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.\" Copyright (c) 2016 Mellanox Technologies
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS `AS IS' AND
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.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
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.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
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.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
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.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
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.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd September 30, 2016
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.Dt MLX4EN 4
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm mlx4en
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.Nd "Mellanox ConnectX-3 10GbE/40GbE network adapter driver"
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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To compile this driver into the kernel,
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place the following lines in your
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kernel configuration file:
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.Bd -ragged -offset indent
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.Cd "options COMPAT_LINUXKPI"
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.Cd "device mlx4"
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.Cd "device mlx4en"
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.Ed
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.Pp
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To load the driver as a module at run-time,
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run the following command as root:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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kldload mlx4en
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.Ed
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.Pp
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To load the driver as a
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module at boot time, place the following lines in
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.Xr loader.conf 5 :
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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mlx4en_load="YES"
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.Ed
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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Mellanox ConnectX adapter cards with Virtual Protocol Interconnect
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(VPI) provide the highest performing and most flexible interconnect
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solution for Enterprise Data Centers, High-Performance Computing, and
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Embedded environments.
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Clustered data bases, parallelized applications, transactional
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services and high-performance embedded I/O applications will achieve
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significant performance improvements resulting in reduced completion
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time and lower cost per operation.
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.Sh HARDWARE
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The
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.Nm
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driver supports the following network adapters:
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.Pp
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.Bl -bullet -compact
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.It
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Mellanox ConnectX-2 (ETH)
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.It
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Mellanox ConnectX-3 (ETH)
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.El
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.Sh SUPPORT
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For general information and support,
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go to the Mellanox support website at:
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.Pa http://www.mellanox.com/ .
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.Pp
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If an issue is identified with this driver with a supported adapter,
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email all the specific information related to the issue to
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.Aq Mt freebsd-drivers@mellanox.com .
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr ifconfig 8
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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device driver first appeared in
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.Fx 9.x .
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.Sh AUTHORS
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.An -nosplit
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The
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.Nm
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driver was written by
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.An Mellanox Technologies <freebsd-drivers@mellanox.com> .
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