Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2017 21:32:45 +0000 (UTC) From: Ngie Cooper <ngie@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r315742 - in head: . share/man/man4 Message-ID: <201703222132.v2MLWjPp026303@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: ngie Date: Wed Mar 22 21:32:44 2017 New Revision: 315742 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/315742 Log: Merge documentation for em(4) and igb(4) Document work done by mmacy/sbruno to merge the two drivers together and convert em(4) to the iflib framework. X-MFC with: r311849 Sponsored by: Dell EMC Isilon Deleted: head/share/man/man4/igb.4 Modified: head/ObsoleteFiles.inc head/share/man/man4/em.4 Modified: head/ObsoleteFiles.inc ============================================================================== --- head/ObsoleteFiles.inc Wed Mar 22 21:18:18 2017 (r315741) +++ head/ObsoleteFiles.inc Wed Mar 22 21:32:44 2017 (r315742) @@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ # xargs -n1 | sort | uniq -d; # done +# 20170322: garbage collect old references to igb(4) +OLD_FILES+=usr/share/man/man4/if_igb.4.gz +OLD_FILES+=usr/share/man/man4/igb.4.gz # 20170319: io_test requires zh_TW.Big5 locale. OLD_FILES+=usr/tests/lib/libc/locale/io_test # 20170319: remove nls for non supported Big5* locales Modified: head/share/man/man4/em.4 ============================================================================== --- head/share/man/man4/em.4 Wed Mar 22 21:18:18 2017 (r315741) +++ head/share/man/man4/em.4 Wed Mar 22 21:32:44 2017 (r315742) @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd January 12, 2016 +.Dd March 22, 2017 .Dt EM 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -58,8 +58,15 @@ driver provides support for PCI Gigabit the Intel 82540, 82541ER, 82541PI, 82542, 82543, 82544, 82545, 82546, 82546EB, 82546GB, 82547, 82571, 81572, 82573, and 82574 Ethernet controller chips. -The driver supports Transmit/Receive checksum offload -and Jumbo Frames on all but 82542-based adapters. +.Pp +The +.Nm +driver also provides support for PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet adapters +based on the Intel 82575, 82576, 82580, i21x and i35x. +.Pp +The driver supports Transmit/Receive checksum offload and Jumbo Frames +on all but 82542-based adapters. +.Pp Furthermore it supports TCP segmentation offload (TSO) on all adapters but those based on the 82543, 82544 and 82547 controller chips. The identification LEDs of the adapters supported by the @@ -71,8 +78,8 @@ For further hardware information, see th .Pa README included with the driver. .Pp -For questions related to hardware requirements, -refer to the documentation supplied with your Intel PRO/1000 adapter. +For questions related to hardware requirements, refer to the +documentation supplied with your Intel PRO/1000 adapter. All hardware requirements listed apply to use with .Fx . .Pp @@ -82,7 +89,7 @@ Selecting an MTU larger than 1500 bytes utility configures the adapter to receive and transmit Jumbo Frames. The maximum MTU size for Jumbo Frames is 16114. .Pp -This driver version supports VLANs. +This driver supports hardware assisted VLANs. The .Nm driver supports the following media types: @@ -141,10 +148,21 @@ The .Nm driver supports Gigabit Ethernet adapters based on the Intel 82540, 82541ER, 82541PI, 82542, 82543, 82544, 82545, 82546, 82546EB, -82546GB, 82547, 82571, 82572, 82573, and 82574 controller chips: +82546GB, 82547, 82571, 82572, 82573, 82574, 82575, 82576, and 82580 +controller chips: .Pp .Bl -bullet -compact .It +Intel Gigabit ET Dual Port Server Adapter (82576) +.It +Intel Gigabit VT Quad Port Server Adapter (82575) +.It +Intel Single, Dual and Quad Gigabit Ethernet Controller (82580) +.It +Intel i210 and i211 Gigabit Ethernet Controller +.It +Intel i350 and i354 Gigabit Ethernet Controller +.It Intel PRO/1000 CT Network Connection (82547) .It Intel PRO/1000 F Server Adapter (82543) @@ -280,7 +298,6 @@ issue to .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr altq 4 , .Xr arp 4 , -.Xr igb 4 , .Xr led 4 , .Xr netintro 4 , .Xr ng_ether 4 , @@ -292,8 +309,16 @@ The .Nm device driver first appeared in .Fx 4.4 . +.Nm +was merged with the igb device driver and converted to the iflib framework in +.Fx 12.0 . .Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit The .Nm -driver was written by +driver was originally written by .An Intel Corporation Aq Mt freebsd@intel.com . +It was merged with igb driver and converted to the iflib framework by +.An Matthew Macy Aq Mt mmacy@nextbsd.org +and +.An Sean Bruno Aq Mt sbruno@FreeBSD.org .
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