QLXGE(4)

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

💅 QLXGE(4) — the QLogic 8100 Series 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Driver

ok so real talk: this is a manpage from the amd64 Kernel Interfaces Manual section of the Unix world, and it's all about the qlxge driver. she's a NIC driver, she's iconic, and if you're rocking QLogic 8100 Series hardware you're gonna want to know her. let's get into it bestie 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

qlxge — the QLogic 8100 Series 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Driver. that's her. that's the whole name. no cap 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

so if you wanna bake this driver into the kernel (very main character of you), you drop these lines into your kernel configuration file:

device qlxge

and if you'd rather load her as a module at boot time instead — which honestly? valid, flexible, low-commitment — then this line goes in loader.conf(5):

if_qlxge_load="YES"

that's it. that's the whole summoning ritual 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so here's what qlxge actually brings to the table, and it's kind of a lot:

  • IPv4 checksum offload ✨
  • TCP and UDP checksum offload — and yes, for both IPv4 and IPv6 💖
  • Large Segment Offload — again for both IPv4 and IPv6 🔥
  • Jumbo frames 👑
  • VLAN Tag 🌈
  • Receive Side scaling ⭐

if you want more hardware deets than that, the page points you at http://www.qlogic.com/ — go wild, bestie.

💜 HARDWARE 💜

the qlxge driver supports 10 Gigabit Ethernet & CNA Adapter based on the following chipsets:

  • QLogic 8100 series

that's the list. one entry. she's exclusive 🎀

🧚 SUPPORT 🧚

got questions? (valid.) the page says: please contact your QLogic approved reseller, or hit up QLogic Technical Support at http://support.qlogic.com, or shoot an e-mail to ⟨support@qlogic.com⟩. they're literally there for you 🫶

🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

go read these too, they're friends of the family:

iykyk 💅

⭐ HISTORY ⭐

the qlxge device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 10.0. a legend was born, etc etc 🎀

👑 AUTHORS 👑

the qlxge driver was written by David C Somayajulu at QLogic Corporation. thank you for your service, king 🫡💖

ngl that's the whole page — every flag, every path, every feature, every contact. nothing skipped, nothing invented, we keep the facts and just add the sparkle ✨

ok bye bestie, go configure your kernel, you're gonna slay it 💅🌷

this one's signed off from the Debian side of the world, dated June 21, 2013 — vintage, honestly, but she still ate 🎀✨

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