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NAME

msk, mskc — Marvell Yukon-2 10/100/Gigabit Ethernet device

SYNOPSIS

mskc* at pci?
msk* at mskc?
eephy* at mii?

DESCRIPTION

The msk driver provides support for Marvell Yukon-2 88E802x, 88E805x, 88E806x, and 88E807x based Gigabit Ethernet adapters and 88E803x/88E804x based Fast Ethernet adapters, including the following:

• D-Link DGE-550SX, multimode fiber adapter
• D-Link DGE-560SX, multimode fiber adapter
• D-Link DGE-550T B1, copper adapter
• D-Link DGE-560T, copper adapter
• SysKonnect SK-9E21 single port, copper adapter
• SysKonnect SK-9E22 dual port, copper adapter
• SysKonnect SK-9E81 single port, multimode fiber adapter
• SysKonnect SK-9E82 dual port, multimode fiber adapter
• SysKonnect SK-9E91 single port, single mode fiber adapter
• SysKonnect SK-9E92 dual port, single mode fiber adapter
• SysKonnect SK-9S21 single port, copper adapter
• SysKonnect SK-9S22 dual port, copper adapter
• SysKonnect SK-9S81 single port, multimode fiber adapter
• SysKonnect SK-9S82 dual port, multimode fiber adapter
• SysKonnect SK-9S91 single port, single mode fiber adapter
• SysKonnect SK-9S92 dual port, single mode fiber adapter
• SysKonnect SK-9E21D single port, copper adapter

The Yukon-2 88E802x, 88E805x, 88E806x, and 88E807x also support a frame size of up to 9000 bytes. Support for Jumbo frames is provided via the interface MTU setting. Selecting an MTU larger than 1500 bytes with the ifconfig(8) utility configures the adapter to transmit Jumbo frames. Using Jumbo frames can greatly improve performance for certain tasks, such as file transfers and data streaming.

The msk driver supports the following media types:

autoselect

Enable autoselection of the media type and options. The user can manually override the autoselected mode by adding media options to the appropriate hostname.if(5) file.

10baseT

Set 10Mbps operation. The ifconfig(8) mediaopt option can also be used to select either full-duplex or half-duplex modes.

100baseTX

Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation. The ifconfig(8) mediaopt option can also be used to select either full-duplex or half-duplex modes.

1000baseT

Set 1000baseT (Gigabit Ethernet) operation over twisted pair. Both full-duplex and half-duplex modes are supported.

1000baseSX

Set 1000Mbps (Gigabit Ethernet) operation. Both full-duplex and half-duplex modes are supported.

The msk driver supports the following media options:

full-duplex

Force full duplex operation.

half-duplex

Force half duplex operation.

For more information on configuring this device, see ifconfig(8). To view a list of media types and options supported by the card, try ifconfig <device> media. For example, ifconfig msk0 media.

SEE ALSO

arp(4), eephy(4), ifmedia(4), intro(4), netintro(4), pci(4), hostname.if(5), ifconfig(8)

HISTORY

The msk driver first appeared in OpenBSD 4.0.

AUTHORS

The msk driver was written by Mark Kettenis ⟨kettenis@openbsd.org⟩.

BUGS

The msk driver does not support hardware receive IP checksum offload yet.