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author | Brad Smith <brad@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2005-07-02 21:24:37 +0000 |
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committer | Brad Smith <brad@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2005-07-02 21:24:37 +0000 |
commit | 13d52c778b24fa183902150bd442991303750bf2 (patch) | |
tree | 5b3deb315fc49ffd66abc37f0fcf006fd2335726 | |
parent | c09c9654589a203b07cc9720b655855b2db25d0f (diff) |
info about Jumbos and checksum offload
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/nge.4 | 20 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/re.4 | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/sk.4 | 10 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/ti.4 | 14 |
4 files changed, 22 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/nge.4 b/share/man/man4/nge.4 index 3c807b8fb45..4cc1fe34238 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/nge.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/nge.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: nge.4,v 1.21 2005/02/27 00:00:02 brad Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: nge.4,v 1.22 2005/07/02 21:24:36 brad Exp $ .\" Copyright (c) 2001 Wind River Systems .\" Copyright (c) 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 .\" Bill Paul <wpaul@bsdi.com>. All rights reserved. @@ -76,24 +76,20 @@ copper cable. The DP83820 supports TBI (ten bit interface) and GMII transceivers, which means it can be used with either copper or 1000baseX fiber applications. -The DP83820 supports transmit/receive -.Xr ip 4 , -.Xr tcp 4 , -and -.Xr udp 4 -checksum offload as well as a 2048-bit -multicast hash filter and up to 4 pattern match buffers. +The DP83820 supports IPv4 transmit/receive IP/TCP/UDP checksum offload +as well as a 2048-bit multicast hash filter and up to 4 pattern match +buffers. .Pp Most cards also use the DP83861 10/100/1000 copper gigabit transceiver chip, which supports autonegotiation of 10, 100 and 1000Mbps modes in full or half duplex. .Pp -The DP83820 also supports jumbo frames, which can be configured +The DP83820 also supports Jumbo frames, which can be configured via the interface MTU setting. Selecting an MTU larger than 1500 bytes with the .Xr ifconfig 8 -utility configures the adapter to receive and transmit jumbo frames. -Using jumbo frames can greatly improve performance for certain tasks, +utility configures the adapter to receive and transmit Jumbo frames. +Using Jumbo frames can greatly improve performance for certain tasks, such as file transfers and data streaming. If the MTU is set to be larger than the NIC's transmit buffer (typically 8152 bytes), hardware output checksumming is disabled @@ -193,7 +189,7 @@ The driver failed to initialize PCI shared memory mapping. This might happen if the card is not in a bus-master slot. .It "nge%d: no memory for jumbo buffers!" -The driver failed to allocate memory for jumbo frames during +The driver failed to allocate memory for Jumbo frames during initialization. .It "nge%d: watchdog timeout" The device has stopped responding to the network, or there is a problem with diff --git a/share/man/man4/re.4 b/share/man/man4/re.4 index 831a3231682..2ebaefec7a7 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/re.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/re.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: re.4,v 1.16 2005/07/02 05:20:22 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: re.4,v 1.17 2005/07/02 21:24:36 brad Exp $ .\" Copyright (c) 2003 .\" Bill Paul <wpaul@windriver.com>. All rights reserved. .\" @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ NICs based on the 8169, 8169S and 8110S are capable of 10, 100 and .Pp All NICs supported by the .Nm -driver have receive TCP/IP checksum offload and use a descriptor-based +driver have IPv4 receive IP/TCP/UDP checksum offload and use a descriptor-based DMA mechanism. .\" and hardware VLAN tagging/insertion features .Pp diff --git a/share/man/man4/sk.4 b/share/man/man4/sk.4 index 7f37e579cc1..d2fa2357c46 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/sk.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/sk.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: sk.4,v 1.33 2005/05/14 09:35:46 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: sk.4,v 1.34 2005/07/02 21:24:36 brad Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1997, 1998, 1999 .\" Bill Paul <wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu>. All rights reserved. @@ -108,14 +108,14 @@ to separate networks. The XaQti XMAC II supports full and half duplex operation with autonegotiation. The XMAC also supports unlimited frame sizes. -Support for jumbo frames is provided via the interface MTU setting. +Support for Jumbo frames is provided via the interface MTU setting. Selecting an MTU larger than 1500 bytes with the .Xr ifconfig 8 -utility configures the adapter to receive and transmit jumbo frames. -Using jumbo frames can greatly improve performance for certain tasks, +utility configures the adapter to receive and transmit Jumbo frames. +Using Jumbo frames can greatly improve performance for certain tasks, such as file transfers and data streaming. .Pp -Hardware receive TCP/IP checksum offload for IPv4 is supported. +Hardware receive IP checksum offload for IPv4 is supported. .Pp The following media types and options (as given to .Xr ifconfig 8 ) diff --git a/share/man/man4/ti.4 b/share/man/man4/ti.4 index 13749612f42..6915aee3a42 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/ti.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/ti.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: ti.4,v 1.26 2005/04/06 21:06:38 deraadt Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: ti.4,v 1.27 2005/07/02 21:24:36 brad Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1997, 1998, 1999 .\" Bill Paul <wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu>. All rights reserved. @@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ Either chip can be used in either a 32-bit or 64-bit PCI slot. Communication with the chip is achieved via PCI shared memory and bus master DMA. The Tigon I and II support hardware multicast -address filtering, VLAN tag extraction and insertion, and jumbo -Ethernet frames sizes up to 9000 bytes. +address filtering, VLAN tag extraction and insertion, and Jumbo +frames sizes up to 9000 bytes. Note that the Tigon I chipset is no longer in active production: all new adapters should come equipped with Tigon II chipsets. .Pp @@ -95,11 +95,11 @@ transceivers. Most adapters are only designed to work at 1000Mbps, however the driver should support those NICs that work at lower speeds as well. .Pp -Support for jumbo frames is provided via the interface MTU setting. +Support for Jumbo frames is provided via the interface MTU setting. Selecting an MTU larger than 1500 bytes with the .Xr ifconfig 8 -utility configures the adapter to receive and transmit jumbo frames. -Using jumbo frames can greatly improve performance for certain tasks, +utility configures the adapter to receive and transmit Jumbo frames. +Using Jumbo frames can greatly improve performance for certain tasks, such as file transfers and data streaming. .Pp The @@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ during initialization. The driver failed to initialize PCI shared memory mapping. This might happen if the card is not in a bus-master slot. .It "ti%d: no memory for jumbo buffers!" -The driver failed to allocate memory for jumbo frames during +The driver failed to allocate memory for Jumbo frames during initialization. .It "ti%d: bios thinks we're in a 64 bit slot, but we aren't" The BIOS has programmed the NIC as though it had been installed in |