Differential D55995

rge.4: fix incorrect speed range in HARDWARE section
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Authored by longros on Mar 20 2026, 5:48 PM.

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rG8f36a012d65f: rge.4: fix incorrect speed range in HARDWARE section

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The HARDWARE section stated "PCIe 1GB to 1GB Ethernet devices"
which is incorrect. The RTL8125/8126/8127 chips support speeds
from 1Gbps to 10Gbps. Correct the range.

Signed-off-by: Christos Longros <chris.longros@gmail.com>

rge.4: note that the driver manages PHY directly

The rge(4) driver does not use the miibus(4) interface for PHY
management. Instead, it accesses PHY registers directly via the
chip's OCP (On-Chip Peripheral) bus. Document this in the
DESCRIPTION section.

Signed-off-by: Christos Longros <chris.longros@gmail.com>

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longros created this revision.Mar 20 2026, 5:48 PM

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Harbormaster completed remote builds in B71593: Diff 174028.Mar 20 2026, 5:48 PM

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rge.4: note that the driver manages PHY directly

Harbormaster completed remote builds in B71617: Diff 174071.Mar 21 2026, 7:20 AM

longros retitled this revision from rge.4: fix incorrect speed range in HARDWARE section to rge.4: fix speed range and document direct PHY management.Mar 21 2026, 7:23 AM

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ziaee added inline comments.Mar 21 2026, 7:37 PM

share/man/man4/rge.4
127–140	For consistency with other drivers in the Hardware Release Notes, conforming to what I wrote in style.mdoc(5). We may want to explicitly mention 2.5Gb support so people can search for that, because it's very desirable for SOHO but not everything supports it.