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author | wpaul <wpaul@FreeBSD.org> | 1998-05-21 03:20:39 +0000 |
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committer | wpaul <wpaul@FreeBSD.org> | 1998-05-21 03:20:39 +0000 |
commit | 2a6334d0d1ccfd23899d6834e844153d5ea23751 (patch) | |
tree | 401840294fd77a1d2c722c0c439b592c3cf8bfac /share | |
parent | 233616e129c5f7e4e987cdfa1125b86ac71fd5bd (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-2a6334d0d1ccfd23899d6834e844153d5ea23751.zip FreeBSD-src-2a6334d0d1ccfd23899d6834e844153d5ea23751.tar.gz |
Add man page for ThunderLAN driver.
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-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/man4.i386/Makefile | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/man4.i386/tl.4 | 124 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/tl.4 | 124 |
3 files changed, 250 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/Makefile b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/Makefile index c09c797..c533cba 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/Makefile +++ b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/Makefile @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# $Id: Makefile,v 1.72 1998/02/18 13:50:19 msmith Exp $ +# $Id: Makefile,v 1.73 1998/03/09 10:56:20 jkh Exp $ MAN4= aha.4 ahb.4 ahc.4 aic.4 alog.4 apm.4 ar.4 asc.4 bktr.4 bt.4 \ cx.4 cy.4 de.4 \ @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ MAN4= aha.4 ahb.4 ahc.4 aic.4 alog.4 apm.4 ar.4 asc.4 bktr.4 bt.4 \ meteor.4 mouse.4 mse.4 mtio.4 nca.4 ncr.4 npx.4 \ pcvt.4 perfmon.4 pnp.4 psm.4 \ scd.4 screen.4 sb.4 sea.4 si.4 sio.4 \ - spkr.4 sr.4 sysmouse.4 tw.4 tx.4 uha.4 vx.4 \ + spkr.4 sr.4 sysmouse.4 tl.4 tw.4 tx.4 uha.4 vx.4 \ wd.4 wfd.4 wl.4 wt.4 ze.4 zp.4 MLINKS= aha.4 ../aha.4 diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/tl.4 b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/tl.4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7491592 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/tl.4 @@ -0,0 +1,124 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1997, 1998 +.\" Bill Paul <wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu>. 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 Bill Paul. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the author nor the names of any co-contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY Bill Paul 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 Bill Paul OR THE VOICES IN HIS HEAD +.\" 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: tl.4,v 1.3 1998/05/06 05:40:56 wpaul Exp $ +.\" +.Dd May 1, 1998 +.Dt TL 4 i386 +.Os FreeBSD +.Sh NAME +.Nm tl +.Nd +Texas Instruments ThunderLAN ethernet device driver +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "device tl0" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver provides support for PCI ethernet adapters based on the Texas +Instruments ThunderLAN ethernet controller chip. This includes a large +number of Compaq PCI-bus ethernet adapters as well as the integrated +ethernet controllers built in to several models of Compaq Prosignia +servers and Compaq Deskpro desktop machines. +.Pp +The ThunderLAN controller has a standard MII interface that supports +up to 32 physical interface devices (PHYs). It also has a built-in +10baseT PHY hardwired at MII address 31, which may be used in some +10Mbps-only hardware configurations. In 100Mbps configurations, a +National Semiconductor DP83840A or other MII-compliant PHY may be +attached to the ThunderLAN's MII bus. If a DP83840A or equivalent +is available, the ThunderLAN chip can operate at either 100Mbps or +10Mbps in either half-duplex or full-duplex modes. The ThunderLAN's +built-in PHY and the DP83840A also support autonegotiation. +.Pp +The +.Nm +driver supports the following media types: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx +.It autoselect +Enable autoselection of the media type and options. Note that this +option is only available on those PHYs that support autonegotiation. +Also, the PHY will not advertise those modes that have been explcitly +disabled using the following media options. +.It 10baseT/UTP +Set 10Mbps operation +.It 100baseTX +Set 100Mbps (fast ethernet) operation +.It 10base5/AUI +Enable AUI/BNC interface (useful only with the built-in PHY). +.El +.Pp +The +.Nm +driver supports the following media options: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx +.It full-duplex +Force full duplex operation +.It half-duplex +Force half duplex operation. +.It hw-loopback +Enable hardware loopback mode. +.El +.Pp +Note that the 100baseTX media type is only available if supported +by the PHY. +For more information on configuring this device, see +.Xr ifconfig 8 . +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +.Bl -diag +.It "tl%d: couldn't map memory" +A fatal initialization error has occurred. +.It "tl%d: couldn't map interrupt" +A fatal initialization error has occurred. +.It "tl%d: device timeout" +The device has stopped responding to the network, or there is a problem with +the network connection (cable). +.It "tl%d: no memory for rx list" +The driver failed to allocate an mbuf for the receiver ring. +.It "tl%d: no memory for tx list" +The driver fauled to allocate an mbuf for the transmitter ring when +allocating a pad buffer or collapsing an mbuf chain into a cluster. