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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 75670 2001-04-18 15:54:10Z ru $ | 31.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man4/man4.i386/vx.4 79727 2001-07-14 19:41:16Z schweikh $ |
| 32.\" 33.Dd January 15, 1996 34.Dt VX 4 i386 35.Os 36.Sh NAME 37.Nm vx 38.Nd PCI Ethernet device driver 39.Sh SYNOPSIS --- 27 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 67driver. 68.Sh CAVEATS 69Some early-revision 3c590 cards are defective and suffer from many receive 70overruns, which cause lost packets. The author has attempted to implement 71a test for it based on the information supplied by 3Com, but the test resulted 72mostly in spurious warnings. 73.Pp 74The performance of this driver is somewhat limited by the fact that it uses | 32.\" 33.Dd January 15, 1996 34.Dt VX 4 i386 35.Os 36.Sh NAME 37.Nm vx 38.Nd PCI Ethernet device driver 39.Sh SYNOPSIS --- 27 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 67driver. 68.Sh CAVEATS 69Some early-revision 3c590 cards are defective and suffer from many receive 70overruns, which cause lost packets. The author has attempted to implement 71a test for it based on the information supplied by 3Com, but the test resulted 72mostly in spurious warnings. 73.Pp 74The performance of this driver is somewhat limited by the fact that it uses |
| 75only polled-mode I/O and does not make use of the bus-mastering capability | 75only polled-mode I/O and does not make use of the bus-mastering capability |
| 76of the cards. 77.Sh BUGS 78The 79.Nm 80driver is known not to reset the adapter correctly following a warm boot 81on some systems. 82.Pp 83The --- 25 unchanged lines hidden --- | 76of the cards. 77.Sh BUGS 78The 79.Nm 80driver is known not to reset the adapter correctly following a warm boot 81on some systems. 82.Pp 83The --- 25 unchanged lines hidden --- |