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28.Dd July 20, 2021
29.Dt MLX5EN 4
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm mlx5en
33.Nd "NVIDIA Mellanox ConnectX-4/5/6 [Dx/Ex/Lx] based 200Gb, 100Gb, 50Gb, 40Gb, 25Gb and 10Gb ethernet adapter driver"
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35To compile this driver into the kernel,
36place the following lines in your
37kernel configuration file:
38.Bd -ragged -offset indent
39.Cd "options COMPAT_LINUXKPI"
40.Cd "options RATELIMIT"
41.Cd "options KERN_TLS"
42.Cd "device xz"
43.Cd "device mlxfw"
44.Cd "device firmware"
45.Cd "device mlx5"
46.Cd "device mlx5en"
47.Ed
48.Pp
49To load the driver as a module at run-time,
50run the following command as root:
51.Bd -literal -offset indent
52kldload mlx5en
53.Ed
54.Pp
55To load the driver as a
56module at boot time, place the following lines in
57.Xr loader.conf 5 :
58.Bd -literal -offset indent
59mlx5en_load="YES"
60.Ed
61.Sh DESCRIPTION
62The
63.Nm
64driver provides support for PCI Express Ethernet adapters based on
65ConnectX-4/5/6 [Dx, Ex and Lx variants].
66The driver supports Jumbo Frames, Transmit and Receive checksum offload,
67TCP segmentation offload (TSO), Large Receive Offload (LRO),
68HW Large Receive Offload (HW LRO), VLAN tag insertion and extraction,
69VLAN checksum offload, VLAN TSO, hardware rate limiting (TXRTLMT),
70stateless VxLAN hardware offload for receive and transmit,
71HW TLS offload for transmit, Receive Side Steering (RSS) and
72.Xr NUMA 4
73awareness.
74.Pp
75The network interface name is
76.Dv mce<N>
77which corresponds to a PCI function,
78.Dv mlx_core<N> ,
79where
80.Dv <N>
81is a number starting at zero.
82There is at most one network interface per PCI function.
83.Pp
84For further information and questions related to hardware
85requirements, see
86.Pa https://www.mellanox.com .
87.Sh HARDWARE
88The
89.Nm
90driver supports 200Gb, 100Gb, 50Gb, 40Gb, 25Gb and 10Gb ethernet adapters.
91.Pp
92.Bl -bullet -compact
93.It
94ConnectX-6 supports 10/20/25/40/50/56/100Gb/200Gb/s speeds.
95.It
96ConnectX-5 supports 10/20/25/40/50/56/100Gb/s speeds.
97.It
98ConnectX-4 supports 10/20/25/40/50/56/100Gb/s speeds.
99.It
100ConnectX-4 LX supports 10/25/40/50Gb/s speeds and reduced power consumption.
101.El
102.Sh CONFIGURATION
103The
104.Nm
105network interface is configured using
106.Xr ifconfig 8
107and the
108.Xr sysctl 8
109tree at
110.Dv dev.mce.<N> .
111All configurable entries are also tunables, and can be put directly into the
112.Xr loader.conf 5
113for persistent configuration.
114.Sh SUPPORT
115For general information and support,
116go to the NVIDIA Mellanox networking support website at:
117.Pa https://www.mellanox.com .
118.Pp
119If an issue is identified with this driver using a supported adapter,
120e-mail all the specific information related to the issue to
121.Aq Mt nbu-freebsd-drivers@nvidia.com .
122.Sh SEE ALSO
123.Xr ifconfig 8
124.Sh HISTORY
125The
126.Nm
127device driver first appeared in
128.Fx 11.0 .
129.Sh AUTHORS
130.An -nosplit
131The
132.Nm
133driver was written by
134.An NVIDIA Mellanox networking <nbu-freebsd-drivers@nvidia.com> .
135