diff --git a/share/man/man4/ep.4 b/share/man/man4/ep.4 index 0475a92eab99..afe68933c29e 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/ep.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/ep.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $NetBSD: ep.4,v 1.16 1997/04/27 09:43:05 jonathan Exp $ +.\" $NetBSD: ep.4,v 1.17 1997/10/20 21:11:05 thorpej Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1997 Jonathan Stone .\" All rights reserved. @@ -32,30 +32,29 @@ .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd February 16, 1997 +.Dd October 20, 1997 .Dt EP 4 .Os NetBSD .Sh NAME .Nm ep -.Nd Ethernet driver for 3Com Etherlink III (3c509, 3c579, 3c59x) +.Nd device driver for 3Com Etherlink III family .Sh SYNOPSIS -.Cd "ep? at isa? port ? irq ?" +.Cd "ep0 at isa? port ? irq ?" .Cd "ep* at isapnp?" .Cd "ep* at eisa? slot ?" -.Cd "ep* at pci? dev ? function ?" +.Cd "ep* at pci? dev ? function ?" +.Cd "ep* at pcmcia? function ?" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm ep -device driver supports the 3Com Etherlink III family of cards on Alpha -and i386 CPUs. Supported Etherlink III cards include: +device driver supports the 3Com Etherlink III family of Ethernet cards. +Supported Etherlink III cards include: .Pp .Bl -tag -width xxxxxx -offset indent .It 3c509 ISA 10Mbit card, in BNC and multiport variants .It 3c509B -ISA plug-and-play 10Mbit card, in BNC and multiport variants -.It 3c515 -ISA 10Mbit and 10/100 card with busmastering capability (untested) +ISA Plug-and-Play 10Mbit card, in BNC and multiport variants .It 3c579 EISA 10Mbit card, in BNC and muiltport variants .It 3c592 @@ -67,25 +66,29 @@ PCI 10Mbit multiport card with busmastering capability .It 3c595 PCI 10/100Mbit multiport card with busmastering capability .It 3c900 -PCI 10Mbit card in 10baseT and multiport variants +PCI 10Mbit card in 10baseT and multiport variants .It 3c905 PCI 10/100Mbit cards +.It 3c562 +PCMCIA modem/10Mbit Ethernet combo card with dongle +.It 3c589 +PCMCIA 10Mbit card with dongle .El - -The -.Nm ep -driver also works with 3c589 PCMCIA cards, if pre-configured to -work as ISA devices. NetBSD does not include PCMCIA support at this time. +.Pp +The 3c515 is an ISA 10/100 card with busmastering capability. +The chipset is similar to that of the 3c905, with some changes to +make it work with the more limited ISA bus address space. This card +is not currently supported. .Sh MEDIA SELECTION Various models of these cards come with a different assortment of media. Supported 10Mbit Ethernet media include: .Pp .Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxx -offset indent -.It AUI/DIX -Standard 15 pin connector -.It 10Base2 +.It 10base5 +AUI, standard 15 pin connector +.It 10base2 BNC, also known as thin-net -.It 10BaseT +.It 10baseT UTP, also known as twisted pair .El .Pp @@ -102,8 +105,8 @@ standards: .It MII MII connection to external 100Mbit PHY .El - -Note that the 100baseTX and 100baseT4 cards can also run as 10baseT. +.Pp +Note that the 100baseTX and 100baseT4 cards can also run as 10baseT. .Pp The .Nm @@ -128,22 +131,11 @@ Use the builtin 100mbit fibre-optic PHY. .It 100baseT4 Use the builtin 100base-T4 PHY on the UTP port. .El - +.Pp The .Nm driver no longer supports changing media via the link0/link1/link2 flags. .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 ISA cards are expected to be found at, but it is not necessary. The cards are sufficiently intelligent to tell us where they @@ -159,7 +151,7 @@ Avoid placing other cards at that address! The 3Com configuration utilities can `autosense' the active media and save it as default. The saved default medium is the medium that was active atthe time the configuration utility was run. The -.Nm ep +.Nm driver does not yet re-autosense the active media at boot time. If the EEPROM autosense bit is set, the driver simply uses the media type sensed and saved when the configuration utility was run. @@ -186,10 +178,5 @@ Support for autosensing the active media should be added to the driver. .Xr isa 4 , .Xr isapnp 4 , .Xr eisa 4 , -.Xr pci 4 -.Xr ed 4 , -.Xr eg 4 , -.Xr el 4 , -.Xr ie 4 . -.Sh STANDARDS -are great. There's so many to choose from. +.Xr pci 4 , +.Xr pcmcia 4