mlx4en(4freebsd)

mlx4en4freebsd

Mellanox connectx-3 10gbe/40gbe network adapter driver

Usage

To compile this driver into the kernel, place these lines in your kernel configuration file:

options COMPAT_LINUXKPI device mlx4 device mlx4en

To load the driver as a module at run-time, run this command as root:

kldload mlx4en

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

mlx4en_load="YES"

Overview

Mellanox ConnectX adapter cards with Virtual Protocol Interconnect (VPI) provide the highest performing and most flexible interconnect solution for Enterprise Data Centers, High-Performance Computing, and Embedded environments. Clustered data bases, parallelized applications, transactional services and high-performance embedded I/O applications will achieve significant performance improvements resulting in reduced completion time and lower cost per operation.

Hardware

The mlx4en driver supports the following network adapters:

  • Mellanox ConnectX-2 (ETH)

  • Mellanox ConnectX-3 (ETH)

Support

For general information and support, go to the Mellanox support website at: http://www.mellanox.com/.

If an issue is identified with this driver and a supported network adapter, please email the specific information to ⟨[email protected]⟩.

Releases

4 releases since Debian 10 (Buster); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 10
  2. 11–13

History

The mlx4en device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 9.x.

Authors

The mlx4en driver was written by Mellanox Technologies <[email protected]>.

From freebsd-manpages 12.2-2 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.