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--- old/usr/src/man/man7d/mxfe.7d
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2 -.\" Copyright (c) 2001-2007 by Garrett D'Amore.
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8 -.\" Portions Copyright (c) 2007 by Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
9 -.TH MXFE 7D "Aug 31, 2007"
10 -.SH NAME
11 -mxfe \- MXFE Fast Ethernet device driver
12 -.SH SYNOPSIS
13 -.LP
14 -.nf
15 -\fB/dev/mxfe*\fR
16 -.fi
17 -
18 -.SH DESCRIPTION
19 -.sp
20 -.LP
21 -The \fBmxfe\fR is a Solaris STREAMS hardware driver supporting the Data Link
22 -Provider Interface (\fBdlpi\fR(7P)) over the Macronix 98715 family (including
23 -the Lite-On PNIC-II) of Fast Ethernet controllers.
24 -.SH DLPI SPECIFICATIONS
25 -.sp
26 -.LP
27 -The \fBmxfe\fR driver supports both style 1 and style 2 modes of operation.
28 -Physical points of attachment (PPAs) are interpreted as the instance number of
29 -the \fBmxfe\fR controller as assigned by the operating system.
30 -.sp
31 -.LP
32 -The relevant fields returned as part of a DL_INFO_ACK response are:
33 -.RS +4
34 -.TP
35 -.ie t \(bu
36 -.el o
37 -Maximum SDU is 1500.
38 -.RE
39 -.RS +4
40 -.TP
41 -.ie t \(bu
42 -.el o
43 -Minimum SDU is 0.
44 -.RE
45 -.RS +4
46 -.TP
47 -.ie t \(bu
48 -.el o
49 -DLSAP address length is 8.
50 -.RE
51 -.RS +4
52 -.TP
53 -.ie t \(bu
54 -.el o
55 -MAC type is \fBDL_ETHER\fR.
56 -.RE
57 -.RS +4
58 -.TP
59 -.ie t \(bu
60 -.el o
61 -\fBSAP\fR length value is \fI-2\fR, meaning the physical address component is
62 -followed immediately by a 2-byte \fBSAP\fR component within the \fBDLSAP\fR
63 -address.
64 -.RE
65 -.RS +4
66 -.TP
67 -.ie t \(bu
68 -.el o
69 -Service mode is DL_CLDLS.
70 -.RE
71 -.RS +4
72 -.TP
73 -.ie t \(bu
74 -.el o
75 -Broadcast address value is the 6-byte Ethernet/IEEE broadcast address
76 -(ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff).
77 -.RE
78 -.sp
79 -.LP
80 -If the SAP provided is zero, \fIIEEE 802.3\fR mode is assumed and outbound
81 -frames will have the frame payload length written into the type field Likewise,
82 -inbound frames with a SAP between zero and 1500 are interpreted as \fIIEEE
83 -802.3\fR frames and delivered to streams that have bound to SAP zero (the
84 -\fI802.3\fR SAP).
85 -.SH FILES
86 -.sp
87 -.ne 2
88 -.na
89 -\fB\fB/dev/mxfe*\fR\fR
90 -.ad
91 -.RS 28n
92 -Special character device
93 -.RE
94 -
95 -.sp
96 -.ne 2
97 -.na
98 -\fB\fB/kernel/drv/mxfe\fR\fR
99 -.ad
100 -.RS 28n
101 -32-bit driver binary (x86).
102 -.RE
103 -
104 -.sp
105 -.ne 2
106 -.na
107 -\fB\fB/kernel/drv/amd64/mxfe\fR\fR
108 -.ad
109 -.RS 28n
110 -64-bit ELF kernel module (x86).
111 -.RE
112 -
113 -.sp
114 -.ne 2
115 -.na
116 -\fB\fB/kernel/drv/sparcv9/mxfe\fR\fR
117 -.ad
118 -.RS 28n
119 -Driver binary (SPARC).
120 -.RE
121 -
122 -.SH ATTRIBUTES
123 -.sp
124 -.LP
125 -See \fBattributes\fR(5) for a description of the following attributes:
126 -.sp
127 -
128 -.sp
129 -.TS
130 -box;
131 -c | c
132 -l | l .
133 -ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
134 -_
135 -Architecture SPARC, x86
136 -.TE
137 -
138 -.SH SEE ALSO
139 -.sp
140 -.LP
141 -\fBifconfig\fR(1M), \fBndd\fR(1M), \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBdlpi\fR(7P)
142 -.sp
143 -.LP
144 -\fIIEEE 802.3\fR \(em Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2002
1 +.\" Copyright 2014 Garrett D'Amore <garrett@damore.org>
2 +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
3 +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
4 +.\" are met:
5 +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
6 +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
7 +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
8 +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
9 +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
10 +.\"
11 +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER AND CONTRIBUTORS
12 +.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
13 +.\" LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
14 +.\" FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
15 +.\" COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
16 +.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
17 +.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF
18 +.\" USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON
19 +.\" ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
20 +.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
21 +.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE
22 +.\"
23 +.Dd "Aug 7, 2014"
24 +.Dt MXFE 7D
25 +.Os
26 +.Sh NAME
27 +.Nm mxfe
28 +.Nd Macronix Fast Ethernet device driver
29 +.Sh SYNOPSIS
30 +.Pa /dev/mxfe
31 +.Sh DESCRIPTION
32 +The
33 +.Nm
34 +driver provides support for the
35 +Macronix 98715 family (including the Lite-On PNIC-II) of Fast Ethernet
36 +PCI controllers.
37 +.Lp
38 +These devices generally support the standard Fast Ethernet features, including
39 +10BASE-T and 100BASE-TX, both full and half duplex operation, IEEE 802.3
40 +autonegotiation, etc. They also support full size MTUs (1500 bytes),
41 +even when used with VLANs.
42 +.
43 +.Lp
44 +The device driver supports the
45 +.Xr ieee802.3 5
46 +properties, which can be configured with
47 +.Xr dladm 1M .
48 +.Sh FILES
49 +.Bl -tag -width /dev/mxfe
50 +.It Pa /dev/mxfe
51 +Special character device.
52 +.El
53 +.Sh SEE ALSO
54 +.Xr dladm 1M ,
55 +.Xr ifconfig 1M ,
56 +.Xr pci 4 ,
57 +.Xr ieee802.3 5 ,
58 +.Xr dlpi 7P
59 +.Rs
60 +.%T IEEE 802.3: Ethernet
61 +.%Q IEEE Standards Association
62 +.Re
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