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| 1.\" 2.\" Copyright (c) 1996, Fred Gray 3.\" All rights reserved. 4.\" 5.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 6.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 7.\" are met: 8.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright --- 14 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 23.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 24.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 25.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 26.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 27.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 28.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 29.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 30.\" | 1.\" 2.\" Copyright (c) 1996, Fred Gray 3.\" All rights reserved. 4.\" 5.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 6.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 7.\" are met: 8.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright --- 14 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 23.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 24.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 25.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 26.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 27.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 28.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 29.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 30.\" |
| 31.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man4/man4.i386/vx.4 119559 2003-08-29 17:59:01Z simon $ | 31.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man4/man4.i386/vx.4 131530 2004-07-03 18:29:24Z ru $ |
| 32.\" 33.Dd January 15, 1996 34.Dt VX 4 i386 35.Os 36.Sh NAME 37.Nm vx 38.Nd 3Com EtherLink III / Fast EtherLink III (3c59x) Ethernet driver 39.Sh SYNOPSIS --- 29 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 69Use the BNC port. 70.It Em link2 71Use the UTP port. 72.El 73.Sh DIAGNOSTICS 74.Bl -diag 75.It "vx%d: not configured; kernel is built for only %d devices." 76There are not enough devices in the kernel configuration file for the number | 32.\" 33.Dd January 15, 1996 34.Dt VX 4 i386 35.Os 36.Sh NAME 37.Nm vx 38.Nd 3Com EtherLink III / Fast EtherLink III (3c59x) Ethernet driver 39.Sh SYNOPSIS --- 29 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 69Use the BNC port. 70.It Em link2 71Use the UTP port. 72.El 73.Sh DIAGNOSTICS 74.Bl -diag 75.It "vx%d: not configured; kernel is built for only %d devices." 76There are not enough devices in the kernel configuration file for the number |
| 77of adapters present in the system. Add devices to the configuration file, | 77of adapters present in the system. 78Add devices to the configuration file, |
| 78rebuild the kernel, and reboot. 79.El 80.Pp 81All other diagnostics indicate either a hardware problem or a bug in the 82driver. 83.Sh CAVEATS 84Some early-revision 3c590 cards are defective and suffer from many receive | 79rebuild the kernel, and reboot. 80.El 81.Pp 82All other diagnostics indicate either a hardware problem or a bug in the 83driver. 84.Sh CAVEATS 85Some early-revision 3c590 cards are defective and suffer from many receive |
| 85overruns, which cause lost packets. The author has attempted to implement | 86overruns, which cause lost packets. 87The author has attempted to implement |
| 86a test for it based on the information supplied by 3Com, but the test resulted 87mostly in spurious warnings. 88.Pp 89The performance of this driver is somewhat limited by the fact that it uses 90only polled-mode I/O and does not make use of the bus-mastering capability 91of the cards. 92.Sh BUGS 93The --- 30 unchanged lines hidden --- | 88a test for it based on the information supplied by 3Com, but the test resulted 89mostly in spurious warnings. 90.Pp 91The performance of this driver is somewhat limited by the fact that it uses 92only polled-mode I/O and does not make use of the bus-mastering capability 93of the cards. 94.Sh BUGS 95The --- 30 unchanged lines hidden --- |