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authorJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2005-02-01 20:00:50 +0000
committerJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2005-02-01 20:00:50 +0000
commite9d4fd79f6d6e5ced20c93dad5cbf733075d4ea6 (patch)
tree6472cd6a96e13d17c3d177c7f7db8e0381dc74ae /share/man/man4/sis.4
parent22d4d967cd8f4d60cb83213fabe745317c7564ef (diff)
document DP83816;
based on a diff from stuart henderson (pr #4086); also, tidy the page up a little; ok mcbride@ tom@
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+++ b/share/man/man4/sis.4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: sis.4,v 1.19 2004/09/30 19:59:25 mickey Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: sis.4,v 1.20 2005/02/01 20:00:49 jmc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1997, 1998, 1999
.\" Bill Paul <wpaul@ee.columbia.edu>. All rights reserved.
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm sis
-.Nd "SiS 900, SiS 7016, and NS DP83815 Fast Ethernet driver"
+.Nd "SiS 900, SiS 7016, NS DP83815, and NS DP83816 Fast Ethernet driver"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Cd "sis* at pci?"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
@@ -46,8 +46,11 @@ The
driver provides support for PCI Ethernet adapters and embedded
controllers based on the Silicon Integrated Systems SiS 900
and SiS 7016 Fast Ethernet controller chips, as well as support
-for adapters based on the National Semiconductor DP83815 (MacPhyter)
-PCI Ethernet controller chip, including the Netgear FA311 and FA312.
+for adapters based on National Semiconductor DP83815 (MacPHYTER)
+and DP83816 (MacPHYTER-II) PCI Ethernet controller chips,
+including the Netgear FA311 and FA312,
+and the embedded controllers on Soekris net4xxx single-board computers
+and lan16x1 multi-port PCI Ethernet adapters.
.Pp
The SiS 900 is a 100Mbps Ethernet MAC and MII-compliant transceiver
in a single package.
@@ -57,9 +60,10 @@ requiring instead an external transceiver to be attached to its MII interface.
The SiS 900 and SiS 7016 both have a 128-bit multicast hash filter
and a single perfect filter entry for the station address.
.Pp
-The NS DP83815 is also a 100Mbps Ethernet MAC with integrated PHY.
-The NatSemi chip and the SiS 900 share many of the same features and
-a fairly similar programming interface, hence both chips are supported
+The NS DP83815 and DP83816 are also 100Mbps Ethernet MACs
+with integrated PHY.
+The NatSemi chips and the SiS chips share many of the same features and
+a fairly similar programming interface, and hence are supported
by the same driver.
.Pp
The
@@ -152,7 +156,7 @@ the card should be configured correctly.
.%O http://www.sis.com.tw
.Re
.Rs
-.%T NatSemi DP83815 datasheet
+.%T NatSemi DP83815 and DP83816 datasheets
.%O http://www.national.com
.Re
.Sh HISTORY