94 lines
2.3 KiB
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94 lines
2.3 KiB
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.\" $NetBSD: ale.4,v 1.4 2009/11/22 16:50:13 snj Exp $
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.\" $OpenBSD: ale.4,v 1.2 2009/02/25 03:15:50 deraadt Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 2009 Kevin Lo <kevlo@openbsd.org>
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.\"
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.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
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.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
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.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
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.\"
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.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
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.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
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.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
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.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
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.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
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.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
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.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
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.\"
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.Dd May 5, 2009
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.Dt ALE 4
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm ale
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.Nd Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 10/100/Gigabit Ethernet device
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Cd "ale* at pci?"
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.Cd "atphy* at mii?"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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driver provides support for Ethernet interfaces based on the
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Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 Ethernet chipset, also known as
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the Attansic L1E.
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.Pp
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The
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.Nm
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driver supports IPv4 receive IP/TCP/UDP checksum offload and VLAN
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tag insertion and stripping.
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.Pp
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The following
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.Ar media
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types are supported:
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width autoselect -compact
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.It Cm autoselect
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Enable autoselection of the media type and options.
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.It Cm 10baseT
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Set 10Mbps operation.
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.It Cm 100baseTX
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Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation.
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.It Cm 1000baseT
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Set 1000Mbps (Gigabit Ethernet) operation.
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.El
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.Pp
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For more information on configuring this device, see
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.Xr ifconfig 8 .
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To view a list of media types and options supported by the card, try
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.Ic ifconfig Ao Ic device Ac Ic media .
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For example,
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.Ic ifconfig ale0 media .
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr arp 4 ,
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.Xr atphy 4 ,
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.Xr ifmedia 4 ,
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.Xr intro 4 ,
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.Xr netintro 4 ,
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.Xr pci 4 ,
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.Xr ifconfig 8
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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device driver first appeared in
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.Ox 4.5 .
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It was then ported to
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.Nx 5.1 .
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.Sh AUTHORS
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.An -nosplit
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The
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.Nm
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driver was written by
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.An Pyun YongHyeon
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for
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.Fx
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and ported to
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.Ox
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by
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.An Kevin Lo
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.Aq kevlo@OpenBSD.org
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then ported to
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.Nx
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by
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.An Christoph Egger
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.Aq cegger@NetBSD.org
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and Kevin Lahey.
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