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- move list of supported devices into a HARDWARE section

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- sort the hardware list
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.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd November 2, 2003
.Dd September 5, 2004
.Dt EP 4 i386
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm ep
.Nd Ethernet driver for 3Com Etherlink III (3c5x9)
.Nd Ethernet driver for 3Com Etherlink III (3c5x9) interfaces
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Cd "device ep"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
device driver supports network adapters based on the 3Com 3C5x9 Etherlink III
Parallel Tasking chipset, like the following:
.Pp
.Bl -bullet -compact
.It
3Com 3C1 CF
.It
3Com 3C509-TP, 3C509-BNC, 3C509-Combo, 3C509-TPO, 3C509-TPC ISA
.It
3Com 3C509B-TP, 3C509B-BNC, 3C509B-Combo, 3C509B-TPO, 3C509B-TPC ISA
.It
3Com 3C529, 3C529-TP MCA
.It
3Com 3C579-TP, 3C579-BNC EISA
.It
3Com 3C562/3C563 PCMCIA
.It
3Com 3C569B-J-TPO, 3C569B-J-COMBO CBUS
.It
3Com 3C574-TX, 3CCFE574BT, 3CXFE574BT, 3C3FE574BT PCMCIA
.It
3Com 3C589, 3C589B, 3C589C, 3C589D, 3CXE589DT PCMCIA
.It
3Com 3CXE589EC, 3CCE589EC, 3CXE589ET, 3CCE589ET PCMCIA
.It
Megahertz 3CCEM556, 3CXEM556, 3CCEM556B, 3CXEM556B PCMCIA
.It
3Com 3CCFEM556B, 3CCFEM556BI PCMCIA
.It
3Com OfficeConnect 3CXSH572BT, 3CCSH572BT PCMCIA
.It
Farallon EtherMac PCMCIA
.El
Parallel Tasking chipset.
.Pp
Various models of these cards come with a different assortment of
connectors:
@ -104,7 +73,43 @@ Use the UTP port.
.El
.Pp
If there are multiple cards in the computer, they are searched for
in the following order: bus, slot, then ethernet address.
in the following order: bus, slot, then Ethernet address.
.Sh HARDWARE
The
.Nm
driver supports Ethernet adapters based on the
3Com 3C5x9 Etherlink III Parallel Tasking chipset, including:
.Pp
.Bl -bullet -compact
.It
3Com 3C1 CF
.It
3Com 3C509-TP, 3C509-BNC, 3C509-Combo, 3C509-TPO, 3C509-TPC ISA
.It
3Com 3C509B-TP, 3C509B-BNC, 3C509B-Combo, 3C509B-TPO, 3C509B-TPC ISA
.It
3Com 3C529, 3C529-TP MCA
.It
3Com 3C562/3C563 PCMCIA
.It
3Com 3C569B-J-TPO, 3C569B-J-COMBO CBUS
.It
3Com 3C574-TX, 3CCFE574BT, 3CXFE574BT, 3C3FE574BT PCMCIA
.It
3Com 3C579-TP, 3C579-BNC EISA
.It
3Com 3C589, 3C589B, 3C589C, 3C589D, 3CXE589DT PCMCIA
.It
3Com 3CCFEM556B, 3CCFEM556BI PCMCIA
.It
3Com 3CXE589EC, 3CCE589EC, 3CXE589ET, 3CCE589ET PCMCIA
.It
3Com Megahertz 3CCEM556, 3CXEM556, 3CCEM556B, 3CXEM556B PCMCIA
.It
3Com OfficeConnect 3CXSH572BT, 3CCSH572BT PCMCIA
.It
Farallon EtherMac PCMCIA
.El
.Sh NOTES
The 3c509 card has no jumpers to set the address.
3Com supplies software to set the address of the card in software.
@ -145,8 +150,8 @@ Erase the pencil mark and reboot.
.Xr vx 4 ,
.Xr ifconfig 8
.Sh BUGS
Support for the 3COM 3C1 is not working.
Support for the 3CCFEM556 fast ethernet cards has not been tested.
Support for the 3Com 3C1 is not working.
Support for the 3CCFEM556 Fast Ethernet cards has not been tested.
.Sh STANDARDS
are great.
There's so many to choose from.