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authorBrad Smith <brad@cvs.openbsd.org>2006-11-11 06:16:28 +0000
committerBrad Smith <brad@cvs.openbsd.org>2006-11-11 06:16:28 +0000
commit039229fa99d45bd2389c8421de4978b34fb94033 (patch)
tree1ab7f6cce4c217c45c6172f68e6b30d9468b5cb2 /share/man/man4
parent403d2153d226c84947164c21dcf4db57cd412a9e (diff)
update the page to mention fibre support.
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diff --git a/share/man/man4/gem.4 b/share/man/man4/gem.4
index 9430751c663..8b053f60e8d 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/gem.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/gem.4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: gem.4,v 1.13 2006/08/30 22:56:05 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: gem.4,v 1.14 2006/11/11 06:16:27 brad Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2001 Miodrag Vallat.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -35,25 +35,26 @@
.Cd "bmtphy* at mii?"
.Cd "brgphy* at mii?"
.Cd "eephy* at mii?"
+.Cd "gentbi* at mii?"
.Cd "lxtphy* at mii?"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
-interface provides access to the 10Mb/s, 100Mb/s and 1Gb/s Ethernet networks.
-The
-.Nm
-is found on the
-.Tn Sun
-GEM and ERI 10/100 boards, as well as the
-.Tn Apple
-internal GMAC Ethernet.
+driver provides support for various NICs based on the GEM Ethernet controller
+chips, including the following:
.Pp
-When a
-.Nm
-interface is brought up, by default, it will attempt to auto-negotiate the
-link speed and duplex.
-The speeds are tried in descending order; first in full duplex mode, then
-half duplex.
+.Bl -bullet -compact
+.It
+Apple GMAC (10/100/1000baseT)
+.It
+Sun ERI (10/100baseT)
+.It
+Sun GEM (10/100/1000baseT)
+.It
+Sun GEM (1000baseSX)
+.El
+.Pp
+It uses an external PHY or an external 10-bit interface.
.Pp
The
.Nm
@@ -64,8 +65,6 @@ The supported media types are:
.Bl -tag -width "media" -offset indent
.It media autoselect
Attempt to autoselect the media type (default)
-.\" Check and correct the gigabit modes. Are both copper and fiber supported?
-.\" And in both duplex modes as well?
.It media 1000baseT mediaopt full-duplex
Use 1000baseT on copper, full duplex
.It media 1000baseT Op mediaopt half-duplex
@@ -88,6 +87,7 @@ Use 10baseT, half duplex
.Xr bmtphy 4 ,
.Xr brgphy 4 ,
.Xr eephy 4 ,
+.Xr gentbi 4 ,
.Xr ifmedia 4 ,
.Xr inet 4 ,
.Xr intro 4 ,