544 Ethernet controller chip.
42The driver supports Transmit/Receive checksum offload
43and Jumbo Frames only on 82543 and 82544-based adapters.
44For a list of supported adapters, see the
45.Pa README
46included with the driver.
47.Pp
48For questions related to hardware requirements,
49refer to the documentation supplied with your Intel PRO/1000 adapter.
50All hardware requirements listed apply to use with
51.Fx .
52.Pp
53Support for Jumbo Frames is provided via the interface MTU setting.
54Selecting an MTU larger than 1500 bytes with the
55.Xr ifconfig 8
56utility configures the adapter to receive and transmit Jumbo Frames.
57The maximum MTU size for Jumbo Frames is 16114.
58.Pp
59The
60.Nm
61driver supports the following media types:
62.Bl -tag -width ".Cm 10baseT/UTP"
63.It Cm autoselect
64Enables auto-negotiation for speed and duplex.
65.It Cm 10baseT/UTP
66Sets 10Mbps operation.
67Use the
68.Cm mediaopt
69option to select
70.Cm full-duplex
71mode.
72.It Cm 100baseTX
73Sets 100Mbps operation.
74Use the
75.Cm mediaopt
76option to select
77.Cm full-duplex
78mode.
79.It Cm 1000baseSX
80Sets 1000Mbps operation.
81Only
82.Cm full-duplex
83mode is supported at this speed.
84.It Cm 1000baseTX
85Sets 1000Mbps operation.
86Only
87.Cm full-duplex
88mode is supported at this speed.
89.El
90.Pp
91The
92.Nm
93driver supports the following media options:
94.Bl -tag -width ".Cm full-duplex"
95.It Cm full-duplex
96Forces full-duplex operation
97.It Cm half-duplex
98Forces half-duplex operation.
99.El
100.Pp
101Only use
102.Cm mediaopt
103to set the driver to
104.Cm full-duplex .
105If
106.Cm mediaopt
107is not specified, the driver defaults to
108.Cm half-duplex .
109.Pp
110For more information on configuring this device, see
111.Xr ifconfig 8 .
112.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
113.Bl -diag
114.It "em%d: Unable to allocate bus resource: memory"
115A fatal initialization error has occurred.
116.It "em%d: Unable to allocate bus resource: interrupt"
117A fatal initialization error has occurred.
118.It "em%d: watchdog timeout -- resetting"
119The device has stopped responding to the network, or there is a problem with
120the network connection (cable).
121.El
122.Sh SUPPORT
123For additional information regarding building and installation,
124see the
125.Pa README
126included with the driver.
127For general information and support,
128go to the Intel support website at:
129.Pa http://support.intel.com .
130.Pp
131If an issue is identified with the released source code on the supported kernel
132with a supported adapter, email the specific information related to the
133issue to
134.Aq freebsdnic@mailbox.intel.com .
135.Sh SEE ALSO
136.Xr arp 4 ,
137.Xr netintro 4 ,
138.Xr ng_ether 4 ,
139.Xr vlan 4 ,
140.Xr ifconfig 8
141.Sh HISTORY
142The
143.Nm
144device driver first appeared in
145.Fx 4.4 .
146.Sh AUTHORS
147The
148.Nm
149driver was written by
150.An Intel Corporation Aq freebsdnic@mailbox.intel.com .
151