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27.Dd October 5, 2001
28.Dt GEM 4
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm gem
32.Nd GEM gigabit ethernet interface
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.Cd "gem* at pci? dev ? function ?"
35.Cd "bmtphy* at mii? phy ?"
36.Cd "brgphy* at mii? phy ?"
37.Cd "eephy* at mii? phy ?"
38.Cd "lxtphy* at mii? phy ?"
39.Sh DESCRIPTION
40The
41.Nm
42interface provides access to the 10Mb/s, 100Mb/s and 1Gb/s Ethernet networks.
43The
44.Nm
45is found on the
46.Tn Sun
47GEM and ERI 10/100 boards, as well as the
48.Tn Apple
49internal GMAC ethernet.
50.Pp
51Each of the host's network addresses
52is specified at boot time with an
53.Dv SIOCSIFADDR
54.Xr ioctl 2 .
55The
56.Nm
57interface employs the address resolution protocol described in
58.Xr arp 4
59to dynamically map between Internet and Ethernet addresses on the local
60network.
61.Pp
62When a
63.Nm
64interface is brought up, by default, it will attempt to auto-negotiate the
65link speed and duplex.
66The speeds are tried in descending order; first in full duplex mode, then
67half duplex.
68.Pp
69The
70.Nm
71driver supports several media types, which are selected via the
72.Xr ifconfig 8
73command.
74The supported media types are:
75.Bl -tag -width "media" -offset indent
76.It media autoselect
77Attempt to autoselect the media type (default)
78.\" Check and correct the gigabit modes. Are both copper and fiber supported?
79.\" And in both duplex modes as well?
80.It media 1000baseT  mediaopt full-duplex
81Use 1000baseT on copper, full duplex
82.It media 1000baseT Op mediaopt half-duplex
83Use 1000baseT on copper, half duplex
84.It media 1000baseSX  mediaopt full-duplex
85Use 1000baseSX on fiber, full duplex
86.It media 1000baseSX Op mediaopt half-duplex
87Use 1000baseSX on fiber, half duplex
88.It media 100baseTX  mediaopt full-duplex
89Use 100baseTX, full duplex
90.It media 100baseTX Op mediaopt half-duplex
91Use 100baseTX, half duplex
92.It media 10baseT mediaopt full-duplex
93Use 10baseT, full duplex
94.It media 10baseT Op mediaopt half-duplex
95Use 10baseT, half duplex
96.El
97.Sh SEE ALSO
98.Xr arp 4 ,
99.Xr bmtphy 4 ,
100.Xr brgphy 4 ,
101.Xr eephy 4 ,
102.Xr ifmedia 4 ,
103.Xr inet 4 ,
104.Xr intro 4 ,
105.Xr lxtphy 4 ,
106.Xr netintro 4 ,
107.Xr hostname.if 5 ,
108.Xr ifconfig 8
109.Sh HISTORY
110.Ox
111support for
112.Nm
113first appeared in
114.Ox 3.0 .
115