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97 lines
2.3 KiB
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.\" $OpenBSD: nfe.4,v 1.7 2006/02/28 08:13:47 jsg Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 2006 Jonathan Gray <jsg@openbsd.org>
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.\"
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.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
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.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
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.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
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.\"
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.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
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.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
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.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
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.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
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.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
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.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
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.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
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.\"
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd June 28, 2006
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.Dt NFE 4
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm nfe
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.Nd "NVIDIA nForce MCP Ethernet 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 "device miibus"
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.Cd "device nfe"
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.Ed
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.Pp
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Alternatively, to load the driver as a
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module at boot time, place the following line in
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.Xr loader.conf 5 :
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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if_nfe_load="YES"
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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 supports PCI Ethernet adapters based on the NVIDIA
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nForce Media and Communications Processors (MCP), such as
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the nForce, nForce 2, nForce 3, CK804, MCP04, MCP51 and MCP55
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Ethernet controller chips.
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.Pp
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The
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.Nm
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driver supports the following
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.Ar media
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types:
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width autoselect -compact
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.It Cm autoselect
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Enable autoselection of the media type and options.
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.It Cm 10baseT
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Set 10Mbps operation.
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.It Cm 100baseTX
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Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation.
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.It Cm 1000baseT
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Set 1000Mbps (Gigabit Ethernet) operation (recent models only).
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr arp 4 ,
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.Xr intro 4 ,
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.Xr miibus 4 ,
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.Xr netintro 4 ,
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.Xr pci 4 ,
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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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.Ox 3.9 ,
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and then in
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.Fx 6.0 .
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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 Jonathan Gray
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.Aq jsg@openbsd.org
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and
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.An Damien Bergamini
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.Aq damien@openbsd.org .
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The
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.Nm
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driver was ported to
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.Fx
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by
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.An Shigeaki Tagashira
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.Aq shigeaki@se.hiroshima-u.ac.jp .
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.Sh CAVEATS
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NVIDIA refuse to release any documentation on their products.
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