NAME¶
nxge
—
Neterion Xframe 10GbE Server/Storage adapter
driver
SYNOPSIS¶
To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following line in your kernel
configuration file:
device nxge
Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following
line in
loader.conf(5):
DESCRIPTION¶
The
nxge
driver provides support for Neterion
Xframe-I and Xframe-II adapters. The driver supports TCP Segmentation Offload
(TSO/LSO), Large Receive Offload (LRO), Jumbo Frames (5 buffer mode), Header
Separation (Rx 2 buffer mode), VLAN, and Promiscuous mode.
For general information and support, please visit the Neterion support page
http://www.neterion.com/support/support.html.
Support for Jumbo Frames is provided via the interface MTU setting. Selecting an
MTU larger than 1500 bytes with the
ifconfig(8)
utility configures the adapter to transmit and receive Jumbo Frames. Xframe
adapters support Jumbo Frames up to 9600 bytes.
For Jumbo Frames, the driver will try to allocate physically contiguous buffers.
Failures to do so may degrade the performance. To resolve such problems,
please visit
http://www.neterion.com where
additional information and a kernel patch can be found.
For more information on configuring this device, see
ifconfig(8).
HARDWARE¶
The
nxge
driver supports Neterion Xframe 10
Gigabit Ethernet adapters listed in
http://www.neterion.com/how/pricing.html.
SUPPORT¶
For troubleshooting tips and FAQs, please visit
http://trac.neterion.com/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/wiki/TitleIndex?anonymous.
For any issues please send an email to ⟨support@neterion.com⟩.
SEE ALSO¶
arp(4),
netintro(4),
ifconfig(8)
HISTORY¶
The
nxge
device driver first appeared in
FreeBSD 7.0.
AUTHORS¶
The
nxge
driver was written by
Neterion
⟨support@neterion.com⟩.