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IGC(4)			     Kernel Interfaces Manual			  IGC(4)

NAME
     igc -- Intel Ethernet Controller I225 driver

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

	   device iflib
	   device igc

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

	   if_igc_load="YES"

DESCRIPTION
     The  igc driver provides support for any PCI Express adapter or LOM (LAN On
     Motherboard) based on the Intel I225 Multi Gigabit Controller.  The  driver
     supports  Transmit/Receive  checksum offload, Jumbo Frames, MSI/MSI-X, TSO,
     and RSS.

     Support for Jumbo Frames is provided via the interface  MTU  setting.   Se-
     lecting  an MTU larger than 1500 bytes with the ifconfig(8) utility config-
     ures the adapter to receive and transmit Jumbo  Frames.   The  maximum  MTU
     size for Jumbo Frames is 9216 bytes.

     This driver version supports VLAN hardware insertion / extraction, and VLAN
     checksum offload.	For information on enabling VLANs, see ifconfig(8).  The
     igc driver supports the following media types:

     autoselect   Enables auto-negotiation for speed and duplex.

     10baseT/UTP  Sets	10Mbps	operation.   Use  the  mediaopt option to select
		  half-duplex mode.

     100baseTX	  Sets 100Mbps operation.  Use the  mediaopt  option  to  select
		  half-duplex mode.

     1000baseT	  Sets	1000Mbps  operation.  Only full-duplex mode is supported
		  at this speed.

     2500baseT	  Sets 2500Mbps operation.  Only full-duplex mode  is  supported
		  at this speed.

HARDWARE
     The igc driver supports the following models:

     *	 I225-LM
     *	 I225-V
     *	 I225-IT
     *	 I225-K

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

     hw.igc.igc_disable_crc_stripping
	     Disable or enable hardware stripping of CRC field.  This is  mostly
	     useful on BMC/IPMI shared interfaces where stripping the CRC causes
	     remote access over IPMI to fail.  Default 0 (enabled).

     hw.igc.rx_int_delay
	     This  value delays the generation of receive interrupts in units of
	     1.024 microseconds.  The default value is	0,  since  adapters  may
	     hang with this feature being enabled.

     hw.igc.rx_abs_int_delay
	     If hw.igc.rx_int_delay is non-zero, this tunable limits the maximum
	     delay in which a receive interrupt is generated.

     hw.igc.tx_int_delay
	     This value delays the generation of transmit interrupts in units of
	     1.024 microseconds.  The default value is 64.

     hw.igc.tx_abs_int_delay
	     If hw.igc.tx_int_delay is non-zero, this tunable limits the maximum
	     delay in which a transmit interrupt is generated.

     hw.igc.sbp
	     Show bad packets when in promiscuous mode.  Default is false.

     hw.igc.rx_process_limit
	     Maximum  number  of received packets to process at a time.  Default
	     is 100.  A value of -1 means unlimited.

     hw.igc.eee_setting
	     Disable or enable Energy Efficient Ethernet.  Default 1 (disabled).

     hw.igc.max_interrupt_rate
	     Maximum device interrupts per second.  The default is 8000.

DIAGNOSTICS
     igc%d: Hardware Initialization Failed  A fatal initialization error has oc-
     curred.

     igc%d: Unable to allocate bus resource: memory  A fatal initialization  er-
     ror has occurred.

     igc%d:  Invalid  MAC address  The MAC address programmed into the EEPROM is
     either empty or a multicast/broadcast address.

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

HISTORY
     The igc device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 14.0.

AUTHORS
     The igc was originally written by Intel Corporation and  converted  to  the
     iflib(4) framework by Netgate.

FreeBSD 14.0			  May 10, 2021				  IGC(4)

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