NAME

       ixgb — Intel(R) PRO/10GbE Ethernet driver for the FreeBSD operating system

SYNOPSIS

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

             device ixgb

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

             if_ixgb_load="YES"

DESCRIPTION

       The  ixgb  driver  provides support for PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapters based on the Intel 82597EX Ethernet
       controller chips.  The driver supports Transmit/Receive checksum offload and Jumbo Frames.

       For questions related to hardware requirements, refer to  the  documentation  supplied  with  your  Intel
       PRO/10GbE 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.  For information on enabling VLANs, see ifconfig(8).

HARDWARE

       The ixgb driver supports the following cards:

       •   Intel PRO/10GbE LR Server Adapter
       •   Intel PRO/10GbE SR Server Adapter

DIAGNOSTICS

       ixgb%d: Unable to allocate bus resource: memory  A fatal initialization error has occurred.

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

       ixgb%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⟩.

SEE ALSO

       arp(4), em(4), netintro(4), ng_ether(4), polling(4), vlan(4), ifconfig(8)

HISTORY

       The ixgb device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 4.11 and FreeBSD 5.3.

AUTHORS

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

Debian                                           August 18, 2006                                         IXGB(4)