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.Dd July 12, 1998 .Dt EP 4 i386 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm ep .Nd Ethernet driver for 3Com Etherlink III (3c5x9) .Sh SYNOPSIS .Cd "ep? at eisa? slot ?" .Cd "ep? at isa? port ? irq ?" .Cd "ep? at pci? dev ? function ?" .Cd "ep* at pcmcia? function ?" .Cd "ep* at isapnp?" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm ep device driver supports the 3Com Etherlink III family of ethernet cards. This includes, among others, the 3c509 (ISA), 3c579 (EISA), 3c589 (PCMCIA), and 3c590, 3c595.
p Other models of 3Com hardware are supported by the .Xr xl 4 , .Xr ec 4 , and .Xr eg 4 drivers.
p Various models of these cards come with a different assortment of connectors:
p l -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx t AUI/DIX Standard 15 pin connector t 10Base2 BNC, also known as thin-net t 10BaseT 10 Mbps UTP, also known as twisted pair t MII UTP, switchable between 10 and 100 Mbps .El
p Various models of the .Nm support different media types or connectors. Therefore, the default media type varies based on the model of card. The supported media types are as follows. l -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx t media autoselect Attempt to autoselect the media type t media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex Use 100baseTX, full duplex t media 100baseTX Op mediaopt half-duplex Use 100baseTX, half duplex t media 10baseT mediaopt full-duplex Use 10baseT, full duplex t media 10baseT Op mediaopt half-duplex Use 10baseT (UTP), half duplex t media 10base5 Op mediaopt half-duplex Use 10base5 (Thin-net), half duplex t media 10base2 Op mediaopt half-duplex Use 10base2 (Thick-net), half duplex .El
p
p If there are multiple cards in the computer, they are searched for in the following order: The PCI cards are found first based on PCI function# order. The EISA cards are found next based on EISA slot# order. Next, the 3c509 ISA cards are found based on in increasing ethernet address order. Finally, the 3c509 ISA cards in Plug-and-Play mode will be probed for and matched in Plug-and-Play order. This is an example of how these will probe:
p ep0 at isa0 port 0x300-0x30f irq 3: 3Com 3C509 Ethernet: address 00:a0:24:29:a3:6b, utp (default utp)
p ep0 at pci0 dev 12 function 0 "3Com 3c905 100Base-TX" rev 0x00: address 00:60:97:dd:fc:eb, mii default mii/autoselect isa irq 9
p You may specify the port and irq numbers that the cards are expected to be found at, but it is not necessary. The cards are sufficiently intelligent to tell us where they actually live on the ISA bus.
p .Sh NOTES The 3c509 card has no jumpers to set the address. 3Com supplies software to set the address of the card in software. To find the card on the ISA bus, the kernel performs a complex scan operation at IO address 0x100. Beware! Avoid placing other cards at that address!
p Some models of 3c5x9 have all three connectors on them. In the case of these cards; you must configure the transceiver type with the 3Com supplied DOS configuration disk before the link0/link1 flags will operate correctly.
p Do not specify link flags for the 3c905. If you can not get this card to work, try running the 3Com supplied DOS configuration program (available from their web site) and tell it to autoselect the connector type.
p .Sh DIAGNOSTICS ep0: reset (status: %x) the driver has encountered a FIFO underrun or overrun. The driver will reset the card and the packet will be lost. This is not fatal. ep0: eeprom failed to come ready The eeprom failed to come ready. This probably means the card is wedged. ep0: 3c509 in test mode. Erase pencil mark! This means that someone has scribbled with pencil in the test area on the card. Erase the pencil mark and reboot. (This is not a joke). .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr ifconfig 8 , .Xr intro 4 , .Xr ne 4 , .Xr eg 4 , .Xr el 4 , .Xr ie 4 , .Xr le 4