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33.Dd May 1, 1998
34.Dt TL 4
35.Os
36.Sh NAME
37.Nm tl
38.Nd Texas Instruments ThunderLAN ethernet device driver
39.Sh SYNOPSIS
40.Cd "device miibus"
41.Cd "device tl"
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43The
44.Nm
45driver provides support for PCI ethernet adapters based on the Texas
46Instruments ThunderLAN ethernet controller chip.
47This includes a large
48number of Compaq PCI-bus ethernet adapters as well as the integrated
49ethernet controllers built into several models of Compaq Prosignia
50servers and Compaq Deskpro desktop machines.
51This driver also supports
52the Olicom OC-2135/2138, OC-2325 and OC-2326 10/100 TX UTP adapters
53and the Racore 8165 10/100baseTX and 8148 10baseT/100baseTX/100baseFX
54multi-personality cards.
55.Pp
56The ThunderLAN controller has a standard MII interface that supports
57up to 32 physical interface devices (PHYs). It also has a built-in
5810baseT PHY hardwired at MII address 31, which may be used in some
5910Mbps-only hardware configurations.
60In 100Mbps configurations, a
61National Semiconductor DP83840A or other MII-compliant PHY may be
62attached to the ThunderLAN's MII bus.
63If a DP83840A or equivalent
64is available, the ThunderLAN chip can operate at either 100Mbps or
6510Mbps in either half-duplex or full-duplex modes.
66The ThunderLAN's
67built-in PHY and the DP83840A also support autonegotiation.
68.Pp
69The
70.Nm
71driver supports the following media types:
72.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
73.It autoselect
74Enable autoselection of the media type and options.
75Note that this
76option is only available on those PHYs that support autonegotiation.
77Also, the PHY will not advertise those modes that have been explicitly
78disabled using the following media options.
79.It 10baseT/UTP
80Set 10Mbps operation
81.It 100baseTX
82Set 100Mbps (fast ethernet) operation
83.It 10base5/AUI
84Enable AUI/BNC interface (useful only with the built-in PHY).
85.El
86.Pp
87The
88.Nm
89driver supports the following media options:
90.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
91.It full-duplex
92Force full duplex operation
93.It half-duplex
94Force half duplex operation.
95.It hw-loopback
96Enable hardware loopback mode.
97.El
98.Pp
99Note that the 100baseTX media type is only available if supported
100by the PHY.
101For more information on configuring this device, see
102.Xr ifconfig 8 .
103.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
104.Bl -diag
105.It "tl%d: couldn't map memory"
106A fatal initialization error has occurred.
107.It "tl%d: couldn't map interrupt"
108A fatal initialization error has occurred.
109.It "tl%d: device timeout"
110The device has stopped responding to the network, or there is a problem with
111the network connection (cable).
112.It "tl%d: no memory for rx list"
113The driver failed to allocate an mbuf for the receiver ring.
114.It "tl%d: no memory for tx list"
115The driver failed to allocate an mbuf for the transmitter ring when
116allocating a pad buffer or collapsing an mbuf chain into a cluster.
117.El
118.Sh SEE ALSO
119.Xr arp 4 ,
120.Xr ifmedia 4 ,
121.Xr miibus 4 ,
122.Xr netintro 4 ,
123.Xr ng_ether 4 ,
124.Xr ifconfig 8
125.Sh HISTORY
126The
127.Nm
128device driver first appeared in
129.Fx 2.2 .
130.Sh AUTHORS
131The
132.Nm
133driver was written by
134.An Bill Paul Aq wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu .
135