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authorBrad Smith <brad@cvs.openbsd.org>2004-10-02 00:44:03 +0000
committerBrad Smith <brad@cvs.openbsd.org>2004-10-02 00:44:03 +0000
commit20b1cf1f4dcd392ce78799b2ba341b9a645fb4b9 (patch)
treea71bc09b178850ec1e6dcea587fd831213f23a27
parentdf72a07ae3b060185423e8ca7694889abe2718d2 (diff)
mention Dell and HP bge NICs, uncomment the jumbo frames portion and some
other fixes. From FreeBSD
-rw-r--r--share/man/man4/bge.441
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/bge.4 b/share/man/man4/bge.4
index b2677abb97e..7463d4004bf 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/bge.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/bge.4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: bge.4,v 1.16 2004/09/30 19:59:24 mickey Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: bge.4,v 1.17 2004/10/02 00:44:02 brad Exp $
.\" Copyright (c) 2001 Wind River Systems
.\" Copyright (c) 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
.\" Bill Paul <wpaul@windriver.com>. All rights reserved.
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@
.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF
.\" THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $FreeBSD$
-.\"
.Dd September 27, 2001
.Dt BGE 4
.Os
@@ -55,8 +53,18 @@ following:
.It
3Com 3c996B-T
.It
+Dell PowerEdge 1750 integrated BCM5704C NIC
+.It
Dell PowerEdge 2550 integrated BCM5700 NIC
.It
+Dell PowerEdge 2650 integrated BCM5703 NIC
+.It
+HP ProLiant NC7760 embedded Gigabit NIC
+.It
+HP ProLiant NC7770 PCI-X Gigabit NIC
+.It
+HP ProLiant NC7781 embedded PCI-X Gigabit NIC
+.It
IBM xSeries 235 integrated BCM5703X NIC
.It
IBM xSeries 305 integrated BCM5703X NIC
@@ -80,21 +88,21 @@ receive filtering, and VLAN tag stripping/insertion as well as
a 256-bit multicast hash filter.
Additional features may be provided via value-add firmware updates.
The BCM570x supports TBI (ten bit interface) and GMII transceivers, which
-means it can be used with either copper of 1000baseX fiber applications.
+means it can be used with either copper or 1000baseX fiber applications.
Note however the device only supports a single speed in TBI mode.
.Pp
-Most cards also use the Broadcom BCM5401 or BCM5411 10/100/1000
-copper gigabit transceivers,
+Most BCM5700-based cards also use the Broadcom BCM5401 or BCM5411 10/100/1000
+copper Gigabit transceivers,
which support autonegotiation of 10, 100 and 1000Mbps modes in
full or half duplex.
-.\".Pp
-.\"The BCM5700 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,
-.\"such as file transfers and data streaming.
+.Pp
+The BCM570x 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,
+such as file transfers and data streaming.
.Pp
The
.Nm
@@ -128,10 +136,9 @@ or
modes.
.It Cm 1000baseT
Set 1000baseT operation over twisted pair.
+Only
.Cm full-duplex
-and
-.Cm half-duplex
-modes are supported.
+mode is supported.
.It Cm 1000baseSX
Set 1000Mbps (Gigabit Ethernet) operation.
Both