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authorBrad Smith <brad@cvs.openbsd.org>2008-04-20 05:47:06 +0000
committerBrad Smith <brad@cvs.openbsd.org>2008-04-20 05:47:06 +0000
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+++ 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