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diff --git a/share/man/man4/ef.4 b/share/man/man4/ef.4 deleted file mode 100644 index ce07487..0000000 --- a/share/man/man4/ef.4 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,111 +0,0 @@ -.\" -.\" Copyright (c) 1999, Boris Popov -.\" 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 June 20, 1999 -.Dt EF 4 -.Os -.Sh NAME -.Nm ef -.Nd "pseudo-device driver providing support for multiple Ethernet frame types" -.Sh SYNOPSIS -.Cd "device ef" -.Sh DESCRIPTION -The -.Nm -pseudo-device driver clones each Ethernet type device with four -additional interfaces. -Each of them is capable to send or receive only -one predefined frame type. -.Pp -Names for the new interfaces are created by adding a -.Ar fN -suffix to an existing device name. -Where -.Ar N -is a device unit which can have one of the following values: -.Bd -literal -offset indent -0 interface with an Ethernet_II frame -1 interface with a Novell Ethernet_802.3 frame -2 interface with an Ethernet_802.2 frame -3 interface with an Ethernet_802.2/SNAP frame support. -.Ed -.Pp -For example, device -.Ar ed0 -will be populated with four devices: -.Ar ed0f0 , -.Ar ed0f1 , -.Ar ed0f2 -and -.Ar ed0f3 . -.Pp -After that, each device can be configured as usual: -.Dl # ifconfig ed0f1 ipx 0x105 -This will configure IPX protocol with network number -.Ar 0x105 -and -.Ar Ethernet_802.3 -frame type. -.Pp -Please note that it is impossible to configure the IPX protocol on the parent -.Ar ed0 -device after the -.Ar if_ef.ko -driver has been loaded. -.Pp -If the parent interface is not configured for any other protocol -(IP for example), subinterfaces will not function. -To avoid that, the parent interface should be -manually marked as -.Dq up : -.Dl # ifconfig ed0 up -.Sh EXAMPLES -The -.Nm -driver can be loaded via the -.Xr loader.conf 5 -file: -.Dl if_ef_load="YES" -.Pp -In this case, ordinary interface configuration commands can be used -in the -.Xr rc.conf 5 -file: -.Dl network_interfaces="ed2 lo0 tun0 ed2f0 ed2f1" -.Dl ifconfig_ed2f0_ipx="ipx 0x101" -.Dl ifconfig_ed2f1_ipx="ipx 0x102" -.Sh DIAGNOSTICS -None. -.Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr ipx 3 , -.Xr ifconfig 8 -.Sh AUTHORS -.An Boris Popov Aq bp@FreeBSD.org . -.Sh CAVEATS -Avoid to configure the parent Ethernet device for the IPX protocol, after the -.Nm -driver is loaded. |