Document the various link-level flag for these drivers.

2.2 candidate (after typo police :)
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joerg 1997-03-12 13:37:56 +00:00
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" $Id$
.\" $Id: vx.4,v 1.4 1997/03/07 02:49:59 jmg Exp $
.\"
.Dd January 15, 1996
.Dt VX 4 i386
@ -43,7 +43,19 @@ PCI Ethernet device driver
The
.Nm vx
driver provides support for the 3Com 3c590 and 3c595 EtherLink III and Fast
EtherLink III PCI Ethernet cards in 10 Mbps mode.
EtherLink III PCI Ethernet cards in 10 Mbps mode. The medium selection
can be influenced by the following link flags to the
.Xr ifconfig 8
command:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width LINK0X -compact
.It Em link0
Use the AUI port.
.It Em link1
Use the BNC port.
.It Em link2
Use the UTP port.
.El
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
.Bl -diag
.It "vx%d: not configured; kernel is built for only %d devices."

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@ -49,6 +49,21 @@ interface allows serial lines to be used as network interfaces using the
protocol. The
.Nm sl
interface can use Van Jacobson TCP header compression and ICMP filtering.
This is arranged by using the various link-level flags to the
.Xr ifconfig 8
command:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width LINK0X -compact
.It Em link0
Enable VJ header compression.
.It Em link1
Supress ICMP traffic.
.It Em link2
Enable VJ header compression autodetection. This will turn on the
.Em link0
flag as soon as the first VJ-compressed packet has been seen by
the driver.
.El
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
.Bl -diag
.It sl%d: af%d not supported.