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diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/cs.4 b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/cs.4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b7e0389 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/cs.4 @@ -0,0 +1,152 @@ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1998 Michael Smith +.\" 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 July 16, 2005 +.Dt CS 4 i386 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm cs +.Nd "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 cs" +.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_cs_load="YES" +.Ed +.Pp +In +.Pa /boot/device.hints : +.Cd hint.cs.0.at="isa" +.Cd hint.cs.0.port="0x300" +.Cd hint.cs.0.irq="10" +.Cd hint.cs.0.maddr="0xd000" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver provides support for ISA Ethernet adapters based on the +.Tn Crystal Semiconductor CS8900 +and +.Tn CS8920 +NICs. +These devices are used on the +.Tn IBM EtherJet ISA +adapters and in many embedded applications where the high integration, small +size and low cost of the CS89x0 family compensate for their drawbacks. +.Pp +The +.Nm +driver will obtain configuration parameters either from +.Pa /boot/device.hints +or from the card. +At least the I/O port number must be specified. +Other parameters specified in +.Pa /boot/device.hints +will be used if present; +the card may be soft-configured so these may be any valid +value. +Adapters based on the CS8920 normally offer PnP configuration and the driver +will detect the +.Tn IBM EtherJet +and the +.Tn CSC6040 +adapters automatically. +.Pp +Note that the CS8900 is limited to 4 IRQ values; these are normally implemented +as 5, 10, 11 and 12. +The CS8920 has no such limitation. +.Pp +Memory-mapped and DMA operation are not supported at this time. +.Pp +In addition to the ISA devices, the PC Card devices based on the CS889x0 +family are also supported. +The IBM EtherJet PCMCIA Card is the only known device based on this +chip. +The PC Card support does not need the above specific ISA hints to work. +The PC Card support may not work for 10base2 (thinnet) connections and may +bogusly claim to support 10base5 (there are no known cards that have an +AUI necessary for 10base5 support on their dongles). +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +.Bl -diag +.It "cs%d: full/half duplex negotiation timeout" +The attempt to negotiate duplex settings with the hub timed out. +This may +indicate a cabling problem or a faulty or incompatible hub. +.It "cs%d: failed to enable <media>" +The CS89x0 failed to select the nominated media, either because it is not +present or not operating correctly. +.It "cs%d: No EEPROM, assuming defaults" +The CS89x0 does not have an EEPROM, or the EEPROM is hopelessly damaged. +Operation +will only be successful if the configuration entry lists suitable values for +the adapter. +.It "cs%d: Invalid irq" +The IRQ specified in the configuration entry is not valid for the adapter. +.It "cs%d: Could not allocate memory for NIC" +There is a critical memory shortage. +The adapter will not function. +.It "cs%d: Adapter has no media" +The adapter is not configured for a specific media type. +The media type will have +to be manually set. +.It "This is a %s, but LDN %d is disabled" +The PnP probe code found a recognised adapter, but the adapter is disabled. +.It "failed to read pnp parms" +A PnP adapter was found, but configuration parameters for it could not be read. +.It "failed to pnp card parameters" +The parameters obtained via PnP were not accepted by the driver. +The adapter +may not function. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.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 Maxim Bolotin +and +.An Oleg Sharoiko . +This manpage was written by +.An Michael Smith . +.Sh CAVEATS +The CS89x0 family of adapters have a very small RAM buffer (4K). +This may +cause problems with extremely high network loads or bursty network traffic. +In particular, NFS operations should be limited to 1k read/write transactions +in order to avoid overruns. |