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.\" Copyright (c) 2007, Neterion Inc
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\" are met:
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer as
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
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.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
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.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd June 28, 2007
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.Dt NXGE 4
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm nxge
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.Nd "Neterion Xframe 10GbE Server/Storage adapter driver"
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file:
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.Cd "device nxge"
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.Ed
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.Pp
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.Ed
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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driver provides support for Neterion Xframe-I and Xframe-II adapters. The driver supports TCP Segmentation Offload (TSO/LSO), Jumbo frames (5 buffer mode), Header separation (2 and 3 Receive buffer modes), VLAN, and Promiscuous mode.
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.Pp
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.Pp
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For general information and support, please visit Neterion support page
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.Pa http://www.neterion.com/support/support.html.
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.Pp
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.Pp
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Jumbo frames are supported through interface MTU setting. Selecting MTU size larger than 1500 bytes using
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.Xr ifconfig 8
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utility configures the adapter to transmit and receive Jumbo frames. Xframe adapters support Jumbo frames upto 9600 bytes.
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.Pp
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.Pp
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For more information on configuring this device, see
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.Xr ifconfig 8 .
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.Sh HARDWARE
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The nxge driver supports 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapters listed in
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.Pa http://www.neterion.com/how/pricing.html
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.Pp
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.El
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.Sh SUPPORT
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For troubleshooting tips and FAQs, please visit
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.Pa http://trac.neterion.com/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/wiki/TitleIndex?anonymous .
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.Pp
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For any issues please send an email to
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.Aq support@neterion.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 7.0 .
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.Sh AUTHORS
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The
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.Nm
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driver was written by
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.An Neterion
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.Aq support@neterion.com .
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