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diff --git a/share/man/man4/tl.4 b/share/man/man4/tl.4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0716ce0 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/tl.4 @@ -0,0 +1,185 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1997, 1998 +.\" Bill Paul <wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu>. 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. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by Bill Paul. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the author nor the names of any co-contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY Bill Paul 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 Bill Paul OR THE VOICES IN HIS HEAD +.\" 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 TL 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm tl +.Nd "Texas Instruments ThunderLAN Ethernet device driver" +.Sh SYNOPSIS +To compile this driver into the kernel, +place the following lines in your +kernel configuration file: +.Bd -ragged -offset indent +.Cd "device miibus" +.Cd "device tl" +.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_tl_load="YES" +.Ed +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver provides support for PCI Ethernet adapters based on the Texas +Instruments ThunderLAN Ethernet controller chip. +.Pp +The ThunderLAN controller has a standard MII interface that supports +up to 32 physical interface devices (PHYs). +It also has a built-in +10baseT PHY hardwired at MII address 31, which may be used in some +10Mbps-only hardware configurations. +In 100Mbps configurations, a +National Semiconductor DP83840A or other MII-compliant PHY may be +attached to the ThunderLAN's MII bus. +If a DP83840A or equivalent +is available, the ThunderLAN chip can operate at either 100Mbps or +10Mbps in either half-duplex or full-duplex modes. +The ThunderLAN's +built-in PHY and the DP83840A also support autonegotiation. +.Pp +The +.Nm +driver supports the following media types: +.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx +.It autoselect +Enable autoselection of the media type and options. +Note that this +option is only available on those PHYs that support autonegotiation. +Also, the PHY will not advertise those modes that have been explicitly +disabled using the following media options. +.It 10baseT/UTP +Set 10Mbps operation. +.It 100baseTX +Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation. +.It 10base5/AUI +Enable AUI/BNC interface (useful only with the built-in PHY). +.El +.Pp +The +.Nm +driver supports the following media options: +.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx +.It full-duplex +Force full duplex operation. +.It half-duplex +Force half duplex operation. +.It hw-loopback +Enable hardware loopback mode. +.El +.Pp +Note that the 100baseTX media type is only available if supported +by the PHY. +For more information on configuring this device, see +.Xr ifconfig 8 . +.Sh HARDWARE +The +.Nm +driver supports Texas Instruments ThunderLAN based +Ethernet and Fast Ethernet adapters including a large +number of Compaq PCI Ethernet adapters. +Also supported are: +.Pp +.Bl -bullet -compact +.It +Olicom OC-2135/2138 10/100 TX UTP adapter +.It +Olicom OC-2325/OC-2326 10/100 TX UTP adapter +.It +Racore 8148 10baseT/100baseTX/100baseFX adapter +.It +Racore 8165 10/100baseTX adapter +.El +.Pp +The +.Nm +driver also supports the built-in Ethernet adapters of +various Compaq Prosignia servers and Compaq Deskpro desktop +machines including: +.Pp +.Bl -bullet -compact +.It +Compaq Netelligent 10 +.It +Compaq Netelligent 10 T PCI UTP/Coax +.It +Compaq Netelligent 10/100 +.It +Compaq Netelligent 10/100 Dual-Port +.It +Compaq Netelligent 10/100 Proliant +.It +Compaq Netelligent 10/100 TX Embedded UTP +.It +Compaq Netelligent 10/100 TX UTP +.It +Compaq NetFlex 3P +.It +Compaq NetFlex 3P Integrated +.It +Compaq NetFlex 3P w/BNC +.El +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +.Bl -diag +.It "tl%d: couldn't map memory" +A fatal initialization error has occurred. +.It "tl%d: couldn't map interrupt" +A fatal initialization error has occurred. +.It "tl%d: device timeout" +The device has stopped responding to the network, or there is a problem with +the network connection (cable). +.It "tl%d: no memory for rx list" +The driver failed to allocate an mbuf for the receiver ring. +.It "tl%d: no memory for tx list" +The driver failed to allocate an mbuf for the transmitter ring when +allocating a pad buffer or collapsing an mbuf chain into a cluster. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr arp 4 , +.Xr miibus 4 , +.Xr netintro 4 , +.Xr ng_ether 4 , +.Xr ifconfig 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +device driver first appeared in +.Fx 2.2 . +.Sh AUTHORS +The +.Nm +driver was written by +.An Bill Paul Aq wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu . |
