1.\" Copyright (c) 2016 Mellanox Technologies 2.\" All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 6.\" are met: 7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 8.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 9.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 11.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 12.\" 13.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS `AS IS' AND 14.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 15.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 16.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 17.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 18.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 19.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 20.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 21.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 22.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 23.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 24.\" 25.\" $FreeBSD$ 26.\" 27.Dd March 1, 2017 28.Dt MLX4IB 4 29.Os 30.Sh NAME 31.Nm mlx4ib 32.Nd "Mellanox ConnectX-3 10GbE/40GbE network adapter driver" 33.Sh SYNOPSIS 34To compile this driver into the kernel, 35place these lines in your kernel configuration file: 36.Bd -ragged -offset indent 37.Cd "options COMPAT_LINUXKPI" 38.Cd "device mlx4" 39.Cd "device mlx4ib" 40.Ed 41.Pp 42To load the driver as a module at run-time, 43run this command as root: 44.Bd -literal -offset indent 45kldload mlx4ib 46.Ed 47.Pp 48To load the driver as a 49module at boot time, place this line in 50.Xr loader.conf 5 : 51.Bd -literal -offset indent 52mlx4ib_load="YES" 53.Ed 54.Sh DESCRIPTION 55Mellanox ConnectX adapter cards with Virtual Protocol Interconnect 56(VPI) provide the highest performing and most flexible interconnect 57solution for Enterprise Data Centers, High-Performance Computing, and 58Embedded environments. 59Clustered data bases, parallelized applications, transactional 60services and high-performance embedded I/O applications will achieve 61significant performance improvements resulting in reduced completion 62time and lower cost per operation. 63.Sh HARDWARE 64The 65.Nm 66driver supports the following network adapters: 67.Pp 68.Bl -bullet -compact 69.It 70Mellanox ConnectX-2 (IB) 71.It 72Mellanox ConnectX-3 (IB) 73.El 74.Sh SUPPORT 75For general information and support, 76go to the Mellanox support website at: 77.Lk http://www.mellanox.com/ . 78.Pp 79If an issue is identified with this driver and a supported network adapter, 80please email the specific information to 81.Aq Mt freebsd-drivers@mellanox.com . 82.Sh SEE ALSO 83.Xr mlx4en 4 , 84.Xr ifconfig 8 85.Sh HISTORY 86The 87.Nm 88device driver first appeared in 89.Fx 9.x . 90.Sh AUTHORS 91.An -nosplit 92The 93.Nm 94driver was written by 95.An Mellanox Technologies <freebsd-drivers@mellanox.com> . 96