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author | trhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-11-04 20:49:45 +0000 |
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committer | trhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-11-04 20:49:45 +0000 |
commit | 5604fb367ace881e5350c1a67b1b5c04dc41ca2e (patch) | |
tree | 7286e464e159a17c2d739ef20b5c35deb6123afe /share/man/man4/xe.4 | |
parent | 1f1edc014dd94813da16a53aaf535ab7324c369e (diff) | |
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Add a manual page for the Xircom and and Xircom based NICs.
Submitted by: scott (original version)
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diff --git a/share/man/man4/xe.4 b/share/man/man4/xe.4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4b0ef29 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/xe.4 @@ -0,0 +1,148 @@ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2003 Tom Rhodes +.\" 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 AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``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 AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS 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 November 04, 2003 +.Dt xe 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm xe +.Nd Xircom PCMCIA Ethernet device driver +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "device xe" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver supports +.Tn PCMCIA +Ethernet adapters based on Xircom CE2- and CE3-class hardware. +This includes devices made by Xircom along with +various +.Tn OEM +manufacturers. +The following cards are supported: +.Pp +.Bl -bullet -compact -offset -indent +.It +Xircom CreditCard Ethernet (PS-CE2-10) +.It +Xircom CreditCard Ethernet + Modem 28 (PS-CEM-28) +.It +Xircom CreditCard Ethernet + Modem 33 (CEM33) +.It +Xircom CreditCard 10/100 (CE3, CE3B) +.It +Xircom CreditCard Ethernet 10/100 + Modem 56 (CEM56) +.It +Xircom RealPort Ethernet 10 (RE10) +.It +Xircom RealPort Ethernet 10/100 (RE100) +.It +Xircom RealPort Ethernet 10/100 + Modem 56 (REM56, REM56G) +.It +Accton Fast EtherCard-16 (EN2226) +.It +Compaq Netelligent 10/100 PC Card (CPQ-10/100) +.It +Intel EtherExpress Pro/100 PC Card Mobile Adapter 16 (Pro/100 M16A) +.El +Other similar devices using the same hardware may also be supported. +.Pp +Please note that the +.Nm +driver only supports +.Tn PCMCIA +cards and their Ethernet functions. +.Nm +does not support the on-board modem device located on some +version of the Ethernet/modem combo cards. +In particular, Xircom RealPort2 cards are not supported by this driver. +.Pp +The +.Nm +driver supports the following media types: +.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx +.It autoselect +Enable autoselection of media type and options. +.It 10Base2/BNC +Select 10Mbps operation on a BNC coaxial connector. +.It 10BaseT/UTP +Select 10Mbps operation on a RJ-45 connector. +.It 100BaseTX +Select 100Mbps operation. +.El +.Pp +Note that 100BaseTX operation is not available on CE2-class cards, +while the 10Base2/BNC mode is only available on CE2-class cards. +.Ar Full-duplex +operation is currently not supported. +For more information on configuring network interface devices, +see +.Xr ifconfig 8 . +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +.Bl -diag +.It "xe%d: Cannot allocate ioport" +.It "xe%d: Cannot allocate irq" +A fatal initialization error occurred while attempting to allocate +system resources for the card. +.It "xe%d: Unable to fix your %s combo card" +A fatal initialization error occurred while attempting to attach an +Ethernet/modem combo card. +.It "xe%d: watchdog timeout: resetting card" +The card failed to generate an interrupt acknowledging a +transmitted packet. +May indicate a +.Tn PCMCIA +configuration problem. +.It "xe%d: no carrier" +The card has lost all contact with the network; this +usually indicates a cable problem. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr pccard 4 , +.Xr ifconfig 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +driver first appeared in +.Fx 3.3 . +.Sh AUTHORS +The +.Nm +device driver was written by +.An Scott Mitchell Aq scott@FreeBSD.org . +This manual page was written by +.An -nosplit +.An Scott Mitchell Aq scott@FreeBSD.org , +and +.An Tom Rhodes Aq trhodes@FreeBSD.org . +.Sh BUGS +Supported devices will fail to attach on some machines using the +.Tn NEWCARD +.Tn PC +Card framework. +.Pp +Automatic media selection is usually unreliable.
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