1.\" $OpenBSD: nfe.4,v 1.7 2006/02/28 08:13:47 jsg Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 2006 Jonathan Gray <jsg@openbsd.org> 4.\" 5.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any 6.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above 7.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. 8.\" 9.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES 10.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF 11.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR 12.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES 13.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN 14.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF 15.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. 16.\" 17.\" $FreeBSD$ 18.\" 19.Dd February 6, 2006 20.Dt NFE 4 21.Os 22.Sh NAME 23.Nm nfe 24.Nd "NVIDIA nForce MCP Ethernet driver" 25.Sh SYNOPSIS 26To compile this driver into the kernel, 27place the following lines in your 28kernel configuration file: 29.Bd -ragged -offset indent 30.Cd "device miibus" 31.Cd "device nve" 32.Ed 33.Pp 34Alternatively, to load the driver as a 35module at boot time, place the following line in 36.Xr loader.conf 5 : 37.Bd -literal -offset indent 38if_nfe_load="YES" 39.Ed 40.Sh DESCRIPTION 41The 42.Nm 43driver supports PCI Ethernet adapters based on the NVIDIA 44nForce Media and Communications Processors (MCP), such as 45the nForce, nForce 2, nForce 3, CK804, MCP04, MCP51 and MCP55 46Ethernet controller chips. 47.Pp 48The 49.Nm 50driver supports the following 51.Ar media 52types: 53.Pp 54.Bl -tag -width autoselect -compact 55.It Cm autoselect 56Enable autoselection of the media type and options. 57.It Cm 10baseT 58Set 10Mbps operation. 59.It Cm 100baseTX 60Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation. 61.It Cm 1000baseT 62Set 1000Mbps (Gigabit Ethernet) operation (recent models only). 63.El 64.Sh SEE ALSO 65.Xr arp 4 , 66.Xr intro 4 , 67.Xr miibus 4 , 68.Xr netintro 4 , 69.Xr pci 4 , 70.Xr ifconfig 8 71.Sh HISTORY 72The 73.Nm 74device driver first appeared in 75.Ox 3.9 , 76and then in 77.Fx 6.0 . 78.Sh AUTHORS 79.An -nosplit 80The 81.Nm 82driver was written by 83.An Jonathan Gray 84.Aq jsg@openbsd.org 85and 86.An Damien Bergamini 87.Aq damien@openbsd.org . 88The 89.Nm 90driver was ported to 91.Fx 92by 93.An Shigeaki Tagashira 94.Aq shigeaki@se.hiroshima-u.ac.jp . 95.Sh CAVEATS 96NVIDIA refuse to release any documentation on their products. 97