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diff --git a/share/man/man4/bce.4 b/share/man/man4/bce.4 index cb2667bbaff9..7819f720a6a4 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/bce.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/bce.4 @@ -1,31 +1,31 @@ -.\"Copyright (c) 2006 Broadcom Corporation -.\" David Christensen <davidch@broadcom.com>. All rights reserved. +.\" Copyright (c) 2006 Broadcom Corporation +.\" David Christensen <davidch@broadcom.com>. All rights reserved. .\" -.\"Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without -.\"modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions -.\"are met: +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: .\" -.\"1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright -.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. -.\"2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright -.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the -.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. -.\"3. Neither the name of Broadcom Corporation nor the name of its contributors -.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software -.\" without specific prior written consent. +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of Broadcom Corporation nor the name of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written consent. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS' +.\" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS +.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR +.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF +.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS +.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN +.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) +.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF +.\" THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\"THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS' -.\"AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE -.\"IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE -.\"ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS -.\"BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR -.\"CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF -.\"SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS -.\"INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN -.\"CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) -.\"ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF -.\"THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. -\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" .Dd April 4, 2006 @@ -52,24 +52,32 @@ if_bce_load="YES" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm -driver supports Broadcom's NetXtreme II product family, including the +driver supports Broadcom's NetXtreme II product family, including the BCM5706 and BCM5708 Ethernet controllers. .Pp -The NetXtreme II product family is composed of various Converged NIC (or CNIC) -Ethernet controllers which support a TCP Offload Engine (TOE), Remote DMA (RDMA), -and iSCSI acceleration, in addition to standard L2 Ethernet traffic, all on the +The NetXtreme II product family is composed of various Converged NIC (or CNIC) +Ethernet controllers which support a TCP Offload Engine (TOE), Remote DMA (RDMA), +and iSCSI acceleration, in addition to standard L2 Ethernet traffic, all on the same controller. -The following features are supported in the +The following features are supported in the .Nm -driver under FreeBSD: -.Bd -literal -offset indent +driver under +.Fx : +.Pp +.Bl -item -offset indent -compact +.It IP/TCP/UDP checksum offload +.It Jumbo frames (up to 9022 bytes) +.It VLAN tag stripping +.It Interrupt coalescing +.It 10/100/1000Mbps operation in full-duplex mode +.It 10/100Mbps operation in half-duplex mode -.Ed +.El .Pp The .Nm @@ -84,7 +92,7 @@ the autoselected mode by adding media options to Set 10Mbps operation. The .Xr ifconfig 8 -.Ic mediaopt +.Cm mediaopt option can also be used to select either .Cm full-duplex or @@ -94,7 +102,7 @@ modes. Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation. The .Xr ifconfig 8 -.Ic mediaopt +.Cm mediaopt option can also be used to select either .Cm full-duplex or @@ -141,7 +149,7 @@ The driver has encountered a fatal initialization error. .It "bce%d: Unsupported controller revision (%c%d)" The driver does not support the controller revision in use. .It "bce%d: SerDes controllers are not supported!" -The driver does not currently support SerDes/Fiber versions of the +The driver does not currently support SerDes/Fiber versions of the NetXtreme II controller. .It "bce%d: Controller initialization failed!" The driver has encountered a fatal initialization error. |