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25.Dd March 1, 2017
26.Dt MLX4EN 4
27.Os
28.Sh NAME
29.Nm mlx4en
30.Nd "Mellanox ConnectX-3 10GbE/40GbE network adapter driver"
31.Sh SYNOPSIS
32To compile this driver into the kernel,
33place these lines in your kernel configuration file:
34.Bd -ragged -offset indent
35.Cd "options COMPAT_LINUXKPI"
36.Cd "device mlx4"
37.Cd "device mlx4en"
38.Ed
39.Pp
40To load the driver as a module at run-time,
41run this command as root:
42.Bd -literal -offset indent
43kldload mlx4en
44.Ed
45.Pp
46To load the driver as a
47module at boot time, place this line in
48.Xr loader.conf 5 :
49.Bd -literal -offset indent
50mlx4en_load="YES"
51.Ed
52.Sh DESCRIPTION
53Mellanox ConnectX adapter cards with Virtual Protocol Interconnect
54(VPI) provide the highest performing and most flexible interconnect
55solution for Enterprise Data Centers, High-Performance Computing, and
56Embedded environments.
57Clustered data bases, parallelized applications, transactional
58services and high-performance embedded I/O applications will achieve
59significant performance improvements resulting in reduced completion
60time and lower cost per operation.
61.Sh HARDWARE
62The
63.Nm
64driver supports the following network adapters:
65.Pp
66.Bl -bullet -compact
67.It
68Mellanox ConnectX-2 (ETH)
69.It
70Mellanox ConnectX-3 (ETH)
71.El
72.Sh SUPPORT
73For general information and support,
74go to the Mellanox support website at:
75.Lk http://www.mellanox.com/ .
76.Pp
77If an issue is identified with this driver and a supported network adapter,
78please email the specific information to
79.Aq Mt freebsd-drivers@mellanox.com .
80.Sh SEE ALSO
81.Xr mlx4ib 4 ,
82.Xr ifconfig 8
83.Sh HISTORY
84The
85.Nm
86device driver first appeared in
87.Fx 9.0 .
88.Sh AUTHORS
89.An -nosplit
90The
91.Nm
92driver was written by
93.An Mellanox Technologies <freebsd-drivers@mellanox.com> .
94