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author | Brad Smith <brad@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2008-04-20 05:47:06 +0000 |
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committer | Brad Smith <brad@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2008-04-20 05:47:06 +0000 |
commit | be9b4ec8abfb859e91f666063aeb2808564a00b1 (patch) | |
tree | 4fcd5158199f1d5b9adc8a4bb4e6d9dab350f08c /share/man/man4 | |
parent | d995e3267548d6edd8bfe991418f2cb13c7b7d1e (diff) |
overhaul the page.
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-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/txp.4 | 101 |
1 files changed, 47 insertions, 54 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/txp.4 b/share/man/man4/txp.4 index c1db6e7743f..dbeb8eaecc8 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/txp.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/txp.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: txp.4,v 1.20 2007/05/31 19:19:52 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: txp.4,v 1.21 2008/04/20 05:47:05 brad Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2001 Jason L. Wright (jason@thought.net) .\" All rights reserved. @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE .\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: May 31 2007 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: April 20 2008 $ .Dt TXP 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -35,11 +35,10 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm -interface provides access to the 10Mb/s and 100Mb/s Ethernet networks via the +driver provides support for the .Tn 3Com .Tn Typhoon/Sidewinder -chipset. -This driver supports the following cards: +Fast Ethernet chipset, including the following: .Pp .Bl -bullet -offset indent -compact .It @@ -52,57 +51,55 @@ This driver supports the following cards: 3Com 3CR990SVR97 .El .Pp -Basic Ethernet functions are provided as well as support for -VLAN tag insertion, receive -.Xr ip 4 , -.Xr tcp 4 , -and -.Xr udp 4 -checksum offloading, -and -transmit -.Xr ip 4 -checksum offloading. -There is currently no support for -transmit -.Xr tcp 4 -or -.Xr udp 4 -checksum offloading, -.Xr tcp 4 -segmentation, nor -.Xr ipsec 4 -acceleration. -Note that hardware checksumming is only used when the interface is not -in -.Xr bridge 4 -mode. -.Pp -When a +The .Nm -interface is brought up, by default, it will attempt to auto-negotiate the -link speed and duplex mode. -The speeds, in order of attempt, are: 100Mb/s Full Duplex, 100Mb/s Half Duplex, -10 Mb/s Full Duplex, and 10 Mb/s Half Duplex. +driver supports VLAN tag insertion, IPv4 receive IP/TCP/UDP +checksum offloading and transmit IP checksum offloading. .Pp The .Nm -supports several media types, which are selected via the +driver supports the following media types: +.Bl -tag -width 100baseTX +.It Cm autoselect +Enable autoselection of the media type and options. +The user can manually override +the autoselected mode by adding media options to the appropriate +.Xr hostname.if 5 +file. +.It Cm 10baseT +Set 10Mbps operation. +The +.Xr ifconfig 8 +.Ic mediaopt +option can also be used to select either +.Cm full-duplex +or +.Cm half-duplex +modes. +.It Cm 100baseTX +Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation. +The .Xr ifconfig 8 -command. -The supported media types are: -.Bl -tag -width 6n -offset indent -.It media autoselect -Attempt to autoselect the media type (default) -.It media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex -Use 100baseTX, full duplex -.It media 100baseTX Op mediaopt half-duplex -Use 100baseTX, half duplex -.It media 10baseT mediaopt full-duplex -Use 10baseT, full duplex -.It media 10baseT Op mediaopt half-duplex -Use 10baseT, half duplex +.Ic mediaopt +option can also be used to select either +.Cm full-duplex +or +.Cm half-duplex +modes. +.El +.Pp +The +.Nm +driver supports the following media options: +.Bl -tag -width full-duplex +.It Cm full-duplex +Force full duplex operation. +.It Cm half-duplex +Force half duplex operation. .El +.Pp +For more information on configuring this device, see +.Xr ifconfig 8 . .Sh FILES The driver needs a firmware file, which is loaded on demand when the device is attached: @@ -113,13 +110,9 @@ which is loaded on demand when the device is attached: .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr arp 4 , .Xr ifmedia 4 , -.Xr inet 4 , .Xr intro 4 , -.Xr ip 4 , .Xr netintro 4 , .Xr pci 4 , -.Xr tcp 4 , -.Xr udp 4 , .Xr hostname.if 5 , .Xr ifconfig 8 .Sh HISTORY |