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authorsemenu <semenu@FreeBSD.org>2001-08-21 17:52:52 +0000
committersemenu <semenu@FreeBSD.org>2001-08-21 17:52:52 +0000
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Document recent changes about VLAN support and oversized packets.
PR: kern/29235 MFC after: 1 day
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@@ -67,7 +67,23 @@ driver supports the following media options:
Set full-duplex operation
.El
.Pp
+Driver supports oversized ethernet packets (up to 1600 bytes).
+Refer to the
+.Xr ifconfig 8
+man page on setting interface's MTU.
+.Pp
The old ``ifconfig tx0 linkN'' method of configuration is not supported.
+.Ss VLAN (IEEE 802.1Q) support
+The
+.Nm
+driver supports the VLAN operation (using
+.Xr vlan 4
+inteface) without decreasing the MTU on the
+.Xr vlan 4
+interfaces. This support must be enabled by adding ``pseudo-device vlan''
+to the kernel configuration file (if compiling staticaly) or inserting
+the ``#define NVLAN 1'' line into the sys/modules/tx/vlan.h (if compiling
+as KLD)
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
.Bl -diag
.It "tx%d: device timeout %d packets"
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