Ubuntu Manpage: em — Intel(R) PRO/1000 Gigabit Ethernet adapter driver

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NAME

       em — Intel(R) PRO/1000 Gigabit Ethernet adapter driver

SYNOPSIS

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

             device em

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

             if_em_load="YES"

DESCRIPTION

The em driver provides support for PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapters based on the Intel 82540, 82541ER,
82541PI, 82542, 82543, 82544, 82545, 82546, 82546EB, 82546GB, 82547, 82571, 81572, 82573, and 82574
Ethernet controller chips. The driver supports Transmit/Receive checksum offload and Jumbo Frames on all
but 82542-based adapters. Furthermore it supports TCP segmentation offload (TSO) on all adapters but
those based on the 82543, 82544 and 82547 controller chips. The identification LEDs of the adapters
supported by the em driver can be controlled via the led(4) API for localization purposes. For further
hardware information, see the README included with the driver.

For questions related to hardware requirements, refer to the documentation supplied with your Intel
PRO/1000 adapter. All hardware requirements listed apply to use with FreeBSD.

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. The
maximum MTU size for Jumbo Frames is 16114.

This driver version supports VLANs. 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).

HARDWARE

       The  em  driver  supports  Gigabit  Ethernet  adapters based on the Intel 82540, 82541ER, 82541PI, 82542,
       82543, 82544, 82545, 82546, 82546EB, 82546GB, 82547, 82571, 82572, 82573, and 82574 controller chips:

       •   Intel PRO/1000 CT Network Connection (82547)
       •   Intel PRO/1000 F Server Adapter (82543)
       •   Intel PRO/1000 Gigabit Server Adapter (82542)
       •   Intel PRO/1000 GT Desktop Adapter (82541PI)
       •   Intel PRO/1000 MF Dual Port Server Adapter (82546)
       •   Intel PRO/1000 MF Server Adapter (82545)
       •   Intel PRO/1000 MF Server Adapter (LX) (82545)
       •   Intel PRO/1000 MT Desktop Adapter (82540)
       •   Intel PRO/1000 MT Desktop Adapter (82541)
       •   Intel PRO/1000 MT Dual Port Server Adapter (82546)
       •   Intel PRO/1000 MT Quad Port Server Adapter (82546EB)
       •   Intel PRO/1000 MT Server Adapter (82545)
       •   Intel PRO/1000 PF Dual Port Server Adapter (82571)
       •   Intel PRO/1000 PF Quad Port Server Adapter (82571)
       •   Intel PRO/1000 PF Server Adapter (82572)
       •   Intel PRO/1000 PT Desktop Adapter (82572)
       •   Intel PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter (82571)
       •   Intel PRO/1000 PT Quad Port Server Adapter (82571)
       •   Intel PRO/1000 PT Server Adapter (82572)
       •   Intel PRO/1000 T Desktop Adapter (82544)
       •   Intel PRO/1000 T Server Adapter (82543)
       •   Intel PRO/1000 XF Server Adapter (82544)
       •   Intel PRO/1000 XT Server Adapter (82544)

LOADER TUNABLES

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

       hw.em.rxd
               Number of receive descriptors allocated by the driver.  The default value is 256.  The 82542  and
               82543-based adapters can handle up to 256 descriptors, while others can have up to 4096.

       hw.em.txd
               Number of transmit descriptors allocated by the driver.  The default value is 256.  The 82542 and
               82543-based adapters can handle up to 256 descriptors, while others can have up to 4096.

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

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

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

FILES

       /dev/led/em*  identification LED device nodes

EXAMPLES

       Make the identification LED of em0 blink:

             echo f2 > /dev/led/em0

       Turn the identification LED of em0 off again:

             echo 0 > /dev/led/em0

DIAGNOSTICS

       em%d: Unable to allocate bus resource: memory  A fatal initialization error 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 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⟩.

HISTORY

       The em device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 4.4.

AUTHORS

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

BUGS

       Hardware-assisted VLAN processing is disabled by default.  You can enable it on  an  em  interface  using
       ifconfig(8).

Debian                                            May 14, 2010                                             EM(4)