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.\" Copyright (c) 2006-2014 QLogic Corporation
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.\" THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd June 4, 2012
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.Dt BCE 4
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm bce
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.Nd "QLogic NetXtreme II (BCM5706/5708/5709/5716) PCI/PCIe Gigabit Ethernet 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 "device miibus"
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.Cd "device bce"
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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_bce_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 QLogic's NetXtreme II product family, including the
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BCM5706, BCM5708, BCM5709 and BCM5716 Ethernet controllers.
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.Pp
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The NetXtreme II product family is composed of various Converged NIC (or CNIC)
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Ethernet controllers which support a TCP Offload Engine (TOE), Remote DMA (RDMA),
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and iSCSI acceleration, in addition to standard L2 Ethernet traffic, all on the
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same controller.
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.Pp
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The following features are supported in the
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.Nm
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driver under
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.Fx :
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.Pp
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.Bl -item -offset indent -compact
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.It
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IP/TCP/UDP checksum offload
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.It
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Jumbo frames (up to 9022 bytes)
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.It
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VLAN tag stripping
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.It
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Interrupt coalescing
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.It
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10/100/1000Mbps operation in full-duplex mode
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.It
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10/100Mbps operation in half-duplex mode
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.El
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.Pp
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The
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.Nm
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driver supports the following media types:
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.Bl -tag -width ".Cm 10baseT/UTP"
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.It Cm autoselect
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Enable autoselection of the media type and options.
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The user can manually override
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the autoselected mode by adding media options to
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.Xr rc.conf 5 .
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.It Cm 10baseT/UTP
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Set 10Mbps operation.
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The
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.Xr ifconfig 8
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.Cm mediaopt
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option can also be used to select either
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.Cm full-duplex
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or
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.Cm half-duplex
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modes.
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.It Cm 100baseTX
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Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation.
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The
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.Xr ifconfig 8
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.Cm mediaopt
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option can also be used to select either
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.Cm full-duplex
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or
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.Cm half-duplex
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modes.
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.It Cm 1000baseSX
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Sets 1000Mbps operation.
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Only
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.Cm full-duplex
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mode is supported at this speed.
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.It Cm 1000baseT
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Set 1000baseT operation over twisted pair.
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Only
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.Cm full-duplex
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mode is supported.
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.It Cm 2500BaseSX
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Set 2500Mbps operation.
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Only
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.Cm full-duplex
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mode is supported.
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.El
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.Pp
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The
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.Nm
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driver supports the following media options:
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.Bl -tag -width ".Cm full-duplex"
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.It Cm full-duplex
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Force full duplex operation.
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.It Cm half-duplex
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Force half duplex operation.
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.El
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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
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.Nm
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driver provides support for various NICs based on the QLogic NetXtreme II
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family of Gigabit Ethernet controllers, including the
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following:
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.Pp
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.Bl -bullet -compact
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.It
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QLogic NetXtreme II BCM5706 1000Base-SX
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.It
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QLogic NetXtreme II BCM5706 1000Base-T
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.It
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QLogic NetXtreme II BCM5708 1000Base-SX
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.It
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QLogic NetXtreme II BCM5708 1000Base-T
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.It
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QLogic NetXtreme II BCM5709 1000Base-SX
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.It
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QLogic NetXtreme II BCM5709 1000Base-T
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.It
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QLogic NetXtreme II BCM5716 1000Base-T
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.It
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Dell PowerEdge 1950 integrated BCM5708 NIC
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.It
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Dell PowerEdge 2950 integrated BCM5708 NIC
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.It
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Dell PowerEdge R710 integrated BCM5709 NIC
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.It
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HP NC370F Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter
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.It
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HP NC370T Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter
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.It
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HP NC370i Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter
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.It
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HP NC371i Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter
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.It
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HP NC373F PCIe Multifunc Giga Server Adapter
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.It
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HP NC373T PCIe Multifunction Gig Server Adapter
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.It
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HP NC373i Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter
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.It
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HP NC373m Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter
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.It
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HP NC374m PCIe Multifunction Adapter
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.It
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HP NC380T PCIe DP Multifunc Gig Server Adapter
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.It
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HP NC382T PCIe DP Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter
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.It
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HP NC382i DP Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter
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.It
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HP NC382m DP 1GbE Multifunction BL-c Adapter
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.El
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.Sh SYSCTL VARIABLES
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The following variables are available as both
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.Xr sysctl 8
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variables and
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.Xr loader 8
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tunables:
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Va hw.bce.verbose
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Enable/Disable verbose logging and output to the console.
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Useful for debugging (default 0).
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.It Va hw.bce.msi_enable
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Enable/Disable MSI support (default 1).
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.It Va hw.bce.tso_enable
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Enable/Disable TSO support (default 1).
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.It Va hw.bce.strict_rx_mtu
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Enable/Disable strict RX frame size checking (default 0).
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.It Va hw.bce.hdr_split
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Enable/Disable frame header/payload splitting (default 1).
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.It Va hw.bce.rx_pages
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Set the number of memory pages assigned to receive packets by the driver.
