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Submitted by:	wblock
Sponsored by:	Dell EMC Isilon
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D9241
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.\" Copyright (c) 2016 Mellanox Technologies
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.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd March 1, 2017
.Dt MLX4IB 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm mlx4ib
.Nd "Mellanox ConnectX-3 10GbE/40GbE network adapter driver"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
To compile this driver into the kernel,
place these lines in your kernel configuration file:
.Bd -ragged -offset indent
.Cd "options COMPAT_LINUXKPI"
.Cd "device mlx4"
.Cd "device mlx4ib"
.Ed
.Pp
To load the driver as a module at run-time,
run this command as root:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
kldload mlx4ib
.Ed
.Pp
To load the driver as a
module at boot time, place this line in
.Xr loader.conf 5 :
.Bd -literal -offset indent
mlx4ib_load="YES"
.Ed
.Sh DESCRIPTION
Mellanox ConnectX adapter cards with Virtual Protocol Interconnect
(VPI) provide the highest performing and most flexible interconnect
solution for Enterprise Data Centers, High-Performance Computing, and
Embedded environments.
Clustered data bases, parallelized applications, transactional
services and high-performance embedded I/O applications will achieve
significant performance improvements resulting in reduced completion
time and lower cost per operation.
.Sh HARDWARE
The
.Nm
driver supports the following network adapters:
.Pp
.Bl -bullet -compact
.It
Mellanox ConnectX-2 (IB)
.It
Mellanox ConnectX-3 (IB)
.El
.Sh SUPPORT
For general information and support,
go to the Mellanox support website at:
.Lk http://www.mellanox.com/ .
.Pp
If an issue is identified with this driver and a supported network adapter,
please email the specific information to
.Aq Mt freebsd-drivers@mellanox.com .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr mlx4en 4 ,
.Xr ifconfig 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
device driver first appeared in
.Fx 9.x .
.Sh AUTHORS
.An -nosplit
The
.Nm
driver was written by
.An Mellanox Technologies <freebsd-drivers@mellanox.com> .