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27.Dd $Mdocdate: July 16 2013 $
28.Dt EF 4
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm ef
32.Nd 3Com Fast EtherLink ISA (3c515) 10/100 Ethernet device
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.Cd "ef* at isapnp?"
35.Cd "nsphy* at mii?"
36.Sh DESCRIPTION
37The
38.Nm
39device driver supports the 3Com Fast EtherLink ISA family
40of Ethernet cards, and embedded controllers based on the 3Com
41.Dq corkscrew
42EtherLink chips.
43.Pp
44The following media types and options (as given to
45.Xr ifconfig 8 )
46are supported:
47.Bl -tag -width xxx -offset indent
48.It Cm media No autoselect
49Enable autoselection of the media type and options (default).
50.It Cm media No 100baseTX Cm mediaopt No full-duplex
51Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation and force full-duplex mode.
52.It Cm media No 100baseTX Cm mediaopt No half-duplex
53Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation and force half-duplex mode.
54.It Cm media No 10baseT Cm mediaopt No full-duplex
55Set 10Mbps operation and force full-duplex.
56.It Cm media No 10baseT Cm mediaopt No half-duplex
57Set 10Mbps operation and force half-duplex.
58.El
59.Pp
60If no media options are present, the
61.Nm
62driver places the card into autoselect mode.
63.Pp
64For more information on configuring this device, see
65.Xr ifconfig 8 .
66.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
67.Bl -diag
68.It "ef0: adapter failure (XXXX)"
69A fatal error during receive or transmit has occurred.
70.It "ef0: eeprom failed to come ready"
71When reading/writing the EEPROM, the busy bit failed to clear.
72This may indicate a hardware problem.
73.It "ef0: device timeout"
74The device has stopped responding to the network, or there is a problem with
75the network connection (cable).
76.El
77.Sh SEE ALSO
78.Xr ifmedia 4 ,
79.Xr intro 4 ,
80.Xr isapnp 4 ,
81.Xr nsphy 4 ,
82.Xr hostname.if 5 ,
83.Xr ifconfig 8
84.Sh HISTORY
85The
86.Nm
87device driver first appeared in
88.Ox 2.6 .
89.Sh AUTHORS
90The
91.Nm
92driver was written by
93.An Jason L. Wright Aq Mt jason@thought.net .
94