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diff --git a/share/man/man4/sf.4 b/share/man/man4/sf.4 index 8adeacf..efbad00 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/sf.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/sf.4 @@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ Adaptec AIC-6915 "Starfire" PCI fast ethernet adapter driver The .Nm driver provides support for Adaptec Duralink fast ethernet adapters -based on the Adaptec AIC-6915 "Starfire" chipset. This includes the +based on the Adaptec AIC-6915 "Starfire" chipset. +This includes the following: .Bl -bullet -offset indent .It @@ -59,17 +60,21 @@ ANA-69011 32-bit single port 10/100baseTX adapter ANA-62020 64-bit single port 100baseFX adapter .El .Pp -The AIC-6915 is a bus master controller with an MII interface. It +The AIC-6915 is a bus master controller with an MII interface. +It supports high and low priority transmit and receive queues, TCP/IP checksum offload, multiple DMA descriptor formats and both polling -and producer/consumer DMA models. The AIC-6915 receive filtering +and producer/consumer DMA models. +The AIC-6915 receive filtering options include a 16 entry perfect filter, a 512-bit hash table for multicast addresses, a 512-bit hash table for priority address -matching and VLAN filtering. An external MII-compliant transceiver +matching and VLAN filtering. +An external MII-compliant transceiver is required for media interfacing. .Pp Multiport adapters consist of several AIC-6915 controllers connected -via a PCI to PCI bridge. Each controller is treated as a separate +via a PCI to PCI bridge. +Each controller is treated as a separate interface by the .Nm driver. @@ -86,7 +91,8 @@ the autoselected mode by adding media options to the .Pa /etc/rc.conf file. .It 10baseT/UTP -Set 10Mbps operation. The +Set 10Mbps operation. +The .Ar mediaopt option can also be used to select either .Ar full-duplex @@ -94,7 +100,8 @@ or .Ar half-duplex modes. .It 100baseTX -Set 100Mbps (fast ethernet) operation. The +Set 100Mbps (fast ethernet) operation. +The .Ar mediaopt option can also be used to select either .Ar full-duplex @@ -119,7 +126,8 @@ For more information on configuring this device, see .Sh DIAGNOSTICS .Bl -diag .It "sf%d: couldn't map memory" -A fatal initialization error has occurred. This may +A fatal initialization error has occurred. +This may happen if the PCI BIOS not configured the device, which may be because the BIOS has been configured for a "Plug and Play" operating system. The "Plug and Play OS" setting int he BIOS should be set to "no" or |
