CHXGE(7D)CHXGE(7D)NAMEchxge - Chelsio Ethernet network interface controllers
SYNOPSIS
/dev/chxge
DESCRIPTION
The chxge Ethernet driver is a multi-threaded, loadable, clonable,
STREAMS hardware driver supporting the connectionless Data Link
Provider Interface, dlpi(7P), over Chelsio NIC controllers. Multiple
(and mixed) NIC controllers installed within the system are supported
by the driver. The chxge driver provides basic support for the NIC
hardware. Functions include chip initialization, frame transmit and
receive, and error recovery and reporting.
APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE
The cloning, character-special device /dev/chxge is used to access NIC
devices installed within the system.
CHXGE AND DLPI
The chxge driver is dependent on /kernel/misc/gld, a loadable kernel
module that provides the chxge driver with the DLPI and STREAMS func‐
tionality required of a LAN driver. See gld(7D) for more details on the
primitives supported by the driver.
The values returned by the driver in the DL_INFO_ACK primitive in
response to the DL_INFO_REQ are:
o Default Maximum SDU is 1500 (ETHERMTU).
o dlsap address length is 8.
o MAC type is DL_ETHER.
o The sap length value is -2, meaning the physical address
component is followed immediately by a 2-byte sap component
within the DLSAP address.
o Broadcast address value is Ethernet/IEEE broadcast address
(FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF).
FILES
/dev/chxge
Character special device.
/kernel/drv/sparcv9/chxge
SPARC chxge driver binary.
/kernel/drv/chxge
x86 platform kernel module. (32-bit).
/kernel/drv/amd64/chxge
x86 platform kernel module. (64-bit).
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌───────────────┬─────────────────┐
│ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├───────────────┼─────────────────┤
│Architecture │ SPARC, x86 │
└───────────────┴─────────────────┘
SEE ALSOnetstat(1M), attributes(5), gld(7D), dlpi(7P), gld(9F),
gld_mac_info(9S)
Jan 17, 2005 CHXGE(7D)
