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diff --git a/share/man/man4/nve.4 b/share/man/man4/nve.4 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..5fe5229a215e --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/nve.4 @@ -0,0 +1,140 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2003 Quinton Dolan +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" 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. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR 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 AUTHOR 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. +.\" +.\" $Id: nvnet.4,v 1.1 2003/10/09 16:48:01 q Exp $ +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd December 8, 2007 +.Dt NVE 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm nve +.Nd "NVIDIA nForce MCP Networking Adapter device driver" +.Sh SYNOPSIS +To compile this driver into the kernel, +place the following lines in your +kernel configuration file: +.Bd -ragged -offset indent +.Cd "device miibus" +.Cd "device nve" +.Ed +.Pp +Alternatively, to load the driver as a +module at boot time, place the following line in +.Xr loader.conf 5 : +.Bd -literal -offset indent +if_nve_load="YES" +.Ed +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver provides support for the NVIDIA nForce MCP and nForce2 MCP2 +networking adapter that is embedded in the southbridge of most +nForce and nForce2 motherboards. +.Pp +This driver is a reimplementation of the NVIDIA supported Linux +.Nm nvnet +driver and uses the same closed source API library to access +the underlying hardware. +There is currently no programming documentation available for this +device, and therefore little is known about the internal architecture +of the MAC engine itself. +.Pp +The +.Nm +driver supports the following media types: +.Bl -tag -width ".Cm 10baseT/UTP" +.It Cm autoselect +Enable autoselection of the media type and options. +.It Cm 10baseT/UTP +Set 10Mbps operation. +.It Cm 100baseTX +Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation. +.It Cm 1000baseTX +Set 1000Mbps (Gigabit Ethernet) operation. +.El +.Pp +The +.Nm +driver supports the following media options: +.Bl -tag -width ".Cm 10baseT/UTP" +.It Cm full-duplex +Set full duplex operation. +.El +.Pp +For more information on configuring this device, see +.Xr ifconfig 8 . +.Sh HARDWARE +The +.Nm +driver supports the NVIDIA MCP onboard adapters of mainboards with +the following chipsets: +.Pp +.Bl -bullet -compact +.It +nForce +.It +nForce2 +.It +nForce3 +.It +nForce4 +.El +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +.Bl -diag +.It "nve%d: couldn't map memory" +A fatal initialization error has occurred. +.It "nve%d: couldn't map interrupt" +A fatal initialization error has occurred. +.It "nve%d: failed to allocate memory" +There are not enough mbufs available for allocation. +.It "nve%d: device timeout" +The device has stopped responding to the network, or there is a problem with +the network connection (cable). +.El +.Sh BUGS +There are reports that when the card is in auto select mode, +ifconfig output reports a 10baseT/UTP output while the LEDs and +bandwidth show that the card is actually in 100baseTX mode. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr altq 4 , +.Xr arp 4 , +.Xr miibus 4 , +.Xr netintro 4 , +.Xr ng_ether 4 , +.Xr ifconfig 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +driver first appeared in +.Fx 6.0 . +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +The +.Nm +driver was written by +.An Quinton Dolan Aq q@onthenet.com.au +and +.An "David E. O'Brien" Aq obrien@FreeBSD.org . |