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diff --git a/share/man/man4/de.4 b/share/man/man4/de.4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c9f25ad --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/de.4 @@ -0,0 +1,149 @@ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1997 David E. O'Brien +.\" +.\" 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 DEVELOPERS ``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 DEVELOPERS 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 July 16, 2005 +.Dt DE 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm de +.Nd "DEC DC21x4x Ethernet device driver" +.Sh SYNOPSIS +To compile this driver into the kernel, +place the following line in your +kernel configuration file: +.Bd -ragged -offset indent +.Cd "device de" +.Ed +.Pp +Alternatively, to load the driver as a +module at boot time, place the following line in +.Xr loader.conf 5 : +.Bd -literal -offset indent +if_de_load="YES" +.Ed +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver provides support for the Ethernet adapters based on the Digital +Equipment DC21x4x based self-contained Ethernet and Fast Ethernet +chips. +.Pp +The +.Nm +driver supports the following media types: +.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx +.It autoselect +Enable autoselection of the media type and options +.It 10baseT/UTP +Set 10Mbps operation on the 10baseT port +.It 10base2/BNC +Set 10Mbps operation on the BNC port +.It 10base5/AUI +Set 10Mbps operation on the AUI port +.It 100baseTX +Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation +.It 100baseFX +Set 100Mbps operation +.It 100baseT4 +Set 100Mbps operation (4-pair cat-3 cable) +.El +.Pp +The +.Nm +driver supports the following media options: +.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx +.It full-duplex +Set full duplex operation +.El +.Pp +Note that the media types available depend on the particular card in use. +Some cards are explicitly programmed to a particular media type by a +setup utility and are not changeable. +.Pp +Use the +.Xr ifconfig 8 +command and in particular the +.Fl m +flag to list the supported media types for your particular card. +.Pp +The old +.Dq ifconfig linkN +method of configuration is not supported. +.Sh HARDWARE +Adapters supported by the +.Nm +driver include: +.Pp +.Bl -bullet -compact +.It +Adaptec ANA-6944/TX +.It +Cogent EM100FX and EM440TX +.It +Corega FastEther PCI-TX +.It +D-Link DFE-500TX +.It +DEC DE435, DEC DE450, and DEC DE500 +.It +ELECOM LD-PCI2T, LD-PCITS +.It +I-O DATA LA2/T-PCI +.It +SMC Etherpower 8432, 9332 and 9334 +.It +ZNYX ZX3xx +.El +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +.Bl -diag +.It "de%d: waking device from sleep/snooze mode" +The 21041 and 21140A chips support suspending the operation of the card. +.It "de%d: error: desired IRQ of %d does not match device's actual IRQ of %d" +The device probe detected that the board is configured for a different +interrupt than the one specified in the kernel configuration file. +.It "de%d: not configured; limit of %d reached or exceeded" +There is a limit of 32 +.Nm +devices allowed in a single machine. +.It "de%d: not configured; 21040 pass 2.0 required (%d.%d found)" +.It "de%d: not configured; 21140 pass 1.1 required (%d.%d found)" +Certain revisions of the chipset are not supported by this driver. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr altq 4 , +.Xr arp 4 , +.Xr netintro 4 , +.Xr ng_ether 4 , +.Xr ifconfig 8 +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +The +.Nm +device driver was written by +.An Matt Thomas . +This manual page was written by +.An David E. O'Brien . |