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diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/ep.4 b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/ep.4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..51b6a80666cd2 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/ep.4 @@ -0,0 +1,123 @@ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1994 Herb Peyerl +.\" 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. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by Herb Peyerl +.\" 3. 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: ep.4,v 1.1 1996/07/11 00:22:46 mpp Exp $ +.\" +.Dd February 04, 1993 +.Dt EP 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm ep +.Nd Ethernet driver for 3Com Etherlink III (3c5x9) +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "device ep0 at isa? port 0x300 net irq 10 vector epintr" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm ep +device driver supports the 3c509 (ISA) and 3c579 (EISA) cards. +Various models of these cards come with a different assortment of +connectors: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx +.It AUI/DIX +Standard 15 pin connector +.It 10Base2 +BNC, also known as thin-net +.It 10BaseT +UTP, also known as twisted pair +.El +.Pp +The default port to use is the BNC. To choose an alternate port, +use the following flag combinations with +.Xr ifconfig 8 +or in your /etc/hostname.ep? file. +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx +.It -link0 +Use the BNC port (default). +.It \ link0 -link1 +Use the AUI port. +.It \ link0 \ link1 +Use the UTP port. +.El +.Pp +If there are multiple cards in the computer, they are searched for +in the following order: +The 3c579 EISA cards are searched for first -- they will be found +in EISA slot# order. +Next, the 3c509 ISA cards are searched -- they are found in increasing +ethernet address order. +This is an example of how they will probe: +.Pp +ep0 at isa0 port 0x6000-0x600f irq 10: aui/bnc address 00:60:8c:70:e5:c5 +ep1 at isa0 port 0x300-0x30f irq 3: aui/bnc/utp address 00:20:af:10:62:ab +.Pp +You may specify the port and irq numbers that the cards are expected +to be found at, but it is not necessary. +The cards are sufficiently intelligent to tell us where they +actually live on the ISA bus. +.Pp +.Sh NOTES +The 3c509 card has no jumpers to set the address. +3Com supplies software to set the address of the card in software. +To find the card on the ISA bus, the kernel performs a complex +scan operation at IO address 0x100. +Beware! +Avoid placing other cards at that address! +.Pp +Some models of 3c5x9 have all three connectors on them. +In the case of these cards; you must configure the transceiver type +with the 3Com supplied DOS configuration disk before the link0/link1 +flags will operate correctly. +.Pp +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +ep0: reset (status: %x) +.in +4 +the driver has encountered a FIFO underrun or overrun. The driver will reset +the card and the packet will be lost. This is not fatal. +.in -4 +ep0: eeprom failed to come ready +.in +4 +The eeprom failed to come ready. This probably means the card is wedged. +.in -4 +ep0: 3c509 in test mode. Erase pencil mark! +.in +4 +This means that someone has scribbled with pencil in the test area on the +card. Erase the pencil mark and reboot. (This is not a joke). +.in -4 +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr ifconfig 8 , +.Xr intro 4 , +.Xr ed 4 , +.Xr eg 4 , +.Xr el 4 , +.Xr ie 4 , +.Xr le 4 +.Sh STANDARDS +are great. There's so many to choose from. |