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17.\" $FreeBSD$
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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