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author | obrien <obrien@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-01-20 09:18:54 +0000 |
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committer | obrien <obrien@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-01-20 09:18:54 +0000 |
commit | 2af4a0acfa4283f2b39d01cc48e5a106c0e323e4 (patch) | |
tree | d045d8b40748af3f2d8693566fefc30273a811ec /share/man/man4/man4.i386/ix.4 | |
parent | 27b942564a62c8eb8687b4d80b312964ebc8bc58 (diff) | |
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New manpages for various Ethernet drivers, that I didn't see manpages for.
Manpage police??? Looking kinda bored there aren't you? Need something
to do? :-) I'm sure there's work here to be done.
Inspired by: Joerg
2.2-R candidate after Mike gets thru with them.
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diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/ix.4 b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/ix.4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cf1d28f --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/ix.4 @@ -0,0 +1,83 @@ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1997 David E. O'Brien +.\" +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE DEVELOPERS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES +.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. +.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE DEVELOPERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, +.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT +.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, +.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY +.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT +.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF +.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd January 19, 1997 +.Dt IX 4 i386 +.Os FreeBSD +.Sh NAME +.Nm ix +.Nd +EtherExpress ethernet device driver +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "device ix0 at isa? port 0x300 net irq 10 iomem 0xd0000 iosiz 32768 vector ixintr" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver provides support for the 16-bit Intel EtherExpress Ethernet +card based on the Intel i82586 chip. +.Pp +If the IRQ is autodetected if the kernel configuration file has "irq?" or +doesn't specify an IRQ at all. +.Pp +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +.Bl -diag +.It "ix%d: WARNING: board is configured for IRQ %d, using %d" +The IRQ probed from the EEPROM does not match that specified in the kernel +configuration file. The IRQ specified in the kernel configuration file will +be used in this case. +.It "ix%d: invalid irq (%d)" +An invalid IRQ was specified. This is a fatal error. +.It "ix%d: ixstart: Packet length=%d > MTU=%d" +The length of the Ethernet packet read was larger than the maxium transfer +unit allowed. This message suggests an error in the driver. It probably +should be concidered fatal and the driver shut down. Currently this does +not happen though. +.It "ix%d: device timeout" +The device has stopped responding to the network, or there is a problem with +the network connection (cable). Make sure the network connection in use +is the same one the probe read from the EEPROM. +.El +.Pp +.Sh CAVEATS +The driver will use the IRQ specified in the kernel configuration file +if it does not match the board setting. +The type of network connector used (AUI, BNC, TPE) is probed from the EEPROM. +If this does not match the interface actually in use, timeout errors will +occur. +.Pp +.Sh BUGS +Currently the driver does not support multicast. +.Pp +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr arp 4 , +.Xr netintro 4 , +.Xr ifconfig 8 +.Sh AUTHORS +The +.Nm +device driver was written by Rodney W. Grimes. +This manual page was written by David E. O'Brien. |