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<sect3>
<title>Network Interface Support</title>
- <para>Added support for PCI Ethernet adapters based on the
- National Semiconductor DP83815 chipset, including the NetGear
- FA311-TX and FA312-TX, in the form of the &man.sis.4; driver.</para>
-
- <para>The &man.tap.4; driver, a virtual Ethernet device driver for
- bridged configurations, has been added. This device is
- clonable. &merged;</para>
-
- <para>The &man.ti.4; driver now supports the Alteon AceNIC
- 1000baseT Gigabit Ethernet and Netgear GA620T 1000baseT Gigabit
- cards. &merged;</para>
-
- <para>The &man.xl.4; driver now supports the 3Com 3C556 and 3C556B
- MiniPCI adapters used on some laptops. &merged;</para>
-
- <para arch="alpha">The &man.ed.4; driver is now supported.</para>
-
- <para>The &man.pcn.4; driver, which supports the AMD PCnet/FAST,
- PCnet/FAST+, PCnet/FAST III, PCnet/PRO, PCnet/Home, and HomePNA
- adapters, has been added. Although these cards are already
- supported by the &man.lnc.4; driver, the &man.pcn.4; driver runs
- these chips in 32-bit mode and uses the RX alignment feature to
- achieve zero-copy receive. This driver is also
- machine-independent, so it will work on both the i386 and Alpha
- platforms. The &man.lnc.4; driver is still needed to support non-PCI
- cards. &merged;</para>
-
- <para>Support for Fujitsu MB86960A/MB86965A based Ethernet
- PC-Cards is back. &merged;</para>
-
- <para arch="i386">The snc driver for the National Semiconductor
- DP8393X (SONIC) Ethernet controller has been added. Currently,
- this driver is only used on the PC-98 architecture. &merged;</para>
-
<para>The &man.an.4; driver for Cisco Aironet cards now supports
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encryption, settable via
&man.ancontrol.8;. &merged;</para>
@@ -431,16 +397,15 @@
mode, settable via the <option>-M</option> option to
&man.ancontrol.8;. &merged;</para>
- <para arch="i386">The &man.el.4; driver can now be loaded as a
- module.</para>
-
- <para>The &man.ray.4; driver, which supports the Webgear Aviator
- wireless network cards, has been committed. The operation of
- &man.ray.4; interfaces can be modified by
- &man.raycontrol.8;. &merged;</para>
+ <para arch="i386">The &man.bge.4; driver has been added to
+ support the Broadcom BCM570x family of Gigabit Ethernet
+ controllers, including the 3Com 3c996-T, the SysKonnect SK-9D21
+ and SK-9D41, and the built-in Gigabit Ethernet NICs on Dell
+ PowerEdge 2550 servers. TCP/IP checksum offload, jumbo frames
+ and VLAN tag insertion/stripping are supported, as well as
+ interrupt moderation. &merged;</para>
- <para arch="alpha">The &man.fpa.4; driver now supports Digital's
- DEFPA FDDI adaptors on the Alpha.</para>
+ <para arch="alpha">The &man.ed.4; driver is now supported.</para>
<para arch="i386">Linksys Fast Ethernet PCCARD cards supported by the
&man.ed.4; driver now require the addition of flag
@@ -458,11 +423,26 @@
required in kernel configurations using the &man.ed.4;
driver. &merged;</para>
+ <para arch="i386">The &man.el.4; driver can now be loaded as a
+ module.</para>
+
+ <para>The &man.faith.4; device is now loadable, unloadable, and
+ clonable.</para>
+
+ <para>Support for Fujitsu MB86960A/MB86965A based Ethernet
+ PC-Cards is back. &merged;</para>
+
+ <para arch="alpha">The &man.fpa.4; driver now supports Digital's
+ DEFPA FDDI adaptors on the Alpha.</para>
+
<para>The &man.fxp.4; driver now requires a <literal>device
miibus</literal> entry in the kernel configuration file. &merged;</para>
- <para>The &man.wx.4; driver now supports the Intel PRO1000-F and
- PRO1000-T (10/100/1000) adapters. &merged;</para>
+ <para>The &man.lge.4; driver has been added to support the Level
+ 1 LXT1001 NetCellerator Gigabit Ethernet controller chip. This
+ device is used on some fiber optic GigE cards from SMC, D-Link
