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26.Dd May 16, 2009
27.Dt TL 4
28.Os
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm tl
31.Nd Ethernet driver for Texas Instruments ThunderLAN based board
32.Sh SYNOPSIS
33.Cd "tl* at pci? dev ? function ?"
34.Pp
35Configuration of PHYs is necessary.
36See
37.Xr mii 4 .
38.Sh DESCRIPTION
39The
40.Nm tl
41device driver supports network adapters based on
42the Texas Instruments ThunderLAN chip.
43.Sh HARDWARE
44Supported cards include:
45.Pp
46.Bl -tag -width xxxxxx -offset indent
47.It Compaq Netelligent
48in baseboard and
49.Tn PCI
50variants (10BASE-T-only variant untested).
51.It Compaq NetFlex 3/P
52in baseboard variant only (the
53.Tn PCI
54variant doesn't use the same chip!).
55.It \&It Baseboard Compaq Deskpro 4000 5233MMX Ethernet
56(This has been tested on the Deskpro 4000M only).
57.It TI TravelMate 5000 series laptop docking station's Ethernet board .
58.El
59.Sh MEDIA SELECTION
60The different models of the supported boards come with some subset of RJ-45,
61BNC and AUI connectors.
62Media selection is done using
63.Xr ifconfig 8
64using the standard
65.Xr ifmedia 4
66mechanism.
67Refer to those manual pages for more information.
68.Pp
69The
70.Nm
71driver doesn't have full automatic media selection.
72By default it will do an Nway
73.Pq Tn IEEE 802.3u
74negotiation on the 10BASE-T port for the speed and duplex mode with the
75link partner.
76If the AUI or BNC port is used, an explicit media type must be
77specified to
78.Xr ifconfig 8 .
79.\" .in -4
80.Sh SEE ALSO
81.Xr ifmedia 4 ,
82.Xr mii 4 ,
83.Xr netintro 4 ,
84.Xr pci 4 ,
85.Xr ifconfig 8
86.Sh BUGS
87The board marked as untested will always claim having an AUI connector, where
88it may be a BNC one.
89