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author | Brad Smith <brad@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2004-10-02 00:44:03 +0000 |
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committer | Brad Smith <brad@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2004-10-02 00:44:03 +0000 |
commit | 20b1cf1f4dcd392ce78799b2ba341b9a645fb4b9 (patch) | |
tree | a71bc09b178850ec1e6dcea587fd831213f23a27 /share | |
parent | df72a07ae3b060185423e8ca7694889abe2718d2 (diff) |
mention Dell and HP bge NICs, uncomment the jumbo frames portion and some
other fixes.
From FreeBSD
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/bge.4 | 41 |
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 |