NetBSD/usr.sbin/eshconfig/eshconfig.8

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.Dd February 3, 1998
.Dt ESHCONFIG 8
.Os NetBSD 1.4
.Sh NAME
.Nm eshconfig
.Nd configure Essential Communications' HIPPI network interface
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm eshconfig
.Op Fl b Ar bytes
.Op Fl c Ar bytes 
.Op Fl d Ar filename
.Op Fl e
.Op Fl m Ar bytes
.Op Fl r Ar bytes
.Op Fl s
.Op Fl t
.Op Fl u Ar filename
.Op Fl w Ar bytes
.Op Ar interface
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is used to configure device-specific parameters and download new firmware
to the Essential Communications RoadRunner-based HIPPI network interface.
The interface is very sensitive to the DMA performance characteristics
of the host, and so requires careful tuning to achieve reasonable 
performance.  
In addition, firmware is likely to change frequently, which necessitates
a reasonably easy way to update that firmware.
.Pp
Available operands for
.Nm eshconfig :
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl b
Adjust the burst size for read (by NIC of host memory) DMA.
.It Fl c
Adjust the burst size for write (by NIC of host memory) DMA.
.It Fl d
Filename for file to download into NIC firmware.  
This must be a file in the standard Essential format, with :04 preceding
every line, and a tag line at the end indicating the characteristics
of the firmware file. 
.It Fl e
Write data to EEPROM.  
Normally, setting tuning parameters will only persist until the
system is rebooted.
Setting this parameter ensures that the changes will be written to
EEPROM.
.It Fl m
Minimum number of bytes to DMA in one direction (read or write)
before allowing a DMA in the other direction.  Tuning this prevents
one direction from dominating the flow of bytes, and artificially
throttling the NIC.
.It Fl r
Bytes before DMA starts for read (from host to NIC).
This controls how soon the DMA is triggered;  until this many bytes
are requested, the DMA will not begin.
.It Fl s
Show statistics for the HIPPI NIC.  
Repeat the option to suppress non-zero statistics.
.It Fl t
Show current tuning parameters on the host.
.It Fl u
Name of file to which the NIC firmware should be uploaded.  
Not currently supported.
.It Fl w
Number of bytes required before write (from NIC to host) DMA
is started.
Until this many bytes are ready to be written, the DMA will not start.
.Pp
Only the super-user may modify the configuration of a network interface.
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
Messages indicating the specified interface does not exist
or the user is not privileged and
tried to alter an interface's configuration.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
.Xr esh 4
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
command first appeared in
.Nx 1.4.