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authorsimon <simon@FreeBSD.org>2004-08-15 18:09:47 +0000
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- Add a HARDWARE section which lists supported devices.
- Remove reference to the NOTES section in the entry for Sun DMFE, since ot doesn't work well with the auto generated Hardware Notes. [1] OK'ed by: marius [1]
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@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd August 14, 2004
+.Dd August 15, 2004
.Dt DC 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -43,31 +43,9 @@
The
.Nm
driver provides support for several PCI Fast Ethernet adapters and
-embedded controllers based on the following chipsets:
+embedded controllers based on the the DEC/Intel 21143 chipset and clones.
.Pp
-.Bl -bullet -compact -offset indent
-.It
-DEC/Intel 21143
-.It
-ADMtek AL981 Comet, AN985 Centaur, ADM9511 Centaur II and ADM9513
-Centaur II
-.It
-ASIX Electronics AX88140A and AX88141
-.It
-Conexant LANfinity RS7112 (miniPCI)
-.It
-Davicom DM9009, DM9100, DM9102 and DM9102A
-.It
-Lite-On 82c168 and 82c169 PNIC
-.It
-Lite-On/Macronix 82c115 PNIC II
-.It
-Macronix 98713, 98713A, 98715, 98715A, 98715AEC-C, 98725, 98727 and 98732
-.It
-Xircom X3201 (cardbus only)
-.El
-.Pp
-All of these chips have the same general register layout, DMA
+All of supported chipsets have the same general register layout, DMA
descriptor format and method of operation.
All of the clone chips
are based on the 21143 design with various modifications.
@@ -98,12 +76,101 @@ of these chipsets in order to keep special case code to a minimum.
.Pp
These chips are used by many vendors which makes it
difficult to provide a complete list of all supported cards.
+.Pp
+The
+.Nm
+driver supports the following media types:
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
+.It autoselect
+Enable autoselection of the media type and options.
+The user can manually override
+the autoselected mode by adding media options to the
+.Pa /etc/rc.conf
+file.
+.Pp
+Note: the built-in NWAY autonegotiation on the original PNIC 82c168
+chip is horribly broken and is not supported by the
+.Nm
+driver at this time (see the
+.Sx BUGS
+section for details).
+The original 82c168 appears
+on very early revisions of the LinkSys LNE100TX and Matrox FastNIC.
+.It 10baseT/UTP
+Set 10Mbps operation.
+The
+.Ar mediaopt
+option can also be used to enable
+.Ar full-duplex
+operation.
+Not specifying
+.Ar full duplex
+implies
+.Ar half-duplex
+mode.
+.It 100baseTX
+Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation.
+The
+.Ar mediaopt
+option can also be used to enable
+.Ar full-duplex
+operation.
+Not specifying
+.Ar full duplex
+implies
+.Ar half-duplex
+mode.
+.El
+.Pp
+The
+.Nm
+driver supports the following media options:
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
+.It full-duplex
+Force full duplex operation.
+The interface will operate in
+half duplex mode if this media option is not specified.
+.El
+.Pp
+Note that the 100baseTX media type may not be available on certain
+Intel 21143 adapters which support 10Mbps media attachments only.
+For more information on configuring this device, see
+.Xr ifconfig 8 .
+.Sh HARDWARE
+The
+.Nm
+driver provides support for the following chipsets:
+.Pp
+.Bl -bullet -compact
+.It
+DEC/Intel 21143
+.It
+ADMtek AL981 Comet, AN985 Centaur, ADM9511 Centaur II and ADM9513
+Centaur II
+.It
+ASIX Electronics AX88140A and AX88141
+.It
+Conexant LANfinity RS7112 (miniPCI)
+.It
+Davicom DM9009, DM9100, DM9102 and DM9102A
+.It
+Lite-On 82c168 and 82c169 PNIC
+.It
+Lite-On/Macronix 82c115 PNIC II
+.It
+Macronix 98713, 98713A, 98715, 98715A, 98715AEC-C, 98725, 98727 and 98732
+.It
+Xircom X3201 (cardbus only)
+.El
+.Pp
The
following NICs are known to work with the
.Nm
driver at this time:
.Pp
-.Bl -bullet -compact -offset indent
+.Bl -bullet -compact
.It
3Com OfficeConnect 10/100B (ADMtek AN985 Centaur-P)
.It
@@ -123,9 +190,7 @@ desktops (21143, non-MII)
Built in DE500-BA on DEC Alpha workstations (21143, non-MII)
.It
Built in Sun DMFE 10/100 Mbps Ethernet on Sun Netra X1 and Sun Fire V100
-(DM9102A, MII, see the
-.Sx NOTES
-section below)
+(DM9102A, MII)
.It
Built in Ethernet on LinkSys EtherFast 10/100 Instant GigaDrive (DM9102, MII)
.It
@@ -185,68 +250,6 @@ Xircom Cardbus Ethernet 10/100
.It
Xircom Cardbus Ethernet II 10/100
.El
-.Pp
-The
-.Nm
-driver supports the following media types:
-.Pp
-.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
-.It autoselect
-Enable autoselection of the media type and options.
-The user can manually override
-the autoselected mode by adding media options to the
-.Pa /etc/rc.conf
-file.
-.Pp
-Note: the built-in NWAY autonegotiation on the original PNIC 82c168
-chip is horribly broken and is not supported by the
-.Nm
-driver at this time (see the
-.Sx BUGS
-section for details).
-The original 82c168 appears
-on very early revisions of the LinkSys LNE100TX and Matrox FastNIC.
-.It 10baseT/UTP
-Set 10Mbps operation.
-The
-.Ar mediaopt
-option can also be used to enable
-.Ar full-duplex
-operation.
-Not specifying
-.Ar full duplex
-implies
-.Ar half-duplex
-mode.
-.It 100baseTX
-Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation.
-The
-.Ar mediaopt
-option can also be used to enable
-.Ar full-duplex
-operation.
-Not specifying
-.Ar full duplex
-implies
-.Ar half-duplex
-mode.
-.El
-.Pp
-The
-.Nm
-driver supports the following media options:
-.Pp
-.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
-.It full-duplex
-Force full duplex operation.
-The interface will operate in
-half duplex mode if this media option is not specified.
-.El
-.Pp
-Note that the 100baseTX media type may not be available on certain
-Intel 21143 adapters which support 10Mbps media attachments only.
-For more information on configuring this device, see
-.Xr ifconfig 8 .
.Sh NOTES
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.Nm
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