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author | mpp <mpp@FreeBSD.org> | 1996-07-11 00:22:46 +0000 |
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committer | mpp <mpp@FreeBSD.org> | 1996-07-11 00:22:46 +0000 |
commit | f9de69d8475a9e439b98ff0b1531ea136106b725 (patch) | |
tree | befab879830eaf9fa2a7b5e8a484c64b442ea053 /share/man/man4 | |
parent | ae31e017c88e524697c11976fabdc23677c4b6ed (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-f9de69d8475a9e439b98ff0b1531ea136106b725.zip FreeBSD-src-f9de69d8475a9e439b98ff0b1531ea136106b725.tar.gz |
Add a man page for the "ep" device (3com 3c5x9 ethernet card).
Obtained from: NetBSD
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man4')
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/man4.i386/Makefile | 5 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/man4.i386/ep.4 | 123 |
2 files changed, 126 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/Makefile b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/Makefile index dc6b323..21dd671 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/Makefile +++ b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/Makefile @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -# $Id: Makefile,v 1.49 1996/07/11 00:16:46 mpp Exp $ +# $Id: Makefile,v 1.50 1996/07/11 00:19:21 mpp Exp $ MAN4= aha.4 ahb.4 ahc.4 apm.4 ar.4 asc.4 bt.4 cx.4 cy.4 dgb.4 \ - ed.4 eg.4 el.4 gsc.4 fdc.4 fe.4 ie.4 io.4 \ + ed.4 eg.4 el.4 ep.4 gsc.4 fdc.4 fe.4 ie.4 io.4 \ joy.4 keyboard.4 labpc.4 lp.4 lpt.4 matcd.4 mcd.4 mem.4 meteor.4 \ mse.4 mtio.4 nca.4 npx.4 pcvt.4 perfmon.4 \ qcam.4 scd.4 screen.4 sea.4 si.4 sio.4 \ @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ MLINKS+= dgb.4 ../dgb.4 MLINKS+= ed.4 ../ed.4 MLINKS+= eg.4 ../eg.4 MLINKS+= el.4 ../el.4 +MLINKS+= ep.4 ../ep.4 MLINKS+= fdc.4 ../fdc.4 MLINKS+= fe.4 ../fe.4 MLINKS+= gsc.4 ../gsc.4 diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/ep.4 b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/ep.4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9ecb7d3 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/ep.4 @@ -0,0 +1,123 @@ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1994 Herb Peyerl +.\" 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. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by Herb Peyerl +.\" 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products +.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``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 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. +.\" +.\" $Id: ep.4,v 1.10 1995/07/11 01:49:42 jtc Exp $ +.\" +.Dd February 04, 1993 +.Dt EP 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm ep +.Nd Ethernet driver for 3Com Etherlink III (3c5x9) +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "ep0 at isa? port 0x300 net irq 10 vector epintr" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm ep +device driver supports the 3c509 (ISA) and 3c579 (EISA) cards. +Various models of these cards come with a different assortment of +connectors: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx +.It AUI/DIX +Standard 15 pin connector +.It 10Base2 +BNC, also known as thin-net +.It 10BaseT +UTP, also known as twisted pair +.El +.Pp +The default port to use is the BNC. To choose an alternate port, +use the following flag combinations with +.Xr ifconfig 8 +or in your /etc/hostname.ep? file. +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx +.It -link0 +Use the BNC port (default). +.It \ link0 -link1 +Use the AUI port. +.It \ link0 \ link1 +Use the UTP port. +.El +.Pp +If there are multiple cards in the computer, they are searched for +in the following order: +The 3c579 EISA cards are searched for first -- they will be found +in EISA slot# order. +Next, the 3c509 ISA cards are searched -- they are found in increasing +ethernet address order. +This is an example of how they will probe: +.Pp +ep0 at isa0 port 0x6000-0x600f irq 10: aui/bnc address 00:60:8c:70:e5:c5 +ep1 at isa0 port 0x300-0x30f irq 3: aui/bnc/utp address 00:20:af:10:62:ab +.Pp +You may specify the port and irq numbers that the cards are expected +to be found at, but it is not necessary. +The cards are sufficiently intelligent to tell us where they +actually live on the ISA bus. +.Pp +.Sh NOTES +The 3c509 card has no jumpers to set the address. +3Com supplies software to set the address of the card in software. +To find the card on the ISA bus, the kernel performs a complex +scan operation at IO address 0x100. +Beware! +Avoid placing other cards at that address! +.Pp +Some models of 3c5x9 have all three connectors on them. +In the case of these cards; you must configure the transceiver type +with the 3Com supplied DOS configuration disk before the link0/link1 +flags will operate correctly. +.Pp +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +ep0: reset (status: %x) +.in +4 +the driver has encountered a FIFO underrun or overrun. The driver will reset +the card and the packet will be lost. This is not fatal. +.in -4 +ep0: eeprom failed to come ready +.in +4 +The eeprom failed to come ready. This probably means the card is wedged. +.in -4 +ep0: 3c509 in test mode. Erase pencil mark! +.in +4 +This means that someone has scribbled with pencil in the test area on the +card. Erase the pencil mark and reboot. (This is not a joke). +.in -4 +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr ifconfig 8 , +.Xr intro 4 , +.Xr ed 4 , +.Xr eg 4 , +.Xr el 4 , +.Xr ie 4 , +.Xr le 4 +.Sh STANDARDS +are great. There's so many to choose from. |