NFE(4)

NFE(4) | Device Drivers 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 Ethernet 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.

November 14, 2007 | NetBSD 9.5