fxp(4) manual page

To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file: device miibus device fxp

Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):

if_fxp_load="YES"

The fxp driver provides support for Ethernet adapters based on the Intel i82557, i82558, i82559, i82550, and i82562 chips. The driver supports TCP/UDP/IP checksum offload for both transmit and receive on i82550 and i82551. On i82559 only TCP/UDP checksum offload for receive is supported. TCP segmentation offload (TSO) for IPv4 as well as VLAN hardware tag insertion/stripping is supported on i82550 and i82551. Wake On Lan (WOL) support is provided on all controllers except i82557, i82259ER and early i82558 revisions.

The fxp driver supports the following media types:

autoselect Enable autoselection of the media type and options. The autoselected mode can be overridden by adding the media options to rc.conf(5).

10baseT/UTP

Set 10Mbps operation.

100baseTX Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation.

The fxp driver supports the following media options:

full-duplex

Force full duplex operation.

half-duplex

Force half duplex operation.

Note that 100baseTX media type is not available on the Pro/10. For further information on configuring this device, see ifconfig(8).

The fxp driver supports reception and transmission of extended frames for vlan(4). This capability of fxp can be controlled by means of the vlanmtu parameter to ifconfig(8).

The fxp driver also supports a special link option:

link0 Some chip revisions have loadable microcode which can be used to reduce the interrupt load on the host cpu. Not all boards have microcode support. Setting the link0 flag with ifconfig(8) will download the microcode to the chip if it is available.

Tunables can be set at the loader(8) prompt before booting the kernel or stored in loader.conf(5). The following variables are available as both loader(8) tunables and sysctl(8) variables:

dev.fxp.%d.int_delay
	Maximum amount of time, in microseconds, that an interrupt may be delayed in an attempt to coalesce interrupts. This is only effective if the Intel microcode is loaded. The accepted range is 300 to 3000, the default is 1000.
dev.fxp.%d.bundle_max
	Number of packets that will be bundled, before an interrupt is generated. This is only effective if the Intel microcode is loaded. The accepted range is 1 to 65535, the default is 6.

The following variables are available as sysctl(8) variables.

dev.fxp.%d.rnr
	This is a read-only variable and shows the number of events of RNR (resource not ready).
dev.fxp.%d.stats
	This is a read-only variable and displays useful MAC counters maintained in the driver.

altq(4), arp(4), miibus(4), netintro(4), ng_ether(4), polling(4), vlan(4), ifconfig(8)

fxp%d: couldn't map memory	A fatal initialization error has occurred.
fxp%d: couldn't map interrupt	A fatal initialization error has occurred.
fxp%d: Failed to malloc memory	There are not enough mbuf's available for allocation.
fxp%d: device timeout	The device has stopped responding to the network, or there is a problem with the network connection (cable).
fxp%d: Microcode loaded, int_delay: %d usec bundle_max: %d	The chip has successfully downloaded the microcode, and changed the parameterized values to the given settings.

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autoselect	Enable autoselection of the media type and options. The autoselected mode can be overridden by adding the media options to rc.conf(5).
10baseT/UTP
	Set 10Mbps operation.
100baseTX	Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation.

full-duplex
	Force full duplex operation.
half-duplex
	Force half duplex operation.