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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
       Marvell/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	strip-
       ping/insertion 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  ei-
       ther copper or 1000baseX	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 ei-
		    ther 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, in-
       cluding:

          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
	       before 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  ef-
	       fect.

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	13.2			 May 23, 2011				MSK(4)

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | HARDWARE | LOADER TUNABLES | SYSCTL VARIABLES | SEE ALSO | HISTORY

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