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author | brueffer <brueffer@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-09-03 12:23:16 +0000 |
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committer | brueffer <brueffer@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-09-03 12:23:16 +0000 |
commit | e540d4371a5869a3f26e29ebab2427e1d5171ce0 (patch) | |
tree | 4653d1f00e975786e8b0fc53be3c74c93c679c58 /share/man/man4/ti.4 | |
parent | f4de4acfe415c8a12382bfc9c19e0db082649332 (diff) | |
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- move list of supported adapters into a HARDWARE section
- list the Digital EtherWORKS adapter as supported [1]
- properly capitalize (Fast|Gigabit) Ethernet
- bump document date
Obtained from: NetBSD [1]
MFC after: 3 days
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diff --git a/share/man/man4/ti.4 b/share/man/man4/ti.4 index f89a904..0dcc98a 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/ti.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/ti.4 @@ -30,12 +30,12 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd June 26, 2002 +.Dd September 3, 2004 .Dt TI 4 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm ti -.Nd "Alteon Networks Tigon I and Tigon II gigabit ethernet driver" +.Nd "Alteon Networks Tigon I and Tigon II Gigabit Ethernet driver" .Sh SYNOPSIS .Cd "device ti" .Cd "options TI_PRIVATE_JUMBOS" @@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm -driver provides support for PCI gigabit ethernet adapters based on -the Alteon Networks Tigon gigabit ethernet controller chip. +driver provides support for PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapters based on +the Alteon Networks Tigon Gigabit Ethernet controller chip. The Tigon contains an embedded R4000 CPU, gigabit MAC, dual DMA channels and a PCI interface unit. @@ -56,49 +56,11 @@ Communication with the chip is achieved via PCI shared memory and bus master DMA. The Tigon I and II support hardware multicast address filtering, VLAN tag extraction and insertion, and jumbo -ethernet frames sizes up to 9000 bytes. +Ethernet frames sizes up to 9000 bytes. Note that the Tigon I chipset is no longer in active production: all new adapters should come equipped with Tigon II chipsets. .Pp -There are several PCI boards available from both Alteon and other -vendors that use the Tigon chipset under OEM contract. -The -.Nm -driver has been tested with the following Tigon-based adapters: -.Pp -.Bl -bullet -compact -offset indent -.It -3Com 3c985-SX Gigabit Ethernet adapter (Tigon 1) -.It -3Com 3c985B-SX Gigabit Ethernet adapter (Tigon 2) -.It -Alteon AceNIC V Gigabit Ethernet adapter (1000baseSX) -.It -Alteon AceNIC V Gigabit Ethernet adapter (1000baseT) -.It -Netgear GA620 Gigabit Ethernet adapter (1000baseSX) -.It -Netgear GA620T Gigabit Ethernet adapter (1000baseT) -.El -.Pp -The following should also be supported but have not yet been tested: -.Pp -.Bl -bullet -compact -offset indent -.It -Asante GigaNIX1000T Gigabit Ethernet adapter -.It -Asante PCI 1000BASE-SX Gigabit Ethernet adapter -.It -Digital EtherWORKS 1000SX PCI Gigabit adapter -.It -Farallon PN9000SX Gigabit Ethernet adapter -.It -NEC Gigabit Ethernet -.It -Silicon Graphics PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapter -.El -.Pp While the Tigon chipset supports 10, 100 and 1000Mbps speeds, support for 10 and 100Mbps speeds is only available on boards with the proper transceivers. @@ -160,7 +122,7 @@ or .Ar half-duplex modes. .It 100baseTX -Set 100Mbps (fast ethernet) operation. +Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation. The .Ar mediaopt option can also be used to select either @@ -169,7 +131,7 @@ or .Ar half-duplex modes. .It 1000baseSX -Set 1000Mbps (gigabit ethernet) operation. +Set 1000Mbps (Gigabit Ethernet) operation. Only full .Ar full-duplex mode is supported at this speed. @@ -188,6 +150,47 @@ Force half duplex operation. .Pp For more information on configuring this device, see .Xr ifconfig 8 . +.Sh HARDWARE +The +.Nm +driver supports Gigabit Ethernet adapters based on the +Alteon Tigon I and II chips. +The +.Nm +driver has been tested with the following adapters: +.Pp +.Bl -bullet -compact +.It +3Com 3c985-SX Gigabit Ethernet adapter (Tigon 1) +.It +3Com 3c985B-SX Gigabit Ethernet adapter (Tigon 2) +.It +Alteon AceNIC V Gigabit Ethernet adapter (1000baseSX) +.It +Alteon AceNIC V Gigabit Ethernet adapter (1000baseT) +.It +Digital EtherWORKS 1000SX PCI Gigabit adapter +.It +Netgear GA620 Gigabit Ethernet adapter (1000baseSX) +.It +Netgear GA620T Gigabit Ethernet adapter (1000baseT) +.El +.Pp +The following adapters should also be supported but have +not yet been tested: +.Pp +.Bl -bullet -compact +.It +Asante GigaNIX1000T Gigabit Ethernet adapter +.It +Asante PCI 1000BASE-SX Gigabit Ethernet adapter +.It +Farallon PN9000SX Gigabit Ethernet adapter +.It +NEC Gigabit Ethernet +.It +Silicon Graphics PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapter +.El .Sh IOCTLS In addition to the standard .Xr socket 2 |