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NFE(4)                  NetBSD Kernel Interfaces Manual                 NFE(4)


NAME

     nfe -- NVIDIA nForce MCP Ethernet driver


SYNOPSIS

     nfe* at pci?
     ciphy* at mii?
     icsphy* at mii?
     makphy* at mii?
     rlphy* at mii?


DESCRIPTION

     The nfe driver supports PCI Ethernet adapters based on the NVIDIA nForce
     Media and Communications Processors (MCP), such as the nForce, nForce 2,
     nForce 3, CK804, MCP04, MCP51, MCP55, MCP61, MCP65, MCP67 and MCP73 Eth-
     ernet controller chips.

     The nfe driver supports the following media types:

     autoselect  Enable autoselection of the media type and options.
     10baseT     Set 10Mbps operation.
     100baseTX   Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation.
     1000baseT   Set 1000Mbps (Gigabit Ethernet) operation (recent models
                 only).


SEE ALSO

     arp(4), ciphy(4), icsphy(4), ifmedia(4), intro(4), netintro(4), pci(4),
     rlphy(4), ifconfig(8)


HISTORY

     The nfe device driver first appeared in OpenBSD 3.9.  It was added to
     NetBSD 3.1.


AUTHORS

     The nfe driver was written by Jonathan Gray <jsg@openbsd.org> and Damien
     Bergamini <damien@openbsd.org>.


CAVEATS

     NVIDIA refuse to release any documentation on their products.

NetBSD 5.0.2                   November 14, 2007                  NetBSD 5.0.2