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diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/Makefile b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/Makefile index 1737a1a3b2a..d85360fb733 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/Makefile +++ b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/Makefile @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ -# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.19 1998/07/27 23:14:09 marc Exp $ +# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.20 1998/09/09 05:21:22 jason Exp $ # from: @(#)Makefile 5.1 (Berkeley) 2/12/91 # Id: Makefile,v 1.4 1995/12/14 05:41:38 deraadt Exp $ MAN= intro.4 aha.4 ahb.4 aic.4 apm.4 aria.4 ast.4 autoconf.4 boca.4 bt.4 MAN+= com.4 cy.4 ed.4 ep.4 fdc.4 iy.4 lms.4 lpt.4 mcd.4 mem.4 mms.4 MAN+= npx.4 pctr.4 pms.4 rtfps.4 scd.4 sea.4 speaker.4 uha.4 wdc.4 -MAN+= eg.4 el.4 ie.4 joy.4 le.4 wt.4 +MAN+= eg.4 el.4 ie.4 joy.4 le.4 wt.4 xl.4 MAN+= gus.4 pss.4 sb.4 wss.4 MAN+= xf86.4 diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/xl.4 b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/xl.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..f2dd26db22f --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/xl.4 @@ -0,0 +1,183 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: xl.4,v 1.1 1998/09/09 05:21:22 jason Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1997, 1998 +.\" Bill Paul <wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu>. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by Bill Paul. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the author nor the names of any co-contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY Bill Paul AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL Bill Paul OR THE VOICES IN HIS HEAD +.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR +.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF +.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS +.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN +.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) +.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF +.\" THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD: xl.4,v 1.1 1998/08/16 17:19:58 wpaul Exp $ +.\" +.Dd August 16, 1998 +.Dt XL 4 i386 +.Os FreeBSD +.Sh NAME +.Nm xl +.Nd +3Com Etherlink XL and Fast Etherlink XL ethernet device driver +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "xl* at pci? dev ? function ?" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver provides support for PCI ethernet adapters and embedded +controllers based on the 3Com "boomerang" and "cyclone" bus-master +Etherlink XL chips. This includes the 3c900-TP, 3c900-COMBO, 3c905-TX, +3c905-T4, 3c905B-TP, 3c905B-T4 and 3c905B-TX, and embedded 3c905-TX +and 3c905B-TX ethernet hardware in certain Dell Optiplex and Dell +Precision dexktop machines, and certain Dell Latitude laptop docking +stations. +.Pp +The Etherlink XL chips support built-in 10baseT, 10base2 and 10base5 +transceivers as well as an MII bus for externally attached PHY +transceivers. The 3c905 series typically uses a National Semiconductor +NS 83840A 10/100 PHY for 10/100 Mbps support in full or half-duplex. +The 3c905B adapters have built-in autonegotiation logic mapped onto +the MII for compatibility with previous drivers. Fast Etherlink XL +adapters such as the 3c905-TX and 3c905B-TX are capable of 10 or +100Mbps data rates in either full or half duplex and can be manually +configured for any supported mode or automatically negotiate the highest +possible mode with a link partner. +.Pp +The +.Nm +driver supports the following media types: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx +.It autoselect +Enable autoselection of the media type and options. Note that this +option is only available with the 3c905 and 3c905B adapters with +external PHYs or built-in autonegotiation logic. For 3c900 adapters, +the driver will choose the mode specified in the EEPROM. The user can +change this by adding media options to the +.Pa /etc/rc.conf +fine. +.It 10baseT/UTP +Set 10Mbps operation. The +.Ar mediaopt +option can abso be used to select either +.Ar full-duplex +or +.Ar half-duplex modes. +.It 100baseTX +Set 100Mbps (fast ethernet) operation. The +.Ar mediaopt +option can abso be used to select either +.Ar full-duplex +or +.Ar half-duplex modes. +.It 10base5/AUI +Enable AUI transceiver (available only on COMBO cards). +.It 10base2/BNC +Enable BNC coax transceiver (available only on COMBO cards). +.El +.Pp +The +.Nm +driver supports the following media options: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx +.It full-duplex +Force full duplex operation +.It half-duplex +Force half duplex operation. +.El +.Pp +Note that the 100baseTX media type is only available if supported +by the adapter. +For more information on configuring this device, see +.Xr ifconfig 8 . +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +.Bl -diag +.It "xl%d: couldn't map memory" +A fatal initialization error has occurred. +.It "xl%d: couldn't map interrupt" +A fatal initialization error has occurred. +.It "xl%d: device timeout" +The device has stopped responding to the network, or there is a problem with +the network connection (cable). +.It "xl%d: no memory for rx list" +The driver failed to allocate an mbuf for the receiver ring. +.It "xl%d: no memory for tx list" +The driver fauled to allocate an mbuf for the transmitter ring when +allocating a pad buffer or collapsing an mbuf chain into a cluster. +.It "xl%d: command never completed!" +Some commands issued ot the 3c90x ASIC take time to complete: the +driver is supposed to wait until the 'command in progress' bit in +the status register clears before continuing. In rare instances, this +bit may not clear. To avoid getting caught in an infinite wait loop, +the driver only polls the bit for a finite number of times before +giving up, at which point it issues this message. This message may +be printed during driver initialization on slower machines. If you +see this message but the driver continues to function normally, the +message can probably be ignored. +.It "xl%d: chip is in D3 power state -- setting to D0" +This message applies only to 3c905B adapters, which support power +management. Some operating systems place the 3c905B in low power +mode when shutting down, and some PCI BIOSes fail to bring the chip +out of this state before configuring it. The 3c905B loses all of +its PCI configuration in the D3 state, so if the BIOS does not set +it back to full power mode in time, it won't be able to configure it +correctly. The driver tries to detect this condition and bring +the adapter back to the D0 (full power) state, but this may not be +enough to return the driver to a fully operational condition. If +you see this message at boot time and the driver fails to attach +the device as a network interface, you will have to perform second +warm boot to have the device properly configured. +.Pp +Note that this condition only occurs when warm booting from another +operating system. If you power down your system prior to booting +.Fx , +the card should be configured correctly. +.It "xl%d: WARNING: no media options bits set in the media options register!" +This warning may appear when using the driver on some Dell Latitude +docking stations with built-in 3c905-TX adapters. For whatever the +reason, the 'MII available' bit in the media options register on +this particular equipment is not set, even though it should be (the +3c905-TX always uses an external PHY transceiver). The driver will +attempt to guess the proper media type based on the PCI device ID +word. The driver makes a lot of noise about this condition because +the author considers it a manufacturing defect. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr arp 4 , +.Xr netintro 4 , +.Xr ifconfig 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +device driver first appeared in +.Fx 3.0 , +and +.Ox +support was added in +.Ox 2.4 . +.Sh AUTHOR +The +.Nm +driver was written by +.An Bill Paul Aq wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu . |