Ubuntu Manpage: sk — SysKonnect SK-984x and SK-982x PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapter driver

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NAME

     sk — SysKonnect SK-984x and SK-982x PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapter driver

SYNOPSIS

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

           device miibus
           device sk

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

           if_sk_load="YES"

DESCRIPTION

The sk driver provides support for the SysKonnect SK-984x and SK-982x series PCI Gigabit
Ethernet adapters.

The SysKonnect adapters consist of two main components: the XaQti Corp. XMAC II gigabit MAC
and the SysKonnect GEnesis controller ASIC. The XMAC provides the gigabit MAC and PHY
support while the GEnesis provides an interface to the PCI bus, DMA support, packet
buffering and arbitration. The GEnesis can control up to two XMACs simultaneously, allowing
dual-port NIC configurations.

The SK-982x 1000baseT adapters also include a Broadcom BCM5400 1000baseTX PHY which is used
in place of the XMAC's internal PHY. The Broadcom PHY is connected to the XMAC via its GMII
port.

The sk driver configures dual port SysKonnect adapters such that each XMAC is treated as a
separate logical network interface. Both ports can operate independently of each other and
can be connected to separate networks. The SysKonnect driver software currently only uses
the second port on dual port adapters for failover purposes: if the link on the primary port
fails, the SysKonnect driver will automatically switch traffic onto the second port.

Also supported is the Marvell Semiconductor 88E100* gigabit PHY.

The XaQti XMAC II supports full and half duplex operation with autonegotiation. The XMAC
also supports unlimited frame sizes. Support for jumbo frames is provided 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. Using jumbo frames can greatly
improve performance for certain tasks, such as file transfers and data streaming.

The sk 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 the
/etc/rc.conf file.

1000baseTX Set 1000baseTX operation over twisted pair. This is only available
for SK-982x series adapters with 1000baseT ports. Both full-duplex
and half-duplex modes are supported.

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

The sk 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

     Adapters supported by the sk driver include:

     •   3Com 3C940 single port, 1000baseT adapter
     •   3Com 3C2000-T single port, 1000baseT adapter
     •   Belkin F5D5005 single port, 1000baseT adapter
     •   D-Link DGE-530T single port, 1000baseT adapter
     •   Linksys (revision 2) single port, 1000baseT adapter
     •   SK-9521 SK-NET GE-T single port, 1000baseT adapter
     •   SK-9821 SK-NET GE-T single port, 1000baseT adapter
     •   SK-9822 SK-NET GE-T dual port, 1000baseT adapter
     •   SK-9841 SK-NET GE-LX single port, single mode fiber adapter
     •   SK-9842 SK-NET GE-LX dual port, single mode fiber adapter
     •   SK-9843 SK-NET GE-SX single port, multimode fiber adapter
     •   SK-9844 SK-NET GE-SX dual port, multimode fiber adapter
     •   SMC 9452TX single port, 1000baseT adapter

LOADER TUNABLES

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

     hw.skc.jumbo_disable
             Disable jumbo frame support.  Systems with less memory can set it to a non-zero
             value to save memory.  The default value is 0.

SYSCTL VARIABLES

     The following variable is available as both sysctl(8) variable and loader(8) tunable:

     dev.skc.%d.int_mod
             This variable controls interrupt moderation.  The accepted range is 10 to 10000.
             The default value is 100 microseconds.  The interface has to be brought down and up
             again before a change takes effect.

DIAGNOSTICS

     sk%d: couldn't map memory  A fatal initialization error has occurred.

     sk%d: couldn't map ports  A fatal initialization error has occurred.

     sk%d: couldn't map interrupt  A fatal initialization error has occurred.

     sk%d: no memory for softc struct!  The driver failed to allocate memory for per-device
     instance information during initialization.

     sk%d: failed to enable memory mapping!  The driver failed to initialize PCI shared memory
     mapping.  This might happen if the card is not in a bus-master slot.

     sk%d: no memory for jumbo buffers!  The driver failed to allocate memory for jumbo frames
     during initialization.

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

HISTORY

     The sk device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 3.0.

AUTHORS

     The sk driver was written by Bill Paul <wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu>.