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diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.sparc64/be.4 b/share/man/man4/man4.sparc64/be.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..a7e85eb3e84 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/man4.sparc64/be.4 @@ -0,0 +1,89 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: be.4,v 1.1 2001/10/06 16:51:13 miod Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1998 Jason L. Wright (jason@thought.net) +.\" 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 Jason L. Wright +.\" 4. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products +.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``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 THE AUTHOR 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. +.\" +.Dd October 5, 2001 +.Dt BE 4 sparc64 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm be +.Nd SPARC64 Fast Ethernet interface +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "qec* at sbus? slot ? offset ?" +.Cd "be* at qec?" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +interface provides access to the 10Mb/s and 100Mb/s (half duplex only) +Ethernet networks. +The +.Nm +is found on the Sun 10/100 Mbit Ethernet boards +(Sun part number SUNW,501-2655). +.Pp +Each of the host's network addresses +is specified at boot time with an +.Dv SIOCSIFADDR +.Xr ioctl 2 . +The +.Nm +interface employs the address resolution protocol described in +.Xr arp 4 +to dynamically map between Internet and Ethernet addresses on the local +network. +.Pp +The +.Nm +is not capable of link autonegotiation, so a media type must be specified +with +.Xr ifconfig 8 . +The supported media types are: +.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxx -offset indent +.It media 100baseTX Op mediaopt half-duplex +Use 100Mbps, half duplex +.It media 10baseT Op mediaopt half-duplex +Use 10Mbps, half duplex +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr arp 4 , +.Xr ie 4 , +.Xr ifmedia 4 , +.Xr inet 4 , +.Xr intro 4 , +.Xr le 4 , +.Xr qe 4 , +.Xr qec 4 , +.Xr ifconfig 8 +.Sh HISTORY +.Ox +support for the +.Nm +first appeared in +.Ox 3.0 . |