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RGE(4)                       Device Drivers Manual                      RGE(4)

NAME
     rge - Realtek 8125/8125B/8126/8126B/8127 PCI Express
     10/100/1Gb/2.5Gb/5Gb/10Gb Ethernet device

SYNOPSIS
     rge* at pci?

DESCRIPTION
     The rge driver provides support for NICs based on the Realtek RTL8125,
     RTL8126, and RTL8127 PCI Express Ethernet controllers, including the
     following:

           ⊕   IOCrest IO-PCE8126-GLAN Adapter (5000baseT)
           ⊕   WisdPi WP-NA5000 Adapter (5000baseT)
           ⊕   Realtek 8125/8125B 2.5GbE Adapter (2500baseT)
           ⊕   Rivet Networks Killer E3000 Adapter (2500baseT)
           ⊕   TP-LINK TL-NG421 Adapter (2500baseT)

     NICs based on the 8125 and 8125B are capable of 10, 100, 1000 and
     2500Mbps operation.  NICs based on the 8126 are capable of 10, 100, 1000,
     2500 and 5000Mbps operation.  NICs based on the 8127 are capable of 10,
     100, 1000, 2500, 5000, and 10000Mbps operation.

SEE ALSO
     arp(4), ifmedia(4), intro(4), netintro(4), pci(4), ifconfig(8)

CAVEATS
     The rge driver support for the RTL8127 chip should be considered
     experimental.

HISTORY
     The rge driver first appeared in OpenBSD 6.6 and in NetBSD 10.0.

AUTHORS
     The rge driver was written by Kevin Lo <kevlo@openbsd.org>.

NetBSD 11.99                   November 7, 2025                   NetBSD 11.99