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EM(4)			 BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual			 EM(4)

NAME
     em	-- Intel(R) PRO/1000 gigabit Ethernet driver for the FreeBSD operating
     system

SYNOPSIS
     device em

DESCRIPTION
     The em driver provides support for	PCI gigabit Ethernet adapters based on
     the Intel 82540, 82542, 82543, 82544 and 82546 Ethernet controller	chips.
     The driver	supports Transmit/Receive checksum offload and Jumbo Frames
     only on 82540, 82543, 82544 and 82546-based adapters.  For	a list of sup-
     ported adapters, see the README included with the driver.

     For questions related to hardware requirements, refer to the documenta-
     tion supplied with	your Intel PRO/1000 adapter.  All hardware require-
     ments listed apply	to use with FreeBSD.

     Support for Jumbo Frames is provided via the interface MTU	setting.  Se-
     lecting an	MTU larger than	1500 bytes with	the ifconfig(8)	utility	con-
     figures the adapter to receive and	transmit Jumbo Frames.	The maximum
     MTU size for Jumbo	Frames is 16114.

     This driver version supports VLANs.  For information on enabling VLANs,
     see the README.  The em 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
		  full-duplex mode.

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

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

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

     The em driver supports the	following media	options:

     full-duplex  Forces full-duplex operation

     half-duplex  Forces half-duplex operation.

     Only use mediaopt to set the driver to full-duplex.  If mediaopt is not
     specified,	the driver defaults to half-duplex.

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

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

     em%d: Unable to allocate bus resource: interrupt  A fatal initialization
     error has occurred.

     em%d: watchdog timeout -- resetting  The device has stopped responding to
     the network, or there is a	problem	with the network connection (cable).

SUPPORT
     For additional information	regarding building and installation, see the
     README included with the driver.  For general information and support, go
     to	the Intel support website at: http://support.intel.com.

     If	an issue is identified with the	released source	code on	the supported
     kernel with a supported adapter, email the	specific information related
     to	the issue to <freebsdnic@mailbox.intel.com>.

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

HISTORY
     The em device driver first	appeared in FreeBSD 4.4.

AUTHORS
     The em driver was written by Intel	Corporation
     <freebsdnic@mailbox.intel.com>.

BSD				 July 26, 2002				   BSD

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