MCX(4)

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version 11.0 · 2 versions
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✨ MCX(4) — the Mellanox Manual, but make it fashion ✨

okay so bestie, this is the page for mcx, a <pink>Kernel Interfaces Manual</pink> girly, and honestly? She's giving networking royalty. Let's get into it 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

mcx — the Mellanox 5th generation Ethernet device driver. fifth gen, she's evolved, she's thriving ✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

mcx* at pci? dev ? function ?

that's the whole vibe check right there — she attaches at pci?, with dev ? and function ?, and the * is just her being flexible about which number she gets. lowkey iconic 🎀

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so the mcx driver is the one that supports Mellanox 5th generation Ethernet devices, no cap. and the chipsets and cards in this group? absolute roster. let me present them:

  • ConnectX-4 Lx EN
  • ConnectX-4 EN
  • ConnectX-5 EN
  • ConnectX-6 EN
  • ConnectX-6 Dx EN
  • ConnectX-6 Lx EN

look at that lineup. six of them. all them. the way this family just keeps showing up 💀✨

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

your besties, your mutuals, your entire friend group:

go read them, they're literally right there, iykyk 🫶

🌈 HISTORY 🌈

the mcx driver first appeared in OpenBSD 6.6 and in NetBSD 9.0. so she's been around, she's established, she has lore 🌸

🧚 AUTHORS 🧚

the mcx driver was written by:

  • Jonathan Matthew ⟨jmatthew@openbsd.org⟩
  • and David Gwynne ⟨dlg@openbsd.org⟩

— both for OpenBSD — and then ported to NetBSD by Jared McNeill ⟨jmcneill@NetBSD.org⟩.

three legends, one driver. we love a collab 🔥👑

💀 reminder that this whole page is the <red>Debian</red> flavoured one — dated October 26, 2023. that's the <purple>MCX(4)</purple> energy, bestie. now go configure something and slay 💅✨🎀
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