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authorsheldonh <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org>2000-03-01 14:50:24 +0000
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@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ Adaptec AIC-6915 "Starfire" PCI fast ethernet adapter driver
The
.Nm
driver provides support for Adaptec Duralink fast ethernet adapters
-based on the Adaptec AIC-6915 "Starfire" chipset. This includes the
+based on the Adaptec AIC-6915 "Starfire" chipset.
+This includes the
following:
.Bl -bullet -offset indent
.It
@@ -59,17 +60,21 @@ ANA-69011 32-bit single port 10/100baseTX adapter
ANA-62020 64-bit single port 100baseFX adapter
.El
.Pp
-The AIC-6915 is a bus master controller with an MII interface. It
+The AIC-6915 is a bus master controller with an MII interface.
+It
supports high and low priority transmit and receive queues, TCP/IP
checksum offload, multiple DMA descriptor formats and both polling
-and producer/consumer DMA models. The AIC-6915 receive filtering
+and producer/consumer DMA models.
+The AIC-6915 receive filtering
options include a 16 entry perfect filter, a 512-bit hash table
for multicast addresses, a 512-bit hash table for priority address
-matching and VLAN filtering. An external MII-compliant transceiver
+matching and VLAN filtering.
+An external MII-compliant transceiver
is required for media interfacing.
.Pp
Multiport adapters consist of several AIC-6915 controllers connected
-via a PCI to PCI bridge. Each controller is treated as a separate
+via a PCI to PCI bridge.
+Each controller is treated as a separate
interface by the
.Nm
driver.
@@ -86,7 +91,8 @@ the autoselected mode by adding media options to the
.Pa /etc/rc.conf
file.
.It 10baseT/UTP
-Set 10Mbps operation. The
+Set 10Mbps operation.
+The
.Ar mediaopt
option can also be used to select either
.Ar full-duplex
@@ -94,7 +100,8 @@ or
.Ar half-duplex
modes.
.It 100baseTX
-Set 100Mbps (fast ethernet) operation. The
+Set 100Mbps (fast ethernet) operation.
+The
.Ar mediaopt
option can also be used to select either
.Ar full-duplex
@@ -119,7 +126,8 @@ For more information on configuring this device, see
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
.Bl -diag
.It "sf%d: couldn't map memory"
-A fatal initialization error has occurred. This may
+A fatal initialization error has occurred.
+This may
happen if the PCI BIOS not configured the device, which may be because
the BIOS has been configured for a "Plug and Play" operating system.
The "Plug and Play OS" setting int he BIOS should be set to "no" or
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