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   7 .TH IXGBE 7D "Jun 3, 2009"
   8 .SH NAME
   9 ixgbe \- Intel 10Gb PCI Express NIC Driver
  10 .SH SYNOPSIS
  11 .LP
  12 .nf
  13 \fB/dev/ixgbe*\fR
  14 .fi
  15 
  16 .SH DESCRIPTION
  17 .sp
  18 .LP
  19 The \fBixgbe\fR 10 Gigabit Ethernet driver is a multi-threaded, loadable,
  20 clonable, GLD-based STREAMS driver supporting the Data Link Provider Interface,
  21 \fBdlpi\fR(7P), on Intel 10-Gigabit PCI Express Ethernet controllers.
  22 .sp
  23 .LP
  24 The \fBixgbe\fR driver functions include controller initialization, frame
  25 transmit and receive, promiscuous and multicast support, and error recovery and
  26 reporting.
  27 .sp
  28 .LP


























  29 The \fBixgbe\fR driver and hardware support auto-negotiation, a protocol
  30 specified by the \fIIEEE 802.3ae\fR specification.
  31 .SH APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE
  32 .sp
  33 .LP
  34 The cloning character-special device, \fB/dev/ixgbe\fR, is used to access all
  35 Intel 10 -Gigabit PCI Express Ethernet devices installed within the system.
  36 .sp
  37 .LP
  38 The \fBixgbe\fR driver is managed by the \fBdladm\fR(1M) command line utility,
  39 which allows VLANs to be defined on top of \fBixgbe\fR instances and for
  40 \fBixgbe\fR instances to be aggregated. See \fBdladm\fR(1M) for more details.
  41 .sp
  42 .LP
  43 You must send an explicit DL_ATTACH_REQ message to associate the opened stream
  44 with a particular device (PPA). The PPA ID is interpreted as an unsigned
  45 integer data type and indicates the corresponding device instance (unit)
  46 number. The driver returns an error (DL_ERROR_ACK) if the PPA field value does
  47 not correspond to a valid device instance number for the system. The device is
  48 initialized on first attach and de-initialized (stopped) at last detach.
  49 .sp
  50 .LP
  51 The values returned by the driver in the DL_INFO_ACK primitive in response to
  52 your DL_INFO_REQ are:
  53 .RS +4
  54 .TP
  55 .ie t \(bu


 136 .RE
 137 
 138 .sp
 139 .ne 2
 140 .na
 141 \fB\fB/kernel/drv/ixgbe.conf\fR\fR
 142 .ad
 143 .RS 29n
 144 Configuration file.
 145 .RE
 146 
 147 .SH ATTRIBUTES
 148 .sp
 149 .LP
 150 See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
 151 .sp
 152 
 153 .sp
 154 .TS
 155 box;
 156 l l
 157 l l .
 158 ATTRIBUTE TYPE  ATTRIBUTE VALUE

