ICE(4) FreeBSD Kernel Interfaces Manual ICE(4)
NAME
ice - Intel Ethernet 800 series Ethernet device
SYNOPSIS
ice* at pci?
DESCRIPTION
The ice driver supports Intel 800 series controllers based on the Intel
E810 Ethernet chipset.
FILES
Intel 800 series controllers contain basic firmware which allows the
device to be used without any hardware offloading features enabled. For
full functionality, the device needs the following firmware file, which
is loaded by the driver when the system boots:
/etc/firmware/ice-ddp
This firmware file is not free because Intel refuses to grant
distribution rights without contractual obligations. As a result, even
though OpenBSD includes the driver, the firmware file cannot be included
and users have to download the file on their own.
A prepackaged version of the firmware can be installed using
fw_update(8).
SEE ALSO
arp(4), ifmedia(4), intro(4), netintro(4), pci(4), hostname.if(5),
ifconfig(8)
HISTORY
The ice driver first appeared in FreeBSD 12.2. OpenBSD support was added
in OpenBSD 7.7.
AUTHORS
The ice driver was written by Intel and ported to OpenBSD by Stefan
Sperling <
[email protected]>.
CAVEATS
The ice driver does not support any of the offloading capabilities
offered by the device. Additional work is required before those features
can be supported.
FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8 April 1, 2025 FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8