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MLX5EN(4)	       FreeBSD Kernel Interfaces Manual		     MLX5EN(4)

NAME
     mlx5en -- NVIDIA Mellanox ConnectX-4/5/6 [Dx/Ex/Lx] based 200Gb, 100Gb,
     50Gb, 40Gb, 25Gb and 10Gb ethernet	adapter	driver

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

	   options COMPAT_LINUXKPI
	   options RATELIMIT
	   options KERN_TLS
	   device xz
	   device mlxfw
	   device firmware
	   device mlx5
	   device mlx5en

     To	load the driver	as a module at run-time, run the following command as
     root:

	   kldload mlx5en

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

	   mlx5en_load="YES"

DESCRIPTION
     The mlx5en	driver provides	support	for PCI	Express	Ethernet adapters
     based on ConnectX-4/5/6 [Dx, Ex and Lx variants].	The driver supports
     Jumbo Frames, Transmit and	Receive	checksum offload, TCP segmentation
     offload (TSO), Large Receive Offload (LRO), HW Large Receive Offload (HW
     LRO), VLAN	tag insertion and extraction, VLAN checksum offload, VLAN TSO,
     hardware rate limiting (TXRTLMT), stateless VxLAN hardware	offload	for
     receive and transmit, HW TLS offload for transmit,	Receive	Side Steering
     (RSS) and NUMA(4) awareness.

     The network interface name	is mce<N> which	corresponds to a PCI function,
     mlx_core<N>, where	<N> is a number	starting at zero.  There is at most
     one network interface per PCI function.

     For further information and questions related to hardware requirements,
     see https://www.mellanox.com.

HARDWARE
     The mlx5en	driver supports	200Gb, 100Gb, 50Gb, 40Gb, 25Gb and 10Gb	ether-
     net adapters.

     o	 ConnectX-6 supports 10/20/25/40/50/56/100Gb/200Gb/s speeds.
     o	 ConnectX-5 supports 10/20/25/40/50/56/100Gb/s speeds.
     o	 ConnectX-4 supports 10/20/25/40/50/56/100Gb/s speeds.
     o	 ConnectX-4 LX supports	10/25/40/50Gb/s	speeds and reduced power con-
	 sumption.

CONFIGURATION
     The mlx5en	network	interface is configured	using ifconfig(8) and the
     sysctl(8) tree at dev.mce.<N>.  All configurable entries are also tun-
     ables, and	can be put directly into the loader.conf(5) for	persistent
     configuration.

SUPPORT
     For general information and support, go to	the NVIDIA Mellanox networking
     support website at: https://www.mellanox.com.

     If	an issue is identified with this driver	using a	supported adapter, e-
     mail all the specific information related to the issue to
     <nbu-freebsd-drivers@nvidia.com>.

SEE ALSO
     ifconfig(8)

HISTORY
     The mlx5en	device driver first appeared in	FreeBSD	11.0.

AUTHORS
     The mlx5en	driver was written by NVIDIA Mellanox networking
     <nbu-freebsd-drivers@nvidia.com>.

FreeBSD	13.0			 July 20, 2021			  FreeBSD 13.0

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