118 lines
4.0 KiB
Groff
118 lines
4.0 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (c) 1986, 1991 The Regents of the University of California.
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.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
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.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" from: @(#)ace.4 6.5 (Berkeley) 3/27/91
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.\" $Id: ace.4,v 1.2 1993/08/01 07:36:56 mycroft Exp $
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.\"
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.Dd March 27, 1991
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.Dt ACE 4 tahoe
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.Os BSD 4.2
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm ace
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.Nd
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.Tn ACC
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10 Mb/s Ethernet interface
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Cd "device ace0 at vba? csr 0xffff0000 flags 0xfff80000 vector acecint acerint"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm ace
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interface provides access to a 10 Mb/s Ethernet network through
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an
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.Tn ACC
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controller.
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.Pp
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The hardware has 32 kilobytes of dual-ported memory on the
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.Tn VERSAbus .
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This memory
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is used for internal buffering by the board, and the interface code reads
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the buffer contents directly through the
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.Tn VERSAbus .
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The address of this memory is given in the
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.Ar flags
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field
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in the configuration file.
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.Pp
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Each of the host's network addresses
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is specified at boot time with an
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.Dv SIOCSIFADDR
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.Xr ioctl 2 .
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The
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.Nm ace
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interface employs the address resolution protocol described in
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.Xr arp 4
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to dynamically map between Internet and Ethernet addresses on the local
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network.
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.Pp
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The interface normally tries to use a
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.Dq trailer
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encapsulation
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to minimize copying data on input and output.
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The use of trailers is negotiated with
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.Tn ARP .
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This negotiation may be disabled, on a per-interface basis,
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by setting the
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.Dv IFF_NOTRAILERS
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flag with an
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.Dv SIOCSIFFLAGS
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.Xr ioctl .
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.Pp
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The device implements an exponential backoff algorithm
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when notified of a collision on the cable. This algorithm utilizes
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a table of random numbers setup by the system at boot time.
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The delay is done in the controller.
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.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
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.Bl -diag
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.It "ace%d: stray xmit interrupt, xnct %d."
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An unexpected transmission complete interrupt was received;
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the interrupt is ignored.
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.It "ace%d: can't handle af%d."
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The interface was handed
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a message with addresses formatted in an unsuitable address
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family; the packet was dropped.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr intro 4 ,
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.Xr inet 4 ,
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.Xr arp 4
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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driver appeared in
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.Bx 4.3 tahoe .
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.Sh BUGS
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The hardware is not capable of talking to itself. The software
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implements local sending and broadcast by sending such packets to the
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loop interface. This is a kludge.
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.Pp
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The device doesn't autoconfigure its interrupt vector; it is set
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at 0x90 + eight times the unit number.
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