From 7723bc646307e059c5bcaa8746f47ee23cb07689 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brad Smith Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 02:54:09 +0000 Subject: Update the vge page a bit. - Remove the HARDWARE section and merge the list of adapters into the DESCRIPTIN section. - Update the DESCRIPTION section. - Remove mentioning the link0 flag. --- share/man/man4/vge.4 | 99 ++++++++++++++++------------------------------------ 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 68 deletions(-) (limited to 'share') diff --git a/share/man/man4/vge.4 b/share/man/man4/vge.4 index f007093e84f..ad2a3d9cc7d 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/vge.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/vge.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: vge.4,v 1.12 2008/01/10 10:27:19 brad Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: vge.4,v 1.13 2008/04/03 02:54:08 brad Exp $ .\" $FreeBSD: vge.4,v 1.6 2004/11/24 19:06:43 brueffer Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2004 @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ .\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF .\" THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: January 10 2008 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: April 3 2008 $ .Dt VGE 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -45,21 +45,31 @@ The .Nm driver provides support for various NICs and embedded Ethernet interfaces based on the VIA Networking Technologies VT6122 Gigabit Ethernet -controller chips. +controller chips, including the following: .Pp -The VT6122 is a 33/66Mhz 64-bit PCI device which combines a tri-speed MAC with -an integrated 10/100/1000 copper PHY. +.Bl -bullet -compact +.It +VIA Networking LAN-on-motherboard Gigabit Ethernet +.It +ZyXEL GN650-T 64-bit PCI Gigabit Ethernet NIC (ZX1701) +.It +ZyXEL GN670-T 32-bit PCI Gigabit Ethernet NIC (ZX1702) +.El +.Pp +The VT6122 is a 33/66Mhz 64-bit PCI device which combines a tri-speed +MAC with an integrated 10/100/1000 copper PHY. (Some older cards use an external PHY.) The MAC supports IPv4 transmit/receive IP/TCP/UDP hardware -checksum offload, VLAN tag insertion, a 64-entry CAM filter and a 64-entry VLAN -filter, 64-bit multicast hash filter, 4 separate transmit DMA queues, flow control +checksum offload, VLAN tag insertion and stripping, a 64-entry CAM +filter and a 64-entry VLAN filter, 64-bit multicast hash filter, +4 separate transmit DMA queues, flow control and Jumbo frames up to 16K in size. The VT6122 has a 16K receive FIFO and 48K transmit FIFO. .Pp The .Nm -driver takes advantage of the VT6122's checksum offload and VLAN -tagging features, as well as the CAM filter support. +driver takes advantage of the VT6122's checksum offload and the CAM +filter support. The CAM filter is used for multicast address filtering to provide 64 perfect multicast address filter support. If it is necessary for the interface to join more than 64 multicast @@ -69,38 +79,38 @@ The .Nm driver supports the following media types: .Bl -tag -width 10baseTXUTP -.It autoselect +.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 10baseT/UTP +.It Cm 10baseT/UTP Set 10Mbps operation. The .Xr ifconfig 8 .Ic mediaopt option can also be used to select either -.Ar full-duplex +.Cm full-duplex or -.Ar half-duplex +.Cm half-duplex modes. -.It 100baseTX +.It Cm 100baseTX Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation. The .Xr ifconfig 8 .Ic mediaopt option can also be used to select either -.Ar full-duplex +.Cm full-duplex or -.Ar half-duplex +.Cm half-duplex modes. -.It 1000baseT +.It Cm 1000baseT Set 1000baseT operation over twisted pair. Both -.Ar full-duplex +.Cm full-duplex and -.Ar half-duplex +.Cm half-duplex modes are supported. .El .Pp @@ -108,61 +118,14 @@ The .Nm driver supports the following media options: .Bl -tag -width full-duplex -.It full-duplex +.It Cm full-duplex Force full duplex operation. -.It half-duplex +.It Cm half-duplex Force half duplex operation. .El .Pp -The -.Nm -driver also supports one special link option for 1000baseT cards: -.Bl -tag -width link0 -.It link0 -With 1000baseT cards, establishing a link between two ports requires -that one port be configured as a master and the other a slave. -With autonegotiation, -the master/slave settings will be chosen automatically. -However when manually selecting the link state, it is necessary to -force one side of the link to be a master and the other a slave. -The -.Nm -driver configures the ports as slaves by default. -Setting the -.Cm link0 -flag with -.Xr ifconfig 8 -will set a port as a master instead. -.El -.Pp For more information on configuring this device, see .Xr ifconfig 8 . -.Sh HARDWARE -The -.Nm -driver supports VIA Networking VT3119 and VT6122 based -Gigabit Ethernet adapters including: -.Pp -.Bl -bullet -compact -.It -VIA Networking LAN-on-motherboard Gigabit Ethernet -.It -ZyXEL GN650-T 64-bit PCI Gigabit Ethernet NIC (ZX1701) -.It -ZyXEL GN670-T 32-bit PCI Gigabit Ethernet NIC (ZX1702) -.El -.Sh DIAGNOSTICS -.Bl -diag -.It "vge%d: can't map mem space" -A fatal initialization error has occurred. -.It "vge%d: can't map i/o space" -A fatal initialization error has occurred. -.It "vge%d: couldn't map interrupt" -A fatal initialization error has occurred. -.It "vge%d: watchdog timeout" -The device has stopped responding to the network, or there is a problem with -the network connection (cable). -.El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr arp 4 , .Xr ciphy 4 , -- cgit v1.2.3