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authormarius <marius@FreeBSD.org>2007-01-20 13:37:15 +0000
committermarius <marius@FreeBSD.org>2007-01-20 13:37:15 +0000
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- For the sake of completeness mention back-end support for the ILACC
and add a list of known-working PCI devices. - For consistency throughout this man page also talk about C-Bus and ISA adapters rather than cards. - Add missing .Tn. - Mention ifconfig(8) along with listing selectable media types. - Add/un-comment hardware notes for the newly supported 'lebuffer' variants (the transition from P/N 501-1860 to 501-1869 isn't a typo).
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diff --git a/share/man/man4/le.4 b/share/man/man4/le.4
index df63029..3544fe1 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/le.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/le.4
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@
.\" from: @(#)le.4 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd November 9, 2006
+.Dd January 20, 2007
.Dt LE 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm le
-.Nd "AMD Am7900 LANCE and Am79C9xx PCnet Ethernet interface driver"
+.Nd "AMD Am7900 LANCE and Am79C9xx ILACC/PCnet Ethernet interface driver"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
To compile this driver into the kernel,
place the following line in your
@@ -57,14 +57,14 @@ module at boot time, place the following line in
if_le_load="YES"
.Ed
.Pp
-For C-Bus non-PnP cards, the port address and the IRQ number have to be
+For C-Bus non-PnP adapters, the port address and the IRQ number have to be
specified in
.Pa /boot/device.hints :
.Cd hint.le.0.at="isa"
.Cd hint.le.0.port="0x03d0"
.Cd hint.le.0.irq="6"
.Pp
-For ISA non-PnP cards, the port address as well as the IRQ and the DRQ
+For ISA non-PnP adapters, the port address as well as the IRQ and the DRQ
numbers have to be specified in
.Pa /boot/device.hints :
.Cd hint.le.0.at="isa"
@@ -75,8 +75,10 @@ numbers have to be specified in
The
.Nm
driver provides support for Ethernet adapters based on the
-.Tn AMD
-Am7990 and Am79C90 (CMOS, pin-compatible)
+.Tn AMD Am7990
+and
+.Tn Am79C90
+.Pq CMOS, pin-compatible
Local Area Network Controller for Ethernet
.Pq Tn LANCE
chips.
@@ -84,7 +86,11 @@ chips.
The
.Nm
driver also supports Ethernet adapters based on the
-.Tn AMD 79C9xx
+.Tn AMD Am79C900
+Integrated Local Area Communications Controller
+.Pq Tn ILACC
+as well as the
+.Tn Am79C9xx PCnet
family of chips, which are single-chip implementations of a
.Tn LANCE
chip and a DMA engine.
@@ -242,9 +248,24 @@ driver are:
.Tn AMD Am79C978 PCnet-Home
.El
.Pp
+This includes support for the following Ethernet adapters:
+.Pp
+.Bl -bullet -compact
+.It
+.Tn AcerLAN NIC P20
+.It
+.Tn Allied Telesyn AT-2450 and AT-2700 series
+.It
+.Tn VMware emulated AMD Am79C970A PCnet-PCI II interface
+.El
+.Pp
The
.Nm
-driver supports the following media types with these chips:
+driver supports the selection of the following media types via
+.Xr ifconfig 8
+with
+.Tn PCI
+bus Ethernet adapters:
.Bl -tag -width ".Cm 10base5/AUI"
.It Cm autoselect
Enable autoselection of the media type.
@@ -273,7 +294,11 @@ driver supports the on-board
interfaces found in
.Tn Sun Ultra 1
machines.
-The following media types are available with these:
+The
+.Nm
+driver allows the selection of the following media types via
+.Xr ifconfig 8
+with these on-board interfaces:
.Bl -tag -width ".Cm 10base5/AUI"
.It Cm autoselect
Enable autoselection of the media type.
@@ -288,26 +313,29 @@ examining all ports for carrier.
The first media type with which a carrier is detected will be selected.
Additionally, if carrier is dropped on a port, the driver will switch
between the possible ports until one with carrier is found.
-.\" .Pp
-.\" The
-.\" .Nm
-.\" driver also supports
-.\" .Tn SBus
-.\" Ethernet cards.
-.\" These include:
-.\" .Bl -bullet -compact
-.\" .It
-.\" SBE/S
-.\" .Tn SCSI
-.\" and Buffered Ethernet
-.\" (Sun P/N 501-1860)
-.\" .It
-.\" FSBE/S
-.\" Fast
-.\" .Tn SCSI
-.\" and Buffered Ethernet
-.\" (Sun P/N 501-2015)
-.\" .El
+.Pp
+The
+.Nm
+driver also supports the following
+.Tn Sun SBus
+Ethernet add-on adapters:
+.Pp
+.Bl -bullet -compact
+.It
+.Tn SCSI HBA and Buffered Ethernet
+.Pq SBE/S, P/N 501-1869
+.It
+.Tn Fast SCSI and Buffered Ethernet
+.Pq FSBE/S, P/N 501-2015 and 501-2981
+.El
+.Pp
+The
+.Nm
+driver does not support the selection of media types and options via
+.Xr ifconfig 8
+with
+.Tn SBus
+Ethernet add-on adapters.
.Pp
For further information on configuring media types and options, see
.Xr ifconfig 8 .
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