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authorbrueffer <brueffer@FreeBSD.org>2004-09-05 01:31:44 +0000
committerbrueffer <brueffer@FreeBSD.org>2004-09-05 01:31:44 +0000
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- move list of supported devices into a HARDWARE section
- sort the hardware list - misc fixes - bump document date MFC after: 3 days
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@@ -29,50 +29,19 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd November 2, 2003
+.Dd September 5, 2004
.Dt EP 4 i386
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm ep
-.Nd Ethernet driver for 3Com Etherlink III (3c5x9)
+.Nd Ethernet driver for 3Com Etherlink III (3c5x9) interfaces
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Cd "device ep"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
device driver supports network adapters based on the 3Com 3C5x9 Etherlink III
-Parallel Tasking chipset, like the following:
-.Pp
-.Bl -bullet -compact
-.It
-3Com 3C1 CF
-.It
-3Com 3C509-TP, 3C509-BNC, 3C509-Combo, 3C509-TPO, 3C509-TPC ISA
-.It
-3Com 3C509B-TP, 3C509B-BNC, 3C509B-Combo, 3C509B-TPO, 3C509B-TPC ISA
-.It
-3Com 3C529, 3C529-TP MCA
-.It
-3Com 3C579-TP, 3C579-BNC EISA
-.It
-3Com 3C562/3C563 PCMCIA
-.It
-3Com 3C569B-J-TPO, 3C569B-J-COMBO CBUS
-.It
-3Com 3C574-TX, 3CCFE574BT, 3CXFE574BT, 3C3FE574BT PCMCIA
-.It
-3Com 3C589, 3C589B, 3C589C, 3C589D, 3CXE589DT PCMCIA
-.It
-3Com 3CXE589EC, 3CCE589EC, 3CXE589ET, 3CCE589ET PCMCIA
-.It
-Megahertz 3CCEM556, 3CXEM556, 3CCEM556B, 3CXEM556B PCMCIA
-.It
-3Com 3CCFEM556B, 3CCFEM556BI PCMCIA
-.It
-3Com OfficeConnect 3CXSH572BT, 3CCSH572BT PCMCIA
-.It
-Farallon EtherMac PCMCIA
-.El
+Parallel Tasking chipset.
.Pp
Various models of these cards come with a different assortment of
connectors:
@@ -104,7 +73,43 @@ Use the UTP port.
.El
.Pp
If there are multiple cards in the computer, they are searched for
-in the following order: bus, slot, then ethernet address.
+in the following order: bus, slot, then Ethernet address.
+.Sh HARDWARE
+The
+.Nm
+driver supports Ethernet adapters based on the
+3Com 3C5x9 Etherlink III Parallel Tasking chipset, including:
+.Pp
+.Bl -bullet -compact
+.It
+3Com 3C1 CF
+.It
+3Com 3C509-TP, 3C509-BNC, 3C509-Combo, 3C509-TPO, 3C509-TPC ISA
+.It
+3Com 3C509B-TP, 3C509B-BNC, 3C509B-Combo, 3C509B-TPO, 3C509B-TPC ISA
+.It
+3Com 3C529, 3C529-TP MCA
+.It
+3Com 3C562/3C563 PCMCIA
+.It
+3Com 3C569B-J-TPO, 3C569B-J-COMBO CBUS
+.It
+3Com 3C574-TX, 3CCFE574BT, 3CXFE574BT, 3C3FE574BT PCMCIA
+.It
+3Com 3C579-TP, 3C579-BNC EISA
+.It
+3Com 3C589, 3C589B, 3C589C, 3C589D, 3CXE589DT PCMCIA
+.It
+3Com 3CCFEM556B, 3CCFEM556BI PCMCIA
+.It
+3Com 3CXE589EC, 3CCE589EC, 3CXE589ET, 3CCE589ET PCMCIA
+.It
+3Com Megahertz 3CCEM556, 3CXEM556, 3CCEM556B, 3CXEM556B PCMCIA
+.It
+3Com OfficeConnect 3CXSH572BT, 3CCSH572BT PCMCIA
+.It
+Farallon EtherMac PCMCIA
+.El
.Sh NOTES
The 3c509 card has no jumpers to set the address.
3Com supplies software to set the address of the card in software.
@@ -145,8 +150,8 @@ Erase the pencil mark and reboot.
.Xr vx 4 ,
.Xr ifconfig 8
.Sh BUGS
-Support for the 3COM 3C1 is not working.
-Support for the 3CCFEM556 fast ethernet cards has not been tested.
+Support for the 3Com 3C1 is not working.
+Support for the 3CCFEM556 Fast Ethernet cards has not been tested.
.Sh STANDARDS
are great.
There's so many to choose from.
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