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MSK(4)			     Kernel Interfaces Manual			  MSK(4)

NAME
     msk -- Marvell/SysKonnect Yukon II Gigabit Ethernet adapter driver

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

	   device miibus
	   device msk

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

	   if_msk_load="YES"

DESCRIPTION
     The  msk  device driver provides support for various NICs based on the Mar-
     vell/SysKonnect Yukon II Gigabit Ethernet controller chip.

     All NICs supported by the msk driver have TCP/UDP/IP checksum  offload  for
     transmit,	TCP  segmentation offload (TSO), hardware VLAN tag stripping/in-
     sertion features and an interrupt moderation mechanism as well as a  64-bit
     multicast	hash  filter.  The Yukon II supports TBI (ten bit interface) and
     GMII transceivers, which means it can be used with either copper or 1000ba-
     seX fiber applications.

     The Yukon II also supports Jumbo Frames (up to 9022 bytes),  which  can  be
     configured  via  the  interface  MTU setting.  Selecting an MTU larger than
     1500 bytes with the ifconfig(8) utility configures the adapter  to  receive
     and transmit Jumbo Frames.

     The msk driver supports the following media types:

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

     10baseT/UTP  Set  10Mbps  operation.   The  ifconfig(8) mediaopt option can
		  also be used	to  select  either  full-duplex  or  half-duplex
		  modes.

     100baseTX	  Set	100Mbps  (Fast	Ethernet)  operation.	The  ifconfig(8)
		  mediaopt option can also be used to select either  full-duplex
		  or half-duplex modes.

     1000baseTX   Set  1000baseTX  operation over twisted pair.  The ifconfig(8)
		  mediaopt option can also be used to select either  full-duplex
		  or half-duplex modes.

     1000baseSX   Set  1000Mbps  (Gigabit Ethernet) operation.	Both full-duplex
		  and half-duplex modes are supported.

     The msk driver supports the following media options:

     full-duplex  Force full duplex operation.

     half-duplex  Force half duplex operation.

     For more information on configuring this device, see ifconfig(8).

HARDWARE
     The msk driver  provides  support	for  various  NICs  based  on  the  Mar-
     vell/SysKonnect  Yukon  II based Gigabit Ethernet controller chips, includ-
     ing:

     *	 D-Link 550SX Gigabit Ethernet
     *	 D-Link 560SX Gigabit Ethernet
     *	 D-Link 560T Gigabit Ethernet
     *	 Marvell Yukon 88E8021CU Gigabit Ethernet
     *	 Marvell Yukon 88E8021 SX/LX Gigabit Ethernet
     *	 Marvell Yukon 88E8022CU Gigabit Ethernet
     *	 Marvell Yukon 88E8022 SX/LX Gigabit Ethernet
     *	 Marvell Yukon 88E8061CU Gigabit Ethernet
     *	 Marvell Yukon 88E8061 SX/LX Gigabit Ethernet
     *	 Marvell Yukon 88E8062CU Gigabit Ethernet
     *	 Marvell Yukon 88E8062 SX/LX Gigabit Ethernet
     *	 Marvell Yukon 88E8035 Fast Ethernet
     *	 Marvell Yukon 88E8036 Fast Ethernet
     *	 Marvell Yukon 88E8038 Fast Ethernet
     *	 Marvell Yukon 88E8039 Fast Ethernet
     *	 Marvell Yukon 88E8040 Fast Ethernet
     *	 Marvell Yukon 88E8040T Fast Ethernet
     *	 Marvell Yukon 88E8042 Fast Ethernet
     *	 Marvell Yukon 88E8048 Fast Ethernet
     *	 Marvell Yukon 88E8050 Gigabit Ethernet
     *	 Marvell Yukon 88E8052 Gigabit Ethernet
     *	 Marvell Yukon 88E8053 Gigabit Ethernet
     *	 Marvell Yukon 88E8055 Gigabit Ethernet
     *	 Marvell Yukon 88E8056 Gigabit Ethernet
     *	 Marvell Yukon 88E8057 Gigabit Ethernet
     *	 Marvell Yukon 88E8058 Gigabit Ethernet
     *	 Marvell Yukon 88E8059 Gigabit Ethernet
     *	 Marvell Yukon 88E8070 Gigabit Ethernet
     *	 Marvell Yukon 88E8071 Gigabit Ethernet
     *	 Marvell Yukon 88E8072 Gigabit Ethernet
     *	 Marvell Yukon 88E8075 Gigabit Ethernet
     *	 SysKonnect SK-9Sxx Gigabit Ethernet
     *	 SysKonnect SK-9Exx Gigabit Ethernet

LOADER TUNABLES
     Tunables can be set at the loader(8) prompt before booting  the  kernel  or
     stored in loader.conf(5).

     hw.msk.msi_disable
	     This  tunable  disables  MSI support on the Ethernet hardware.  The
	     default value is 0.

SYSCTL VARIABLES
     The following variables are  available  as  both  sysctl(8)  variables  and
     loader(8) tunables:

     dev.mskc.%d.int_holdoff
	     Maximum  number  of time to delay interrupts.  The valid range is 0
	     to 34359738 for 125MHz clock in units of 1us, the	default  is  100
	     (100us).  The interface need to be brought down and up again before
	     a change takes effect.

     dev.mskc.%d.process_limit
	     Maximum  amount  of Rx events to be processed in the event loop be-
	     fore rescheduling a taskqueue.  The accepted range is  30	to  256,
	     the default value is 128 events.  The interface does not need to be
	     brought down and up again before a change takes effect.

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

HISTORY
     The  msk  driver was written by Pyun YongHyeon <yongari@FreeBSD.org> and it
     is based on sk(4) and Marvell's  FreeBSD  driver.	 It  first  appeared  in
     FreeBSD 7.0 and FreeBSD 6.3.

FreeBSD ports 15.quarterly	  May 23, 2011				  MSK(4)

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