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Due to alignment issues, this value can only be of the set
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1, 2, 4 or 8 (default 2).
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.It Va hw.bce.tx_pages
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Set the number of memory pages assigned to transmit packets
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by the driver.
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Due to alignment issues, this value can only be of the set
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1, 2, 4 or 8 (default 2).
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.It Va hw.bce.rx_ticks
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Time in microsecond ticks to wait before generating a status
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block updates due to RX processing activity.
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Values from 0-100 are valid.
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A value of 0 disables this status block update.
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Cannot be set to 0 if hw.bce.rx_quick_cons_trip is also 0
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(default 18).
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.It Va hw.bce.rx_ticks_int
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Time in microsecond ticks to wait during RX interrupt
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processing before generating a status block update.
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Values from 0-100 are valid.
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Valid values are in the range from 0-100.
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A value of 0 disables this status block update (default 18).
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.It Va hw.bce.rx_quick_cons_trip
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Number of RX Quick BD Chain entries that must be completed
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before a status block is generated.
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Values from 0-256 are valid.
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A value of 0 disables this status block update.
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Cannot be set to 0 if hw.bce.rx_ticks is also 0 (default 6).
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.It Va hw.bce.rx_quick_cons_trip_int
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Number of RX quick BD entries that must be completed before
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a status block is generated duing interrupt processing.
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Values from 0-256 are valid.
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A value of 0 disables this status block update (default 6).
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.It Va hw.bce.tx_ticks
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Time in microsecond ticks to wait before a status block
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update is generated due to TX activitiy.
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Values from 0-100 are valid.
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A value of 0 disables this status block update.
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Cannot be set to 0 if hw.bce.tx_quick_cons_trip is also 0
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(default 80).
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.It Va hw.bce.tx_ticks_int
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Time in microsecond ticks to wait in interrupt processing
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before a status block update is generated due to TX activity
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Values from 0-100 are valid.
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A value of 0 disables this status block update (default 80).
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.It Va hw.bce.tx_cons_trip
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How many TX Quick BD Chain entries that must be completed
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before a status block is generated.
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Values from 0-100 are valid.
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A value of 0 disables this status block update.
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Cannot be set to 0 if hw.bce.tx_ticks is also 0 (default 20).
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.It Va hw.bce.tx_cons_trip_int
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How many TX Quick BD Chain entries that must be completed
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before a status block is generated during an interrupt.
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Values from 0-100 are valid.
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A value of 0 disables this status block update (default 20).
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.El
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.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
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.Bl -diag
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.It "bce%d: PCI memory allocation failed!"
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The driver has encountered a fatal initialization error.
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.It "bce%d: PCI map interrupt failed!"
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The driver has encountered a fatal initialization error.
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.It "bce%d: Unsupported controller revision (%c%d)"
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The driver does not support the controller revision in use.
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.It "bce%d: Controller initialization failed!"
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The driver has encountered a fatal initialization error.
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.It "bce%d: NVRAM test failed!"
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The driver could not access the controller NVRAM correctly.
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.It "bce%d: DMA resource allocation failed!"
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The driver could not allocate DMA memory to setup the controllers
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host memory data structures.
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.It "bce%d: Interface allocation failed!"
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The driver could not create a network interface for the controller.
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.It "bce%d: PHY probe failed!"
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The driver could not access the PHY used by the controller.
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.It "bce%d: Failed to setup IRQ!"
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The driver could not initialize the IRQ handler.
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.It "bce%d: Error: PHY read timeout!"
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The driver could not read a PHY register before the timeout period expired.
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.It "bce%d: PHY write timeout!"
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The driver could not write to the PHY register because a timeout occurred.
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.It "bce%d: Timeout error reading NVRAM at offset 0x%08X!"
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The driver could not write to NVRAM because a timeout occurred.
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.It "bce%d: Unknown Flash NVRAM found!"
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The driver does not recognize the NVRAM device being used and therefore
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cannot access it correctly.
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.It "bce%d: Invalid NVRAM magic value!"
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The driver cannot read NVRAM or the NVRAM is corrupt.
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.It "bce%d: Invalid Manufacturing Information NVRAM CRC!"
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The driver cannot read NVRAM or the NVRAM is corrupt.
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.It "bce%d: Invalid Feature Configuration Information NVRAM CRC!"
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The driver cannot read NVRAM or the NVRAM is corrupt.
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.It "bce%d: DMA mapping error!"
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The driver was unable to map memory into DMA addressable space required
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by the controller.
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.It "bce%d: Could not allocate parent DMA tag!"
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The driver could not allocate a PCI compatible DMA tag.
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.It "bce%d: Could not allocate status block DMA tag!"
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The driver could not allocate a DMA tag for the controller's
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status block.
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.It "bce%d: Could not allocate status block DMA memory!"
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The driver could not allocate DMA addressable memory for the controller's
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status block.
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.It "bce%d: Could not map status block DMA memory!"
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The driver could not map the status block memory into the controller's DMA
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address space.
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.It "bce%d: Could not allocate statistics block DMA tag!"