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr arp 4 , +.Xr netintro 4 , +.Xr ifconfig 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +device driver first appeared in +.Fx 2.2 . +.Sh AUTHOR +The +.Nm +driver was written by +.An Bill Paul Aq wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu . diff --git a/share/man/man4/tl.4 b/share/man/man4/tl.4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7491592 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/tl.4 @@ -0,0 +1,124 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1997, 1998 +.\" Bill Paul <wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu>. 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 Bill Paul. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the author nor the names of any co-contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY Bill Paul 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 Bill Paul OR THE VOICES IN HIS HEAD +.\" 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: tl.4,v 1.3 1998/05/06 05:40:56 wpaul Exp $ +.\" +.Dd May 1, 1998 +.Dt TL 4 i386 +.Os FreeBSD +.Sh NAME +.Nm tl +.Nd +Texas Instruments ThunderLAN ethernet device driver +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "device tl0" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver provides support for PCI ethernet adapters based on the Texas +Instruments ThunderLAN ethernet controller chip. This includes a large +number of Compaq PCI-bus ethernet adapters as well as the integrated +ethernet controllers built in to several models of Compaq Prosignia +servers and Compaq Deskpro desktop machines. +.Pp +The ThunderLAN controller has a standard MII interface that supports +up to 32 physical interface devices (PHYs). It also has a built-in +10baseT PHY hardwired at MII address 31, which may be used in some +10Mbps-only hardware configurations. In 100Mbps configurations, a +National Semiconductor DP83840A or other MII-compliant PHY may be +attached to the ThunderLAN's MII bus. If a DP83840A or equivalent +is available, the ThunderLAN chip can operate at either 100Mbps or +10Mbps in either half-duplex or full-duplex modes. The ThunderLAN's +built-in PHY and the DP83840A also support autonegotiation. +.Pp +The +.Nm +driver supports the following media types: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx +.It autoselect +Enable autoselection of the media type and options. Note that this +option is only available on those PHYs that support autonegotiation. +Also, the PHY will not advertise those modes that have been explcitly +disabled using the following media options. +.It 10baseT/UTP +Set 10Mbps operation +.It 100baseTX +Set 100Mbps (fast ethernet) operation +.It 10base5/AUI +Enable AUI/BNC interface (useful only with the built-in PHY). +.El +.Pp +The +.Nm +driver supports the following media options: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx +.It full-duplex +Force full duplex operation +.It half-duplex +Force half duplex operation. +.It hw-loopback +Enable hardware loopback mode. +.El +.Pp +Note that the 100baseTX media type is only available if supported +by the PHY. +For more information on configuring this device, see +.Xr ifconfig 8 . +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +.Bl -diag +.It "tl%d: couldn't map memory" +A fatal initialization error has occurred. +.It "tl%d: couldn't map interrupt" +A fatal initialization error has occurred. +.It "tl%d: device timeout" +The device has stopped responding to the network, or there is a problem with +the network connection (cable). +.It "tl%d: no memory for rx list" +The driver failed to allocate an mbuf for the receiver ring. +.It "tl%d: no memory for tx list" +The driver fauled to allocate an mbuf for the transmitter ring when +allocating a pad buffer or collapsing an mbuf chain into a cluster. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr arp 4 , +.Xr netintro 4 , +.Xr ifconfig 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +device driver first appeared in +.Fx 2.2 . +.Sh AUTHOR +The +.Nm +driver was written by +.An Bill Paul Aq wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu . |