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authorBrad Smith <brad@cvs.openbsd.org>2006-05-23 01:11:56 +0000
committerBrad Smith <brad@cvs.openbsd.org>2006-05-23 01:11:56 +0000
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-.\" $OpenBSD: re.4,v 1.20 2005/09/30 20:34:24 jaredy Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: re.4,v 1.21 2006/05/23 01:11:55 brad Exp $
.\" Copyright (c) 2003
.\" Bill Paul <wpaul@windriver.com>. All rights reserved.
.\"
@@ -36,26 +36,27 @@
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm re
-.Nd "Realtek 8169/8169S/8110S PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapter driver"
+.Nd "Realtek 8111B/8139C+/8168B/8169/8169S/8110S Ethernet adapter driver"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Cd "re* at pci?"
.Cd "re* at cardbus?"
.Cd "rgephy* at mii?"
+.Cd "rlphy* at mii?"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
driver provides support for various NICs based on the
-.\" RealTek RTL8139C+,
-RTL8169, RTL8169S, and RTL8110S PCI Ethernet controllers, including
+RealTek RTL8111B, RTL8139C+, RTL8168B, RTL8169, RTL8169S, and RTL8110S PCI and PCI Express
+Ethernet controllers, including
the following:
.Pp
.Bl -bullet -compact
-.\" .It
-.\" Alloy Computer Products EtherGOLD 1439E 10/100 (8139C+)
+.It
+Alloy Computer Products EtherGOLD 1439E 10/100 (8139C+)
.It
Buffalo LGY-PCI-GT (8169S)
-.\" .It
-.\" Compaq Evo N1015v Integrated Ethernet (8139C+)
+.It
+Compaq Evo N1015v Integrated Ethernet (8139C+)
.It
Corega CG-LAPCIGT (8169S)
.It
@@ -73,31 +74,32 @@ PLANEX COMMUNICATIONS Inc. GN-1200TC (8169S)
.It
Surecom EP-320G-TX1 (8169S)
.It
+TTTech MC322 (8139C+)
+.It
US Robotics USR997902 (8169S)
.It
Xterasys XN-152 10/100/1000 NIC (8169)
.El
.Pp
-.\" NICs based on the 8139C+ are capable of 10 and 100Mbps speeds over CAT5
-.\" cable.
-NICs based on the 8169, 8169S and 8110S are capable of 10, 100 and
+NICs based on the 8139C+ are capable of 10 and 100Mbps speeds over CAT5
+cable.
+NICs based on the 8111B, 8168B, 8169, 8169S and 8110S are capable of 10, 100 and
1000Mbps operation.
.Pp
All NICs supported by the
.Nm
driver have IPv4 receive IP/TCP/UDP checksum offload and use a descriptor-based
DMA mechanism.
-.\" and hardware VLAN tagging/insertion features
.Pp
-.\" The 8139C+ is a single-chip solution combining both a 10/100 MAC and PHY.
+The 8139C+ is a single-chip solution combining both a 10/100 MAC and PHY.
The 8169 is a 10/100/1000 MAC only, requiring a GMII or TBI external PHY.
-The 8169S and 8110S are single-chip devices containing both a 10/100/1000
+The 8111B, 8168B, 8169S and 8110S are single-chip devices containing both a 10/100/1000
MAC and 10/100/1000 copper PHY.
Standalone 10/100/1000 cards are available in both 32-bit PCI and 64-bit
PCI models.
-The 8110S is designed for embedded LAN-on-motherboard applications.
+The 8110S and 8111B are designed for embedded LAN-on-motherboard applications.
.Pp
-The 8169, 8169S and 8110S also support Jumbo frames, which can be configured
+The 8111B, 8168B, 8169, 8169S and 8110S also support Jumbo frames, which can be configured
via the interface MTU setting.
The MTU is limited to 7422, since the chip cannot transmit larger frames.
Selecting an MTU larger than 1500 bytes with the
@@ -224,5 +226,5 @@ the console and abort the device attach.
The user should ensure the NIC is installed in a 32-bit PCI slot to avoid
this problem.
.Pp
-The RealTek 8169, 8169S and 8110S chips appear to only be capable of
+The RealTek 8111B, 8168B, 8169, 8169S and 8110S chips appear to only be capable of
transmitting jumbo frames up to 7.5K in size.