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diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.powerpc/bm.4 b/share/man/man4/man4.powerpc/bm.4 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..3e1208417761 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/man4.powerpc/bm.4 @@ -0,0 +1,89 @@ +.\"- +.\" Copyright (c) 2008 Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@FreeBSD.org> +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED +.\" WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE +.\" DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, +.\" INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES +.\" (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR +.\" SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, +.\" STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN +.\" ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE +.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd July 3, 2008 +.Dt BM 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm bm +.Nd BMAC Ethernet device driver +.Sh SYNOPSIS +To compile this driver into the kernel, +place the following lines in your +kernel configuration file: +.Bd -ragged -offset indent +.Cd "device miibus" +.Cd "device bm" +.Ed +.Pp +Alternatively, to load the driver as a +module at boot time, place the following line in +.Xr loader.conf 5 : +.Bd -literal -offset indent +if_bm_load="YES" +.Ed +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver provides support for the BMac ethernet hardware found mostly in +G3-based Apple hardware. +It is a close relative of the Sun HME controller found in contemporary +Sun workstations. +.Sh HARDWARE +.Pp +Chips supported by the +.Nm +driver include: +.Pp +.Bl -bullet -compact +.It +Apple BMAC Onboard Ethernet +.It +Apple BMAC+ Onboard Ethernet +.El +.Pp +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr altq 4 , +.Xr hme 4 , +.Xr miibus 4 , +.Xr netintro 4 , +.Xr ifconfig 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +device driver appeared in +.Fx 7.1 . +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +The +.Nm +driver was written by +.An Nathan Whitehorn +.Aq nwhitehorn@freebsd.org +based on work by +.An Peter Grehan +.Aq grehan@freebsd.org . |