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