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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/eeprom/eeprom.8')
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1 files changed, 43 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/eeprom/eeprom.8 b/usr.sbin/eeprom/eeprom.8 index 637e15a..c5da658 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/eeprom/eeprom.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/eeprom/eeprom.8 @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ .\" from: NetBSD: eeprom.8,v 1.11 2003/03/31 01:31:39 perry Exp .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd May 16, 2004 +.Dd August 15, 2004 .Dt EEPROM 8 sparc64 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -254,13 +254,20 @@ Default: .It Va local-mac-address? If set to .Dq Li false , -all Ethernet devices will use the system default MAC address. +all Ethernet devices with FCode will use the system default MAC address. If set to .Dq Li true , -Ethernet devices which have a unique MAC address will use it rather -than the system's default MAC address. +Ethernet devices with FCode that contains an unique MAC address will use it +rather than the system's default MAC address. Default: .Dq Li false . +.Pp +Ethernet devices with FCode include those supported by +.Xr dc 4 , +.Xr gem 4 +and +.Xr hme 4 . +Please see the respective manual page for further information. .It Va mfg-mode Manufacture test mode interpreted by the POST. Possible values are @@ -649,11 +656,27 @@ New password: Retype new password: .Ed .Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr dc 4 , +.Xr gem 4 , +.Xr hme 4 , .Xr ofwdump 8 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm utility first appeared in +.Bx 4.4 . +It was adopted from there by +.Fx 2.0 . +The +.Nm +utility was removed from +.Fx +again after +.Fx 2.1.7 +because the utility was unused at that time. +The present implementation of the +.Nm +utility first appeared in .Fx 5.3 . It is inspired by the .Nx @@ -661,6 +684,22 @@ It is inspired by the and SunOS/Solaris .Xr eeprom 1M utilities. +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +The +.Nm +utility uses base code from the +.Nx +version written by +.An "Jason R. Thorpe" . +The handlers for the Open Firmware +.Pa /options +node were written by +.An "Marius Strobl" Aq marius@FreeBSD.org . +The code for accessing the Open Firmware device tree is shared with the +.Xr ofwdump 8 +utility written by +.An "Thomas Moestl" Aq tmm@FreeBSD.org . .Sh BUGS Currently, .Nm |