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34.Dd February 28, 2008
35.Dt SLN 4
36.Os
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm sln
39.Nd Silan SC92031 10/100 Ethernet device
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41To compile this driver into the kernel,
42place the following lines in your
43kernel configuration file:
44.Bd -ragged -offset indent
45.Cd "device sln"
46.Ed
47.Pp
48Alternatively, to load the driver as a
49module at boot time, place the following line in
50.Xr loader.conf 5 :
51.Bd -literal -offset indent
52if_sln_load="YES"
53.Ed
54.Sh DESCRIPTION
55The
56.Nm
57driver provides support for Ethernet adapters based on Silan's SC92031 chip.
58.Pp
59The
60.Nm
61driver supports the following
62.Cm media
63types:
64.Pp
65.Bl -tag -width ".Ar 10baseT/UTP" -compact
66.It Ar autoselect
67Enable autoselection of the media types and options.
68.Pp
69.It Ar 10baseT/UTP
70Set 10Mbps operation.
71The
72.Cm mediaopt
73option can also be used to select either
74.Ar full-duplex
75or
76.Ar half-duplex
77modes.
78.Pp
79.It Ar 100baseTX
80Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation.
81The
82.Cm mediaopt
83option can also be used to select either
84.Ar full-duplex
85or
86.Ar half-duplex
87modes.
88.El
89.Pp
90The
91.Nm
92driver supports the following
93.Cm media
94options:
95.Pp
96.Bl -tag -width full-duplex -compact
97.It Cm full-duplex
98Force full duplex operation.
99.Pp
100.It Cm half-duplex
101Force half duplex operation.
102.El
103.Pp
104For more information on configuring this device, see
105.Xr ifconfig 8 .
106.Sh HARDWARE
107The following cards are among those supported by the
108.Nm
109driver:
110.Pp
111.Bl -bullet -compact
112.It
113Noganet KN-8139D
114.El
115.Sh SEE ALSO
116.Xr arp 4 ,
117.\".Xr ifmedia 4 ,
118.Xr pci 4 ,
119.Xr ifconfig 8
120.Sh HISTORY
121The
122.Nm
123driver first appeared in
124.Dx 1.13
125as a port of a
126.Fx 4.7
127driver provided by Silan.
128.Sh AUTHORS
129.An -nosplit
130The
131.Nm
132driver was originally written by
133.An gaoyonghong
134and ported to
135.Dx
136by
137.An Sascha Wildner .
138