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author | sheldonh <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-03-01 14:09:25 +0000 |
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committer | sheldonh <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-03-01 14:09:25 +0000 |
commit | b2240fc1c08ba82628285458b057b5f795a68a43 (patch) | |
tree | 5acb2bdc9bc2d2c26e220a424cc6f0b29df60dec /usr.sbin/pccard/pccardd/pccard.conf.5 | |
parent | 3197c29bd1de99eb5100db75bfb4d651f6878fa7 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/usr.sbin/pccard/pccardd/pccard.conf.5 b/usr.sbin/pccard/pccardd/pccard.conf.5 index c10c4d2..999f18e 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/pccard/pccardd/pccard.conf.5 +++ b/usr.sbin/pccard/pccardd/pccard.conf.5 @@ -58,9 +58,11 @@ Each PC-CARD card contains configuration tuples that provide the manufacturer and card version; these are used to identify the card specification in the configuration file, and from this find a driver that can be used to -interface to the particular card. There is a many-to-one mapping +interface to the particular card. +There is a many-to-one mapping between cards to drivers i.e a single driver may interface to -multiple types of cards. To aid this, card parameters may be +multiple types of cards. +To aid this, card parameters may be specified separately from the driver to initialize the card or extract (in the case of a network card) an Ethernet address. .Pp @@ -77,7 +79,8 @@ and .Em remove commands allow a shell command line to be executed. The command to be executed is the rest of the line after -the keyword. The line can be continued using a backslash. +the keyword. +The line can be continued using a backslash. A simple macro substitution allows the current kernel device name .Em ( $device ) @@ -101,7 +104,8 @@ A hash character comments out the rest of the line. .Ss "Resource pool" The (optional) section specifies a pool of system resources such as ISA bus memory address space, Input/Output ports and -interrupt request numbers. This resource pool is used +interrupt request numbers. +This resource pool is used to allocate address space and interrupt numbers dynamically according to the requirements specified in each driver description. @@ -134,18 +138,21 @@ The syntax for card identifiers is: .Pp The first line is mandatory; the latter statements are optional and can appear in -any order. There may be multiple +any order. +There may be multiple .Em config lines. The .Em card parameters are the Manufacturer name and card version that -is used to match the values from the card's CIS memory. The +is used to match the values from the card's CIS memory. +The .Em config parameters select the particular card's configuration index from the range available in the card's CIS, the driver that is to be associated with this configuration, and the interrupt -level (if any) to be assigned. An optional set of flags may +level (if any) to be assigned. +An optional set of flags may be assigned. In .Ar index , @@ -156,9 +163,11 @@ from the CIS and status of using I/O resources. The optional .Em ether keyword is used when network cards have their physical Ethernet address -located within the attribute memory of the card. The parameter of this +located within the attribute memory of the card. +The parameter of this statement indicates the offset within the attribute memory of the -Ethernet address. This value can be used within insert/remove +Ethernet address. +This value can be used within insert/remove commands using the .Em $ether macro. @@ -168,7 +177,8 @@ The and .Em remove sections allow shell commands to be specified that are executed -when the card is inserted or removed. Multiple +when the card is inserted or removed. +Multiple .Em insert and .Em remove |