ENIC(4)

📦 version 15.1, in freebsd 14.5, freebsd 15.1, nixpkgs unstable

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so bestie, enic(4) is the VIC Ethernet NIC driver, and yes this page is ENIC(4) from the Kernel Interfaces Manual. It's giving Cisco Virtual Interface Card energy, and we're gonna walk through it together, no cap 💅.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

device iflib
device enic

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

kldload if_enic

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

if_enic_load="YES"

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

The enic driver provides support for Cisco Virtual Interface Card. Support is limited to basic network connectivity — like, it's not trying to do the most, it's just here to connect, periodt. Media is controlled by the NIC itself since there can be multiple virtual PCI NIC devices exposed to the PCI bus.

🎀 HARDWARE 🎀

The enic driver should support all known Cisco VIC cards — every known Cisco VIC card is supposed to be on the guest list 💅.

💜 CONFIGURATION 💜

The enic network interface is configured using ifconfig(8) and the sysctl(8) tree at dev.enic.<N>. All configurable entries are also tunables, and can be put directly into the loader.conf(5) for persistent configuration. persistent config era ✨.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

  • ifconfig(8) — the config bestie for the enic network interface, periodt.

🔥 HISTORY 🔥

The enic device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 14.0. iconic debut behavior 👑.

👑 AUTHORS 👑

The enic driver was written by Cisco UCS team based of the DPDK driver. slay 🫶.

xoxo, your girl 💖 — this page is from Debian, dated September 7, 2022, and it's ENIC(4), no cap 🎀

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