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diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/eg.4 b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/eg.4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..9e96270b2a7a0 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/eg.4 @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@ +.\" +.\" 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 . |