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6064 ixgbe needs X550 support

@@ -19,16 +19,27 @@
        The ixgbe driver functions include controller initialization, frame
        transmit and receive, promiscuous and multicast support, and error
        recovery and reporting.
 
 
+       The ixgbe driver supports the following Intel 10-Gigabit PCI Express
+       Ethernet controllers:
+
+           o      Intel Ethernet Controller 82598EB Family
+
+           o      Intel Ethernet Controller 82599EB (X520) Family
+
+           o      Intel Ethernet Controller X540 Family
+
+           o      Intel Ethernet Controller X550 Family
+
        The ixgbe driver and hardware support auto-negotiation, a protocol
        specified by the IEEE 802.3ae specification.
 
 APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE
        The cloning character-special device, /dev/ixgbe, is used to access all
-       Intel 10 -Gigabit PCI Express Ethernet devices installed within the
+       Intel 10-Gigabit PCI Express Ethernet devices installed within the
        system.
 
 
        The ixgbe driver is managed by the dladm(1M) command line utility,
        which allows VLANs to be defined on top of ixgbe instances and for

@@ -96,15 +107,17 @@
        See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
 
 
 
 
-       +--------------------------------------+
-       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE        ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
-       |Architecture          SPARC, x86      |
-       |Interface Stability   Committed       |
-       +--------------------------------------+
+       +--------------------+-----------------+
+       |  ATTRIBUTE TYPE    | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+       +--------------------+-----------------+
+       |Architecture        | SPARC, x86      |
+       +--------------------+-----------------+
+       |Interface Stability | Committed       |
+       +--------------------+-----------------+
 
 SEE ALSO
        dladm(1M), netstat(1M), driver.conf(4), attributes(5), streamio(7I),
        dlpi(7P)
 

@@ -120,6 +133,6 @@
 
        IEEE 802.3ae Specificiation, IEEE - 2002
 
 
 
-                                 June 3, 2009                        IXGBE(7D)
+                               January 13, 2016                      IXGBE(7D)