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30.\"     from: @(#)vv.4	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
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32.Dd June 5, 1993
33.Dt VV 4 vax
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm vv
37.Nd Proteon proNET 10 Megabit ring network
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.Cd "vv0 at uba0 csr 0161000 vector vvrint vvxint"
40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41NOTE: This driver has not been ported from
42.Bx 4.4
43yet.
44.Pp
45The
46.Nm vv
47interface provides access to a 10 Mb/s Proteon
48.Tn proNET
49ring network.
50.Pp
51The network address of the interface must be specified with an
52.Dv SIOCSIFADDR
53.Xr ioctl 2
54before data can be transmitted or received.
55It is only permissible to change the network address while the
56interface is marked
57.Dq down .
58.Pp
59The host's hardware address is discovered by putting the interface in
60digital loopback mode (not joining the ring) and sending a broadcast
61packet from which the hardware address is extracted.
62.Pp
63Transmit timeouts are detected through use of a watchdog routine.
64Lost input interrupts are checked for when packets are sent out.
65.Pp
66If the installation is running
67.Tn CTL
68boards which use the old broadcast
69address of
70.Ql 0
71instead of the new address of
72.Ql 0xff ,
73the define
74.Dv OLD_BROADCAST
75should be specified in the driver.
76.Pp
77The driver can use
78.Dq trailer
79encapsulation to minimize copying
80data on input and output.
81This may be disabled, on a per-interface basis,
82by setting the
83.Dv IFF_NOTRAILERS
84flag with an
85.Dv SIOCSIFFLAGS
86.Xr ioctl 2 .
87.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
88.Bl -diag
89.It vv%d: host %d.
90The software announces the host
91address discovered during autoconfiguration.
92.Pp
93.It vv%d: can't initialize.
94The software was unable to
95discover the address of this interface, so it deemed
96"dead" will not be enabled.
97.Pp
98.It vv%d: error vvocsr=%b.
99The hardware indicated an error on
100the previous transmission.
101.Pp
102.It vv%d: output timeout.
103The token timer has fired and the
104token will be recreated.
105.Pp
106.It vv%d: error vvicsr=%b.
107The hardware indicated an error
108in reading a packet off the ring.
109.Pp
110.It vv%d: can't handle af%d.
111The interface was handed
112a message with addresses formatted in an unsuitable address
113family; the packet was dropped.
114.Pp
115.It vv%d: vs_olen=%d.
116The ring output routine has been
117handed a message with a preposterous length.  This results in
118an immediate
119.Em panic: vs_olen .
120.El
121.Sh SEE ALSO
122.Xr inet 4 ,
123.Xr netintro 4
124.Sh HISTORY
125The
126.Nm
127driver appeared in
128.Bx 4.2 .
129.Sh BUGS
130The encapsulation of trailer packets in the
131.Bx 4.2
132version of this driver
133was incorrect (the packet type was in
134.Tn VAX
135byte order).
136As a result, the trailer encapsulation in this version is not compatible
137with the
138.Bx 4.2
139.Tn VAX
140version.
141