 159 Architecture    SPARC, x86

 160 Interface Stability     Committed
 161 .TE
 162 
 163 .SH SEE ALSO
 164 .sp
 165 .LP
 166 \fBdladm\fR(1M), \fBnetstat\fR(1M), \fBdriver.conf\fR(4), \fBattributes\fR(5),
 167 \fBstreamio\fR(7I), \fBdlpi\fR(7P)
 168 .sp
 169 .LP
 170 \fIWriting Device Drivers\fR
 171 .sp
 172 .LP
 173 \fISTREAMS Programming Guide\fR
 174 .sp
 175 .LP
 176 \fINetwork Interfaces Programmer's Guide\fR
 177 .sp
 178 .LP
 179 \fIIEEE 802.3ae Specificiation\fR, IEEE - 2002
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   8 .TH IXGBE 7D "Jan 13, 2016"
   9 .SH NAME
  10 ixgbe \- Intel 10Gb PCI Express NIC Driver
  11 .SH SYNOPSIS
  12 .LP
  13 .nf
  14 \fB/dev/ixgbe*\fR
  15 .fi
  16 
  17 .SH DESCRIPTION
  18 .sp
  19 .LP
  20 The \fBixgbe\fR 10 Gigabit Ethernet driver is a multi-threaded, loadable,
  21 clonable, GLD-based STREAMS driver supporting the Data Link Provider Interface,
  22 \fBdlpi\fR(7P), on Intel 10-Gigabit PCI Express Ethernet controllers.
  23 .sp
  24 .LP
  25 The \fBixgbe\fR driver functions include controller initialization, frame
  26 transmit and receive, promiscuous and multicast support, and error recovery and
  27 reporting.
  28 .sp
  29 .LP
  30 The \fBixgbe\fR driver supports the following Intel 10-Gigabit PCI Express Ethernet controllers:
  31 .RS +4
  32 .TP
  33 .ie t \(bu
  34 .el o
  35 Intel Ethernet Controller 82598EB Family
  36 .RE
  37 .RS +4
  38 .TP
  39 .ie t \(bu
  40 .el o
  41 Intel Ethernet Controller 82599EB (X520) Family
  42 .RE
  43 .RS +4
  44 .TP
  45 .ie t \(bu
  46 .el o
  47 Intel Ethernet Controller X540 Family
  48 .RE
  49 .RS +4
  50 .TP
  51 .ie t \(bu
  52 .el o
  53 Intel Ethernet Controller X550 Family
  54 .RE
  55 .LP
  56 The \fBixgbe\fR driver and hardware support auto-negotiation, a protocol
  57 specified by the \fIIEEE 802.3ae\fR specification.
  58 .SH APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE
  59 .sp
  60 .LP
  61 The cloning character-special device, \fB/dev/ixgbe\fR, is used to access all
  62 Intel 10-Gigabit PCI Express Ethernet devices installed within the system.
  63 .sp
  64 .LP
  65 The \fBixgbe\fR driver is managed by the \fBdladm\fR(1M) command line utility,
  66 which allows VLANs to be defined on top of \fBixgbe\fR instances and for
  67 \fBixgbe\fR instances to be aggregated. See \fBdladm\fR(1M) for more details.
  68 .sp
  69 .LP
  70 You must send an explicit DL_ATTACH_REQ message to associate the opened stream
  71 with a particular device (PPA). The PPA ID is interpreted as an unsigned
  72 integer data type and indicates the corresponding device instance (unit)
  73 number. The driver returns an error (DL_ERROR_ACK) if the PPA field value does
  74 not correspond to a valid device instance number for the system. The device is
  75 initialized on first attach and de-initialized (stopped) at last detach.
  76 .sp
  77 .LP
  78 The values returned by the driver in the DL_INFO_ACK primitive in response to
  79 your DL_INFO_REQ are:
  80 .RS +4
  81 .TP
  82 .ie t \(bu


 163 .RE
 164 
 165 .sp
 166 .ne 2
 167 .na
 168 \fB\fB/kernel/drv/ixgbe.conf\fR\fR
 169 .ad
 170 .RS 29n
 171 Configuration file.
 172 .RE
 173 
 174 .SH ATTRIBUTES
 175 .sp
 176 .LP
 177 See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
 178 .sp
 179 
 180 .sp
 181 .TS
 182 box;
 183 c | c
 184 l | l .
 185 ATTRIBUTE TYPE  ATTRIBUTE VALUE
 186 _
 187 Architecture    SPARC, x86
 188 _
 189 Interface Stability     Committed
 190 .TE
 191 
 192 .SH SEE ALSO
 193 .sp
 194 .LP
 195 \fBdladm\fR(1M), \fBnetstat\fR(1M), \fBdriver.conf\fR(4), \fBattributes\fR(5),
 196 \fBstreamio\fR(7I), \fBdlpi\fR(7P)
 197 .sp
 198 .LP
 199 \fIWriting Device Drivers\fR
 200 .sp
 201 .LP
 202 \fISTREAMS Programming Guide\fR
 203 .sp
 204 .LP
 205 \fINetwork Interfaces Programmer's Guide\fR
 206 .sp
 207 .LP
 208 \fIIEEE 802.3ae Specificiation\fR, IEEE - 2002