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31.Dd $Mdocdate: August 14 2013 $
32.Dt EP 4
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm ep
36.Nd 3Com EtherLink III and Fast EtherLink III 10/100 Ethernet device
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.Cd "ep* at eisa?"
39.Cd "ep* at isa?"
40.Cd "ep* at pci?"
41.Cd "ep* at pcmcia?"
42.Cd "ep* at isapnp?"
43.Cd "tqphy* at mii?"
44.Sh DESCRIPTION
45The
46.Nm
47device driver supports the 3Com EtherLink III and Fast EtherLink III family
48of Ethernet cards.
49This includes, among others, the following models:
50.Pp
51.Bl -tag -width 3CXXXX -offset indent -compact
52.It 3C509
53EtherLink III ISA
54.It 3C509B
55EtherLink III ISA (Plug-and-Play)
56.It 3C556
57EtherLink III LAN+Modem PC Card (PCMCIA)
58.It 3C562
59EtherLink III LAN+33.6K Modem PC Card (PCMCIA)
60.It 3C574
61Fast EtherLink III 10/100 LAN PC Card (PCMCIA)
62.It 3C579
63EtherLink III EISA
64.It 3C589
65EtherLink III LAN PC Card (PCMCIA)
66.It 3C590
67Fast EtherLink III PCI
68.It 3C592
69EtherLink III EISA Bus Master
70.It 3C595
71Fast EtherLink III PCI 10/100
72.It 3C597
73Fast EtherLink III EISA 10/100
74.El
75.Pp
76Category 3, 4 or 5 unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cable should be used for
77RJ-45 (10baseT), thick Ethernet coaxial (RG59 B/U, 50 ohm) for AUI/DIX, and
78thin Ethernet coaxial (RG58 A/U or C/U, 50 ohm +/- 4) for BNC (10base2).
79Some 3Com NICs also support MII connectors (switchable 10/100Mbps UTP).
80.Pp
81The following media types and options (as given to
82.Xr ifconfig 8 )
83are supported:
84.Bl -tag -width xxx -offset indent
85.It Cm media No autoselect
86Enable autoselection of media type and options.
87.It Cm media No 100baseTX Cm mediaopt No full-duplex
88Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation and force full-duplex mode.
89.It Cm media No 100baseTX Cm mediaopt No half-duplex
90Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation and force half-duplex mode.
91.It Cm media No 10baseT Cm mediaopt No full-duplex
92Set 10baseT (UTP) operation and force full-duplex mode.
93.It Cm media No 10baseT Cm mediaopt No half-duplex
94Set 10baseT (UTP) operation and force half-duplex mode.
95.It Cm media No 10base5
96Set 10base5 (thick-net) operation (half-duplex only).
97.It Cm media No 10base2
98Set 10base2 (thin-net) operation (half-duplex only).
99.El
100.Pp
101Note that the 100baseTX media type is only available if supported by the
102adapter.
103For more information on configuring this device, see
104.Xr ifconfig 8 .
105To view a list of media types and options supported by your card try
106.Dq ifconfig <device> media .
107For example,
108.Dq ifconfig ep0 media .
109.Pp
110If more than one of the supported cards is installed, they are probed for
111in the following order:
112.Pp
113.Bl -enum -offset indent -compact
114.It
115PCI cards based on PCI function number order.
116.It
117EISA cards based on EISA slot number order.
118.It
119ISA cards based on increasing Ethernet address order.
120.It
121Any ISA cards in Plug-and-Play mode, in Plug-and-Play order.
122.El
123.Pp
124You may specify the port and IRQ numbers where the cards are expected to
125be found, but it is not necessary.
126The cards are intelligent enough to let us know where they live on the bus.
127.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
128.Bl -diag
129.It ep0: reset (status: %x)
130The driver has encountered a FIFO underrun or overrun.
131The driver will reset the card and the packet will be lost.
132This is not fatal.
133.It ep0: eeprom failed to come ready
134The EEPROM failed to come ready.
135This probably means the card is wedged.
136.It ep0: erase pencil mark, or disable PnP mode!
137This means that someone has scribbled with pencil in the test area on the
138card.
139Erase the pencil mark and reboot.
140(This is not a joke).
141.El
142.Sh SEE ALSO
143.Xr eisa 4 ,
144.Xr ifmedia 4 ,
145.Xr intro 4 ,
146.Xr isa 4 ,
147.Xr isapnp 4 ,
148.Xr pci 4 ,
149.Xr pcmcia 4 ,
150.Xr tqphy 4 ,
151.Xr hostname.if 5 ,
152.Xr ifconfig 8
153