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author | marius <marius@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-08-14 21:44:35 +0000 |
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committer | marius <marius@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-08-14 21:44:35 +0000 |
commit | bce29358a4ba1d2f5f059296d3e2d2d6ff05ce13 (patch) | |
tree | 0109d5783ef1d497eb5fdb1eb7baff4251770f2c /share/man/man4/hme.4 | |
parent | cd9e845490f35e203d0b972430feab6499bb55d6 (diff) | |
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- Capitalize Ethernet and Fast Ethernet.
- Add a NOTES section with information regarding the "local-mac-address?"
system configuration variable on sparc64 and add a reference to eeprom(8)
for using it. Dump document date for this.
- In dc.4, add the on-board DM9102A on Sun Netra X1 and Sun Fire V100 to
the list of known working devices.
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diff --git a/share/man/man4/hme.4 b/share/man/man4/hme.4 index 49a1be3..7d0ee19 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/hme.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/hme.4 @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd May 21, 2003 +.Dd August 14, 2004 .Dt HME 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -83,11 +83,35 @@ Sun PCI Quad FastEthernet Controller Sun SBus Quad FastEthernet Controller .Pq Dq SUNW,qfe .El +.Sh NOTES +On sparc64 the +.Nm +driver respects the +.Va local-mac-address? +system configuration variable which can be set in the Open Firmware boot +monitor using the +.Ic setenv +command or by +.Xr eeprom 8 . +If set to +.Dq Li false +(the default), the +.Nm +driver will use the system's default MAC address for all of its devices. +If set to +.Dq Li true , +the unique MAC address of each interface is used if present rather than +the system's default MAC address. +.Pp +Supported interfaces having their own MAC address include on-board versions +on boards equipped with more than one Ethernet interface and all add-on cards +except the single-port SBus versions. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr gem 4 , .Xr intro 4 , .Xr miibus 4 , .Xr netintro 4 , +.Xr eeprom 8 , .Xr ifconfig 8 .Rs .%T "STP2002QFP Fast Ethernet, Parallel Port, SCSI (FEPS) User's Guide" |