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authorsemenu <semenu@FreeBSD.org>2001-02-07 20:09:50 +0000
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Update tx(4) man page to reflect changes since 1997, especially
recent changes.
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.\"
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998 Semen Ustimenko
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2001 Semen Ustimenko (semenu@FreeBSD.org)
.\"
.\" All rights reserved.
.\"
@@ -25,32 +25,37 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd January 28, 1997
+.Dd February 8, 2001
.Dt TX 4 i386
.Os FreeBSD
.Sh NAME
.Nm tx
.Nd
-SMC9432TX Fast Ethernet device driver
+SMC 83c17x Fast Ethernet device driver
.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Cd "device miibus"
.Cd "device tx"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
driver provides support for the Ethernet adapters based on the
-SMC 83c170 (EPIC) chips.
+SMC 83c17x (EPIC) chips. These are mostly SMC 9432 series cards.
.Pp
The
.Nm
-driver supports the following media types:
+driver supports the following media types (depending on card's capabilities):
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
.It autoselect
Enable autonegotiation (default)
+.It 100baseFX
+Set 100Mbps (fast ethernet) fiber optic operation
.It 100baseTX
-Set 100Mbps (fast ethernet) operation
+Set 100Mbps (fast ethernet) twisted pair operation
.It 10baseT/UTP
Set 10Mbps on 10baseT port
+.It 10base2/BNC
+Set 10Mbps on 10base2 port
.El
.Pp
The
@@ -72,9 +77,6 @@ Device and driver reset follows this error.
One of following errors occured: PCI Target Abort, PCI Master Abort, Data
Parity Error or Address Parity Error.
Device and driver reset follows this error.
-.It "tx%d: WARNING! no link established"
-No media connected.
-Displayed at startup only.
.It "tx%d: cannot allocate mbuf header/cluster"
Cannot allocate memory for received packet.
Packet thrown away.
@@ -84,7 +86,6 @@ While reseting, driver failed to stop device correctly.
.Sh BUGS
.Pp
The multicast packets filtering is not supported.
-Only one PHY was really tested (Quality Semiconductor QS6612).
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr arp 4 ,
.Xr netintro 4 ,
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