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authorJim Rees <rees@cvs.openbsd.org>1997-11-05 02:14:44 +0000
committerJim Rees <rees@cvs.openbsd.org>1997-11-05 02:14:44 +0000
commitca9c2fb05bb54b3c5f0ca4968d26d3ec1d8d016c (patch)
tree94bce00e88f021aa8d20d387e22fe94a479f165c /share
parent325caac076b7e09a00f748993658c4228570d84d (diff)
Mention more card types.
Say how to get 3c905 to work.
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
-rw-r--r--share/man/man4/man4.i386/ep.418
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/ep.4 b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/ep.4
index e1fcb433799..d51b11a473a 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/ep.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/ep.4
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $Id: ep.4,v 1.3 1997/01/24 03:39:04 deraadt Exp $
+.\" $Id: ep.4,v 1.4 1997/11/05 02:14:43 rees Exp $
.\"
.Dd February 04, 1993
.Dt EP 4
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm ep
-device driver supports the 3c509 (ISA) and 3c579 (EISA) cards.
+device driver supports the 3Com Etherlink III family of ethernet cards.
+This includes, among others,
+the 3c509 (ISA), 3c579 (EISA), 3c589 (PC Card), and 3c905 (PCI).
Various models of these cards come with a different assortment of
connectors:
.Pp
@@ -53,10 +55,13 @@ Standard 15 pin connector
.It 10Base2
BNC, also known as thin-net
.It 10BaseT
-UTP, also known as twisted pair
+10 Mbps UTP, also known as twisted pair
+.It MII
+UTP, switchable between 10 and 100 Mbps
.El
.Pp
-The default port to use is the BNC. To choose an alternate port,
+The default port to use is the BNC, if it is available.
+To choose an alternate port,
use the following flag combinations with
.Xr ifconfig 8
or in your /etc/hostname.ep? file.
@@ -101,6 +106,11 @@ flags will operate correctly.
.Pp
Plug and Play mode must currently be disabled on these cards.
.Pp
+Do not specify link flags for the 3c905.
+If you can not get this card to work, try running the 3Com supplied DOS
+configuration program (available from their web site) and tell it to
+autoselect the connector type.
+.Pp
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
ep0: reset (status: %x)
.in +4