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.Dd November 2, 2006
.Dt STGE 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm stge
.Nd "Sundance/Tamarack TC9021 Gigabit Ethernet device"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Cd "device miibus"
.Cd "device stge"
.Pp
Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the
following line in
.Pa /boot/loader.conf :
.Bd -literal -offset indent
if_stge_load="YES"
.Ed
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
driver supports the Sundance/Tamarack TC9021 Gigabit Ethernet chip.
.Pp
It uses an external PHY or an external 10-bit interface.
.Pp
The
.Nm
driver also supports
IP/UDP/TCP checksum offload,
VLAN tagging/insertion and
JUMBO frame.
.Pp
For more information on configuring this device, see
.Xr ifconfig 8 .
The
.Nm
driver supports
.Xr polling 4 .
.Sh HARDWARE
The
.Nm
driver supports the Sundance/Tamarack TC9021 based Gigabit Ethernet adapters,
including the following:
.Pp
.Bl -bullet -compact
.It
Antares Microsystems Gigabit Ethernet
.It
ASUS NX1101 Gigabit Ethernet
.It
D-Link DGE-550T Gigabit Ethernet
.It
IC Plus IP1000A Gigabit Ethernet
.It
Sundance ST-2021 Gigabit Ethernet
.It
Sundance ST-2023 Gigabit Ethernet
.It
Sundance TC9021 Gigabit Ethernet
.It
Tamarack TC9021 Gigabit Ethernet
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr arp 4 ,
.Xr ifmedia 4 ,
.Xr miibus 4 ,
.Xr netintro 4 ,
.Xr ng_ether 4 ,
.Xr polling 4 ,
.Xr vlan 4 ,
.Xr ifconfig 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
device driver first appeared in
.Nx 1.6 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.An -nosplit
The
.Nm
driver was written by
.An Jason R. Thorpe Aq Mt thorpej@NetBSD.org
and improved by
.An Pyun YongHyeon Aq Mt yongari@freebsd.org .