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diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/eg.4 b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/eg.4 index 089f40814433..68cf27fb5732 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/eg.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/eg.4 @@ -28,14 +28,27 @@ .Os .Sh NAME .Nm eg -.Nd Ethernet driver for 3Com 3c505 Ethernet boards +.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 Ethernet board. +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 , @@ -44,3 +57,14 @@ interface provides access to a 10 Mb/s Ethernet network via the .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 Dean Huxley. +This manual page was written by James A. Jegers. |