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1bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.\"	$OpenBSD: nfe.4,v 1.7 2006/02/28 08:13:47 jsg Exp $
2bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.\"
3bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.\" Copyright (c) 2006 Jonathan Gray <jsg@openbsd.org>
4bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.\"
5bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
6bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
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8bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.\"
9bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
10bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
11bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
12bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
13bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
14bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
15bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
16bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.\"
17bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.\" $FreeBSD$
18bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.\"
192c77eccbSChristian Brueffer.Dd April 6, 2007
20bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.Dt NFE 4
21bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.Os
22bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.Sh NAME
23bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.Nm nfe
24bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.Nd "NVIDIA nForce MCP Ethernet driver"
25bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.Sh SYNOPSIS
26bfc788c2SDavid E. O'BrienTo compile this driver into the kernel,
27bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brienplace the following lines in your
28bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brienkernel configuration file:
29bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.Bd -ragged -offset indent
30bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.Cd "device miibus"
31fe0e43d6SChristian Brueffer.Cd "device nfe"
32bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.Ed
33bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.Pp
34bfc788c2SDavid E. O'BrienAlternatively, to load the driver as a
35bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brienmodule at boot time, place the following line in
36bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.Xr loader.conf 5 :
37bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.Bd -literal -offset indent
38bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brienif_nfe_load="YES"
39bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.Ed
40bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.Sh DESCRIPTION
41bfc788c2SDavid E. O'BrienThe
42bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.Nm
43bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Briendriver supports PCI Ethernet adapters based on the NVIDIA
44bfc788c2SDavid E. O'BriennForce Media and Communications Processors (MCP), such as
45bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brienthe nForce, nForce 2, nForce 3, CK804, MCP04, MCP51 and MCP55
46bfc788c2SDavid E. O'BrienEthernet controller chips.
47bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.Pp
48bfc788c2SDavid E. O'BrienThe
49bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.Nm
50d053cbd0SRuslan Ermilovdriver supports the following media types:
51bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.Pp
52d053cbd0SRuslan Ermilov.Bl -tag -width ".Cm autoselect" -compact
53bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.It Cm autoselect
54bfc788c2SDavid E. O'BrienEnable autoselection of the media type and options.
55bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.It Cm 10baseT
56bfc788c2SDavid E. O'BrienSet 10Mbps operation.
57bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.It Cm 100baseTX
58bfc788c2SDavid E. O'BrienSet 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation.
59bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.It Cm 1000baseT
60bfc788c2SDavid E. O'BrienSet 1000Mbps (Gigabit Ethernet) operation (recent models only).
61bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.El
62bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.Sh SEE ALSO
63bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.Xr arp 4 ,
64bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.Xr intro 4 ,
65bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.Xr miibus 4 ,
66bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.Xr netintro 4 ,
67bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.Xr pci 4 ,
682c77eccbSChristian Brueffer.Xr polling 4 ,
69bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.Xr ifconfig 8
70bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.Sh HISTORY
71bfc788c2SDavid E. O'BrienThe
72bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.Nm
73bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Briendevice driver first appeared in
74bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.Ox 3.9 ,
75bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brienand then in
76bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.Fx 6.0 .
77bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.Sh AUTHORS
78bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.An -nosplit
79bfc788c2SDavid E. O'BrienThe
80bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.Nm
81bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Briendriver was written by
82bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.An Jonathan Gray
83bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.Aq jsg@openbsd.org
84bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brienand
85bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.An Damien Bergamini
86bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.Aq damien@openbsd.org .
87bfc788c2SDavid E. O'BrienThe
88bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.Nm
89bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Briendriver was ported to
90bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.Fx
91bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brienby
92bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.An Shigeaki Tagashira
93bfc788c2SDavid E. O'Brien.Aq shigeaki@se.hiroshima-u.ac.jp .
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