git: 42ce724d8021 - main - em(4): Update and expand on hardware support
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Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2023 19:50:12 UTC
The branch main has been updated by kbowling:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=42ce724d8021132b5ebcf8cc944f14e19c1c439f
commit 42ce724d8021132b5ebcf8cc944f14e19c1c439f
Author: Kevin Bowling <kbowling@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2023-08-03 19:49:42 +0000
Commit: Kevin Bowling <kbowling@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2023-08-03 19:49:42 +0000
em(4): Update and expand on hardware support
---
share/man/man4/em.4 | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/share/man/man4/em.4 b/share/man/man4/em.4
index c4395a89699b..f81703f1a727 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/em.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/em.4
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd May 8, 2023
+.Dd August 3, 2023
.Dt EM 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -55,21 +55,36 @@ if_em_load="YES"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
-driver provides support for PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapters based on
+driver provides support for PCI/PCI-X Gigabit Ethernet adapters based on
the Intel 82540, 82541ER, 82541PI, 82542, 82543, 82544, 82545, 82546,
-82546EB, 82546GB, 82547, 82571, 81572, 82573, and 82574 Ethernet
+82546EB, 82546GB, 82547 controller chips.
+.Pp
+The
+.Nm
+driver provides support for PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet adapters
+based on the Intel 82571, 81572, 82573, 82574, and 82583 Ethernet
controller chips.
.Pp
The
.Nm
-driver also provides support for PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet adapters
-based on the Intel 82575, 82576, 82580, i21x and i35x.
+driver provides support for Gigabit Ethernet adapters connected to I/O
+Controller Hub (ICH), Platform Controller Hub (PCH) and Connectivity
+Integrated (CNVi) including Intel 80003ES2LAN, 82562, 82566, 82567,
+82577, 82578, 82579, i217, i218, and i219.
+.Pp
+The
+.Nm
+driver provides support for PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet adapters
+based on the Intel 82575, 82576, 82580, i210, i211, and i35x. These
+appear as
+.Cm igb
+interfaces to maintain compatibility with existing infrastructure.
.Pp
The driver supports Transmit/Receive checksum offload and Jumbo Frames
on all but 82542-based adapters.
.Pp
Furthermore it supports TCP segmentation offload (TSO) on all adapters but
-those based on the 82543, 82544 and 82547 controller chips.
+those based on the 82542, 82543, 82544 and 82547 controller chips.
The identification LEDs of the adapters supported by the
.Nm
driver can be controlled via the
@@ -307,7 +322,8 @@ The
device driver first appeared in
.Fx 4.4 .
.Nm
-was merged with the igb device driver and converted to the iflib framework in
+was merged with the lem and igb device driver and converted to the iflib
+framework in
.Fx 12.0 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.An -nosplit