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diff --git a/share/man/man4/nge.4 b/share/man/man4/nge.4 index cc5fa34..6765327 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/nge.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/nge.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" Copyright (c) 2001 Wind River Syste,s +.\" Copyright (c) 2001 Wind River Systems .\" Copyright (c) 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 .\" Bill Paul <wpaul@bsdi.com>. All rights reserved. .\" @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ .\" .Dd July 11, 2001 .Dt NGE 4 -.Os FreeBSD +.Os .Sh NAME .Nm nge .Nd "National Semiconductor PCI gigabit ethernet adapter driver" @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ driver provides support for various NICs based on the National Semiconductor DP83820 and DP83821 gigabit ethernet controller chips, including the following: .Pp -.Bl -bullet -offset indent -compact +.Bl -bullet -compact .It SMC EZ Card 1000 (SMC9462TX) .It @@ -59,9 +59,11 @@ Addrton AEG320T .El .Pp All of these NICs are capable of 10, 100 and 1000mbps speeds over CAT5 -copper cable. The DP83820 supports TBI (ten bit interface) and GMII +copper cable. +The DP83820 supports TBI (ten bit interface) and GMII transceivers, which means it can be used with either copper of 1000baseX -fiber applications. The DP83820 supports TCP/IP checksum offload and +fiber applications. +The DP83820 supports TCP/IP checksum offload and VLAN tagging/insertion as well as a 2048-bit multicast hash filter and up to 4 pattern match buffers. .Pp @@ -70,7 +72,7 @@ chip, which supports autonegotiation of 10, 100 and 1000mbps modes in full or half duplex. .Pp The DP83820 also supports jumbo frames, which can be configured -via the interface MTY setting. +via the interface MTU setting. Selecting an MTU larger than 1500 bytes with the .Xr ifconfig 8 utility configures the adapter to receive and transmit jumbo frames. @@ -80,65 +82,62 @@ such as file transfers and data streaming. The .Nm driver supports the following media types: -.Pp .Bl -tag -width 10baseTXUTP -.It autoselect +.It Cm autoselect Enable autoselection of the media type and options. The user can manually override the autoselected mode by adding media options to .Xr rc.conf 5 . -.It 10baseT/UTP +.It Cm 10baseT/UTP Set 10Mbps operation. The .Xr ifconfig 8 -.Cm mediaopt +.Ic mediaopt option can also be used to select either -.Sq full-duplex +.Cm full-duplex or -.Sq half-duplex +.Cm half-duplex modes. -.It 100baseTX +.It Cm 100baseTX Set 100Mbps (fast ethernet) operation. The .Xr ifconfig 8 -.Cm mediaopt +.Ic mediaopt option can also be used to select either -.Sq full-duplex +.Cm full-duplex or -.Sq half-duplex +.Cm half-duplex modes. -.It 1000baseTX +.It Cm 1000baseTX Set 1000baseTX operation over twisted pair. -.Ar full-duplex +.Cm full-duplex and -.Ar half-duplex +.Cm half-duplex modes are supported. -.It 1000baseSX +.It Cm 1000baseSX Set 1000Mbps (gigabit ethernet) operation. Both -.Ar full-duplex +.Cm full-duplex and -.Ar half-duplex +.Cm half-duplex modes are supported. .El .Pp The .Nm driver supports the following media options: -.Pp -.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -.It full-duplex -Force full duplex operation -.It half-duplex +.Bl -tag -width full-duplex +.It Cm full-duplex +Force full duplex operation. +.It Cm half-duplex Force half duplex operation. .El .Pp The .Nm driver also supports one special link option for 1000baseTX cards: -.Pp -.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxx -.It link0 +.Bl -tag -width link0 +.It Cm link0 With 1000baseTX cards, establishing a link between two ports requires that one port be configured as a master and the other a slave. With autonegotiation, @@ -149,7 +148,7 @@ The .Nm driver configures the ports as slaves by default. Setting the -.Ar link0 +.Cm link0 flag with .Xr ifconfig 8 will set a port as a master instead. @@ -181,9 +180,9 @@ the network connection (cable). .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr arp 4 , -.Xr netintro 4 , -.Xr vlan 4 , +.Xr netintro 4 , .Xr ng_ether 4 , +.Xr vlan 4 , .Xr ifconfig 8 .Rs .%T National Semiconductor DP83820 datasheet |