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.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1994 James A. Jegers
.\" All rights reserved.
.\"
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.\" $Id: eg.4,v 1.6 1998/03/12 07:30:31 charnier Exp $
.\"
.Dd July 10, 1995
.Dt EG 4 i386
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm eg
.Nd Ethernet driver for 3Com 3c505 Etherlink+ Ethernet board
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Cd "device eg0 at isa? port 0x310 net irq 5"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
interface provides access to a 10 Mb/s Ethernet network via the
3Com 3c505 board based on the Intel 82586 Ethernet chip.
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
.Bl -diag
.It "eg%d: configure card command failed"
For some reason, the driver could not initialize the card. Please check
the card's IRQ and I/O settings relative to those in the kernel
configuration file.
.El
.Pp
.Sh BUGS
Uses the onboard firmware, which is not a good way to do it.
Doesn't support DMA or high speeds.
Currently the driver does not support multicast.
The timeout interval can be quite long (16 seconds) for a 512k board.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ed 4 ,
.Xr el 4 ,
.Xr ep 4 ,
.Xr ie 4 ,
.Xr intro 4 ,
.Xr le 4 ,
.Xr ifconfig 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
device driver first appeared in
.Fx 2.0.5
coming from NetBSD.
.Sh AUTHORS
The
.Nm
device driver was written by
.An Dean Huxley .
This manual page was written by
.An James A. Jegers .
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