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author | mdodd <mdodd@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-10-27 06:39:26 +0000 |
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committer | mdodd <mdodd@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-10-27 06:39:26 +0000 |
commit | 3b87aad03fbcdeeec52e506404963a0cc02aed73 (patch) | |
tree | 9095093c8ac77c36e6ff9e13548dc8ce63ac4ab9 | |
parent | 55b88837b6495b32575279194a9dd9d508780aa9 (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-3b87aad03fbcdeeec52e506404963a0cc02aed73.zip FreeBSD-src-3b87aad03fbcdeeec52e506404963a0cc02aed73.tar.gz |
Modify the man page for the 'ep' driver to be somewhat consistent with
the recent changes.
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/man4.i386/ep.4 | 30 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/ep.4 b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/ep.4 index f6dd3a7..bae5421 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/ep.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/ep.4 @@ -36,17 +36,18 @@ .Nm ep .Nd Ethernet driver for 3Com Etherlink III (3c5x9) .Sh SYNOPSIS -.Cd "device ep0 at isa? port 0x300 irq 10" +.Cd "device ep0 .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm ep -device driver supports the 3c509 (ISA) and 3c579 (EISA) cards. +device driver supports the 3c509 (ISA), 3c529 (MCA), 3c579 (EISA), +and various PCMCIA cards including the 3c589. Various models of these cards come with a different assortment of connectors: .Pp .Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx .It AUI/DIX -Standard 15 pin connector +Standard 15 pin connector, also known as 10base5 (thick-net) .It 10Base2 BNC, also known as thin-net .It 10BaseT @@ -54,36 +55,23 @@ UTP, also known as twisted pair .El .Pp The default port to use is the port that has been selected with the -setup utility. To override this, use the following flags with +setup utility. To override this, use the following media options with .Xr ifconfig 8 or in your .Pa /etc/rc.conf file. .Pp .Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -.It link0 +.It 10base5/AUI Use the AUI port. -.It link1 +.It 10base2/BNC Use the BNC port. -.It link2 +.It 10baseT/UTP Use the UTP port. .El .Pp If there are multiple cards in the computer, they are searched for -in the following order: -The 3c579 EISA cards are searched for first -- they will be found -in EISA slot# order. -Next, the 3c509 ISA cards are searched -- they are found in increasing -ethernet address order. -This is an example of how they will probe: -.Pp -ep0 at isa0 port 0x6000-0x600f irq 10: aui/bnc address 00:60:8c:70:e5:c5 -ep1 at isa0 port 0x300-0x30f irq 3: aui/bnc/utp address 00:20:af:10:62:ab -.Pp -You may specify the port and irq numbers that the cards are expected -to be found at, but it is not necessary. -The cards are sufficiently intelligent to tell us where they -actually live on the ISA bus. +in the following order: bus, slot, then ethernet address. .Pp .Sh NOTES The 3c509 card has no jumpers to set the address. |