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diff --git a/share/man/man4/txp.4 b/share/man/man4/txp.4 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..6ef30dbc413a --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/txp.4 @@ -0,0 +1,151 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: txp.4,v 1.8 2001/06/26 02:09:11 pjanzen Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2001 Jason L. Wright (jason@thought.net) +.\" 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 March 12, 2009 +.Dt TXP 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm txp +.Nd "3Com 3XP Typhoon/Sidewinder (3CR990) Ethernet interface" +.Sh SYNOPSIS +To compile this driver into the kernel, +place the following line in your +kernel configuration file: +.Bd -ragged -offset indent +.Cd "device txp" +.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_txp_load="YES" +.Ed +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +interface provides access to the 10Mb/s and 100Mb/s Ethernet networks via the +.Tn 3Com +.Tn Typhoon/Sidewinder +chipset. +.Pp +Basic Ethernet functions are provided as well as support for +.Xr vlan 4 +tag removal and insertion assistance, receive +.Xr ip 4 , +.Xr tcp 4 , +and +.Xr udp 4 +checksum offloading, +and +transmit +.Xr ip 4 +checksum offloading. +There is currently no support for +transmit +.Xr tcp 4 +or +.Xr udp 4 +checksum offloading, +.Xr tcp 4 +segmentation, nor +.Xr ipsec 4 +acceleration. +.Pp +Each of the host's network addresses +is specified at boot time with an +.Dv SIOCSIFADDR +.Xr ioctl 2 . +The +.Nm +interface employs the address resolution protocol described in +.Xr arp 4 +to dynamically map between Internet and Ethernet addresses on the local +network. +.Pp +When a +.Nm +interface is brought up, by default, it will attempt to auto-negotiate the +link speed and duplex mode. +The speeds, in order of attempt, are: +100Mb/s Full Duplex, 100Mb/s Half Duplex, 10 Mb/s Full Duplex, and +10 Mb/s Half Duplex. +.Pp +The +.Nm +supports several media types, which are selected via the +.Xr ifconfig 8 +command. +The supported media types are: +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It Cm media autoselect +Attempt to autoselect the media type (default) +.It Cm media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex +Use 100baseTX, full duplex +.It Cm media 100baseTX Op Cm mediaopt half-duplex +Use 100baseTX, half duplex +.It Cm media 10baseT mediaopt full-duplex +Use 10baseT, full duplex +.It Cm media 10baseT Op Cm mediaopt half-duplex +Use 10baseT, half duplex +.El +.Sh HARDWARE +The +.Nm +driver supports the following cards: +.Pp +.Bl -bullet -offset indent -compact +.It +3Com 3CR990-TX-95 +.It +3Com 3CR990-TX-97 +.It +3Com 3cR990B-TXM +.It +3Com 3CR990SVR95 +.It +3Com 3CR990SVR97 +.It +3Com 3cR990B-SRV +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr altq 4 , +.Xr arp 4 , +.Xr inet 4 , +.Xr intro 4 , +.Xr ip 4 , +.Xr miibus 4 , +.Xr tcp 4 , +.Xr udp 4 , +.Xr vlan 4 , +.Xr ifconfig 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +driver first appeared in +.Ox 2.9 . |