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The driver could not allocate a DMA tag for the controller's
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statistics block.
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.It "bce%d: Could not allocate statistics block DMA memory!"
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The driver could not allocate DMA addressable memory for the controller's
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statistics block.
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.It "bce%d: Could not map statistics block DMA memory!"
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The driver could not map the statistics block memory into the controller's DMA
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address space.
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.It "bce%d: Could not allocate TX descriptor chain DMA tag!"
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The driver could not allocate a DMA tag for the controller's
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TX chain.
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.It "bce%d: Could not allocate TX descriptor chain DMA memory!"
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The driver could not allocate DMA addressable memory for the controller's
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TX chain.
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.It "bce%d: Could not map TX descriptor chain DMA memory!"
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The driver could not map the TX descriptor chain memory into the controller's DMA
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address space.
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.It "bce%d: Could not allocate TX mbuf DMA tag!"
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The driver could not allocate a DMA tag for the controller's
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TX mbuf memory.
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.It "bce%d: Unable to create TX mbuf DMA map!"
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The driver could not map the TX mbuf memory into the controller's DMA
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address space.
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.It "bce%d: Could not allocate RX descriptor chain DMA tag!"
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The driver could not allocate a DMA tag for the controller's
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RX chain.
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.It "bce%d: Could not allocate RX descriptor chain "
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The driver could not allocate DMA addressable memory for the controller's
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RX chain.
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.It "bce%d: Could not map RX descriptor chain DMA memory!"
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The driver could not map the RX descriptor chain memory into the controller's DMA
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address space.
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.It "bce%d: Could not allocate RX mbuf DMA tag!"
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The driver could not allocate a DMA tag for the controller's
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RX mbuf memory.
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.It "bce%d: Unable to create RX mbuf DMA map!"
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The driver could not map the RX mbuf memory into the controller's DMA
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address space.
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.It "bce%d: Firmware synchronization timeout!"
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The driver was not able to synchronize with the firmware running on the
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controller.
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The firmware may be stopped or hung.
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.It "bce%d: Invalid Ethernet address!"
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The driver was not able to read a valid Ethernet MAC address from NVRAM.
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.It "bce%d: Reset failed!"
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The driver has encountered a fatal initialization error.
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.It "bce%d: Byte swap is incorrect!"
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The driver has encountered a fatal initialization error.
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Contact the author
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with details of the CPU architecture and system chipset in use.
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.It "bce%d: Firmware did not complete initialization!"
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The driver has encountered a fatal initialization error.
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.It "bce%d: Bootcode not running!"
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The driver has encountered a fatal initialization error.
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.It "bce%d: Error mapping mbuf into RX chain!"
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The driver could not map a RX mbuf into DMA addressable memory.
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.It "bce%d: Error filling RX chain: rx_bd[0x%04X]!"
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The driver was unable to allocate enough mbufs to fill the RX chain
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during initialization.
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Try increasing the number of mbufs available in
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the system, increase system memory, or if using jumbo frames, make sure
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enough 9KB mbufs are available.
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.It "bce%d: Failed to allocate new mbuf, incoming frame dropped!"
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The driver was unable to allocate a new mbuf for the RX chain and reused
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the mbuf for the received frame, dropping the incoming frame in the process.
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Try increasing the number of mbufs available in the system or increase system
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memory.
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.It "bce%d: Controller reset failed!"
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A fatal initialization error has occurred.
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.It "bce%d: Controller initialization failed!"
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A fatal initialization error has occurred.
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.It "bce%d: Block initialization failed!"
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A fatal initialization error has occurred.
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.It "bce%d: Error mapping mbuf into TX chain!"
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The driver could not map a TX mbuf into DMA addressable memory.
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.It "bce%d: Error registering poll function!"
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The driver received an error while attempting to register the poll function.
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.It "bce%d: Changing VLAN_MTU not supported."
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Changing the VLAN MTU is not currently supported by the driver.
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.It "bce%d: Cannot change VLAN_HWTAGGING while management firmware (ASF/IPMI/UMP) is running!"
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Management firmware to support ASF/IPMI/UMP requires that VLAN
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tag stripping be enabled in the controller.
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.It "bce%d: Changing VLAN_HWTAGGING not supported!"
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Disabling VLAN tag stripping is not currently supported by the driver.
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.It "bce%d: Watchdog timeout occurred, resetting!"
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The device has stopped responding to the network, there is a problem
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with the cable connection, or a driver logic problem has occurred..
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.It "bce%d: Fatal attention detected: 0x%08X!"
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A controller hardware failure has occurred.
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If the problem continues replace the controller.
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.El
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.Sh SUPPORT
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For support questions please contact your QLogic approved reseller or
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QLogic Technical Support at
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.Pa http://support.qlogic.com ,
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or by E-mail at
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.Aq Mt support@qlogic.com .
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr altq 4 ,
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.Xr arp 4 ,
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.Xr miibus 4 ,
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.Xr netintro 4 ,
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.Xr ng_ether 4 ,
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.Xr vlan 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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.Fx 6.1 .
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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 David Christensen Aq Mt davidch@broadcom.com .
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