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+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1994 James A. Jegers
+.\" 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. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
+.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission
+.\"
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``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 THE AUTHOR 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.
+.\"
+.\" $Id: eg.4,v 1.5 1997/02/22 13:25:19 peter 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 vector egintr"
+.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 .