WM(4) Kernel Interfaces Manual WM(4)

NAME

wmIntel i8254x Gigabit Ethernet driver

SYNOPSIS

wm* at pci? dev ? function ?

Configuration of PHYs may also be necessary. See mii(4).

DESCRIPTION

The wm device driver supports Gigabit Ethernet interfaces based on the Intel i8254x family of Gigabit Ethernet chips. The interfaces supported by the wm driver include:

In addition to Intel's own “PRO/1000” line of Gigabit Ethernet interfaces, these chips also appear on some server systems, processor evaluation boards, and in embedded systems.

The i8254x supports IPv4/TCP/UDP checksumming and TCP segmentation in hardware. The wm driver supports these features of the chip. See ifconfig(8) for information on how to enable this feature.

SEE ALSO

arp(4), ifmedia(4), mii(4), netintro(4), pci(4), ifconfig(8)

HISTORY

The wm driver first appeared in NetBSD 1.6.

AUTHORS

The wm driver was written by Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>.

BUGS

The Intel i82545GM and i82546GB controllers with internal SERDES are not currently supported.
June 20, 2012 NetBSD 6.1