+ and Addtron. Jumbograms and TCP/IP checksum offload on receive
+ are supported, although hardware VLAN filtering is not. &merged;</para>
<para>Added the &man.nge.4; driver, which supports PCI Gigabit
Ethernet adapters based on the National Semiconductor DP83820
@@ -472,36 +452,56 @@
AEG320T. This driver supports transmit and receive checksum
offloading. &merged;</para>
- <para>The &man.lge.4; driver has been added to support the Level
- 1 LXT1001 NetCellerator Gigabit Ethernet controller chip. This
- device is used on some fiber optic GigE cards from SMC, D-Link
- and Addtron. Jumbograms and TCP/IP checksum offload on receive
- are supported, although hardware VLAN filtering is not. &merged;</para>
+ <para>The &man.pcn.4; driver, which supports the AMD PCnet/FAST,
+ PCnet/FAST+, PCnet/FAST III, PCnet/PRO, PCnet/Home, and HomePNA
+ adapters, has been added. Although these cards are already
+ supported by the &man.lnc.4; driver, the &man.pcn.4; driver runs
+ these chips in 32-bit mode and uses the RX alignment feature to
+ achieve zero-copy receive. This driver is also
+ machine-independent, so it will work on both the i386 and Alpha
+ platforms. The &man.lnc.4; driver is still needed to support non-PCI
+ cards. &merged;</para>
- <para>The &man.xl.4; driver now supports reception of VLAN
- tagged frames (on the <quote>Cyclone</quote> or newer
- chipsets). &merged;</para>
+ <para>The &man.ray.4; driver, which supports the Webgear Aviator
+ wireless network cards, has been committed. The operation of
+ &man.ray.4; interfaces can be modified by
+ &man.raycontrol.8;. &merged;</para>
+
+ <para>Added support for PCI Ethernet adapters based on the
+ National Semiconductor DP83815 chipset, including the NetGear
+ FA311-TX and FA312-TX, in the form of the &man.sis.4; driver.</para>
+
+ <para arch="i386">The snc driver for the National Semiconductor
+ DP8393X (SONIC) Ethernet controller has been added. Currently,
+ this driver is only used on the PC-98 architecture. &merged;</para>
+
+ <para>The &man.stf.4; device is now clonable.</para>
+
+ <para>The &man.tap.4; driver, a virtual Ethernet device driver for
+ bridged configurations, has been added. This device is
+ clonable. &merged;</para>
+
+ <para>The &man.ti.4; driver now supports the Alteon AceNIC
+ 1000baseT Gigabit Ethernet and Netgear GA620T 1000baseT Gigabit
+ cards. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.ti.4; driver correctly masks VLAN tags. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.txp.4; driver has been added to support NICs
based on the 3Com 3XP Typhoon/Sidewinder (3CR990) chipset. &merged;</para>
- <para>The &man.faith.4; device is now loadable, unloadable, and
+ <para>The &man.vlan.4; device is now loadable, unloadable, and
clonable.</para>
- <para>The &man.stf.4; device is now clonable.</para>
+ <para>The &man.wx.4; driver now supports the Intel PRO1000-F and
+ PRO1000-T (10/100/1000) adapters. &merged;</para>
- <para>The &man.vlan.4; device is now loadable, unloadable, and
- clonable.</para>
+ <para>The &man.xl.4; driver now supports the 3Com 3C556 and 3C556B
+ MiniPCI adapters used on some laptops. &merged;</para>
- <para arch="i386">The &man.bge.4; driver has been added to
- support the Broadcom BCM570x family of Gigabit Ethernet
- controllers, including the 3Com 3c996-T, the SysKonnect SK-9D21
- and SK-9D41, and the built-in Gigabit Ethernet NICs on Dell
- PowerEdge 2550 servers. TCP/IP checksum offload, jumbo frames
- and VLAN tag insertion/stripping are supported, as well as
- interrupt moderation. &merged;</para>
+ <para>The &man.xl.4; driver now supports reception of VLAN
+ tagged frames (on the <quote>Cyclone</quote> or newer
+ chipsets). &merged;</para>
<para>The per-interface <varname>ifnet</varname> structure now
has the ability to indicate a set of capabilities supported by a
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