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18.Dd September 2, 2006
19.Dt NFE 4
20.Os
21.Sh NAME
22.Nm nfe
23.Nd NVIDIA nForce MCP 10/100/Gigabit Ethernet driver
24.Sh SYNOPSIS
25To compile this driver into the kernel,
26place the following lines in your
27kernel configuration file:
28.Bd -ragged -offset indent
29.Cd "device miibus"
30.Cd "device nfe"
31.Ed
32.Pp
33Alternatively, to load the driver as a
34module at boot time, place the following line in
35.Xr loader.conf 5 :
36.Bd -literal -offset indent
37if_nfe_load="YES"
38.Ed
39.Sh DESCRIPTION
40The
41.Nm
42driver supports PCI Ethernet adapters based on the NVIDIA
43nForce Media and Communications Processors (MCP), such as
44the nForce, nForce 2, nForce 3, CK804, MCP04, MCP51, MCP55,
45MCP61, MCP65 and MCP67 Ethernet controller chips.
46.Pp
47The
48.Nm
49driver supports the following
50.Ar media
51types:
52.Pp
53.Bl -tag -width autoselect -compact
54.It Cm autoselect
55Enable autoselection of the media type and options.
56.It Cm 10baseT
57Set 10Mbps operation.
58.It Cm 100baseTX
59Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation.
60.It Cm 1000baseT
61Set 1000Mbps (Gigabit Ethernet) operation (recent models only).
62.El
63.Sh SEE ALSO
64.Xr arp 4 ,
65.Xr ifmedia 4 ,
66.Xr intro 4 ,
67.Xr miibus 4 ,
68.Xr netintro 4 ,
69.Xr pci 4 ,
70.Xr polling 4 ,
71.Xr vlan 4 ,
72.Xr ifconfig 8
73.Sh HISTORY
74The
75.Nm
76device driver first appeared in
77.Ox 3.9
78and was imported into
79.Dx 1.7 .
80.Sh AUTHORS
81.An -nosplit
82The
83.Nm
84driver was written by
85.An Jonathan Gray
86.Aq jsg@openbsd.org
87and
88.An Damien Bergamini
89.Aq damien@openbsd.org .
90It was ported to
91.Dx
92by
93.An Sepherosa Ziehau
94.Aq sepherosa@gmail.com .
95.Sh CAVEATS
96NVIDIA refuse to release any documentation on their products.
97