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author | Brad Smith <brad@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2006-06-27 07:26:05 +0000 |
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committer | Brad Smith <brad@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2006-06-27 07:26:05 +0000 |
commit | 02b50b730c39ee3f6ae35f0539f9a9e974963d27 (patch) | |
tree | eb004c61aa0ad98a11727ba3c158ed37953b15a6 | |
parent | 1e727229800ed2914a77a2465e325e18b6e61c27 (diff) |
update the man page.
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/re.4 | 31 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/re.4 b/share/man/man4/re.4 index e28107ef7c7..45b4f4ebceb 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/re.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/re.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: re.4,v 1.22 2006/05/23 13:24:28 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: re.4,v 1.23 2006/06/27 07:26:04 brad Exp $ .\" Copyright (c) 2003 .\" Bill Paul <wpaul@windriver.com>. All rights reserved. .\" @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ .Os .Sh NAME .Nm re -.Nd "Realtek 8111B/8139C+/8168B/8169/8169S/8110S Ethernet adapter driver" +.Nd "RealTek 8139C+/8169/816xS/811xS/8101E Ethernet adapter driver" .Sh SYNOPSIS .Cd "re* at pci?" .Cd "re* at cardbus?" @@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ The .Nm driver provides support for various NICs based on the -RealTek RTL8111B, RTL8139C+, RTL8168B, RTL8169, RTL8169S, -and RTL8110S PCI and PCI Express Ethernet controllers, including -the following: +RealTek RTL8139C+, RTL8169, RTL816xS, RTL811xS and +RTL8101E PCI and PCI Express Ethernet controllers, +including the following: .Pp .Bl -bullet -compact .It @@ -81,10 +81,10 @@ US Robotics USR997902 (8169S) Xterasys XN-152 10/100/1000 NIC (8169) .El .Pp -NICs based on the 8139C+ are capable of 10 and 100Mbps speeds over CAT5 -cable. -NICs based on the 8111B, 8168B, 8169, 8169S and 8110S -are capable of 10, 100 and 1000Mbps operation. +NICs based on the 8139C+ and 8101E are capable of 10 and 100Mbps speeds +over CAT5 cable. +NICs based on the 8169, 816xS and 811xS are capable of 10, 100 and +1000Mbps operation. .Pp All NICs supported by the .Nm @@ -93,18 +93,18 @@ and use a descriptor-based DMA mechanism. .Pp The 8139C+ is a single-chip solution combining both a 10/100 MAC and PHY. The 8169 is a 10/100/1000 MAC only, requiring a GMII or TBI external PHY. -The 8111B, 8168B, 8169S and 8110S are single-chip devices +The 8169S and 8110S are single-chip devices containing both a 10/100/1000 MAC and 10/100/1000 copper PHY. Standalone 10/100/1000 cards are available in both 32-bit PCI and 64-bit PCI models. -The 8110S and 8111B are designed for embedded LAN-on-motherboard applications. +The 8110S is designed for embedded LAN-on-motherboard applications. .Pp -The 8111B, 8168B, 8169, 8169S and 8110S also support Jumbo frames, +The 8169, 8169S and 8110S also support Jumbo frames, which can be configured via the interface MTU setting. The MTU is limited to 7422, since the chip cannot transmit larger frames. Selecting an MTU larger than 1500 bytes with the .Xr ifconfig 8 -utility configures the adapter to receive and transmit Jumbo frames. +utility configures the adapter to transmit Jumbo frames. .Pp The .Nm @@ -226,6 +226,5 @@ the console and abort the device attach. The user should ensure the NIC is installed in a 32-bit PCI slot to avoid this problem. .Pp -The RealTek 8111B, 8168B, 8169, 8169S and 8110S chips -appear to only be capable of -transmitting jumbo frames up to 7.5K in size. +The RealTek 8169, 8169S and 8110S chips appear to only be capable of +transmitting Jumbo frames up to 7.5K in size. |