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.\" Copyright (c) 1997, 1998
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.\" Bill Paul <wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu>. All rights reserved.
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.\" $Id: mx.4,v 1.1 1998/12/04 18:01:22 wpaul Exp $
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.\"
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.Dd November 5, 1998
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.Dt MX 4 i386
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.Os FreeBSD
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm mx
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.Nd
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Macronix 98713/98715/98725 fast ethernet device driver
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Cd "device mx0"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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driver provides support for PCI ethernet adapters and embedded
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controllers based on the Macronix 98713, 98713A, 98715, 98715A and
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98725 fast ethernet controller chips. This includes the NDC
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Communications SOHOware SFA110, the SVEC PN102-TX
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fast ethernet card, and various other adapters.
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.Pp
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The Macronix chips use bus master DMA and are designed to be
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DEC 'tulip' workalikes. The original 98713 had an MII bus for
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controlling an external PHY, however the 98713A and up use an
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internal transceiver with NWAY support. The Macronix parts are
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advertised as being register compatible with the DEC 21x4x
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controllers. All of the Macronix controllers support both
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10 and 100Mbps speeds in either full or half duplex.
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.Pp
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The
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.Nm
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driver supports the following media types:
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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.It autoselect
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Enable autoselection of the media type and options.
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The user can manually override
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the autoselected mode by adding media options to the
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.Pa /etc/rc.conf
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fine.
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.It 10baseT/UTP
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Set 10Mbps operation. The
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.Ar mediaopt
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option can also be used to select either
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.Ar full-duplex
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or
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.Ar half-duplex modes.
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.It 100baseTX
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Set 100Mbps (fast ethernet) operation. The
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.Ar mediaopt
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option can also be used to select either
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.Ar full-duplex
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or
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.Ar half-duplex
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modes.
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.El
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.Pp
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The
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.Nm
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driver supports the following media options:
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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.It full-duplex
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Force full duplex operation
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.It half-duplex
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Force half duplex operation.
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.El
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.Pp
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Note that the 100baseTX media type is only available if supported
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by the adapter.
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For more information on configuring this device, see
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.Xr ifconfig 8 .
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.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
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.Bl -diag
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.It "mx%d: couldn't map memory"
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A fatal initialization error has occurred.
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.It "mx%d: couldn't map interrupt"
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A fatal initialization error has occurred.
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.It "mx%d: watchdog timeout"
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The device has stopped responding to the network, or there is a problem with
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the network connection (cable).
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.It "mx%d: no memory for rx list"
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The driver failed to allocate an mbuf for the receiver ring.
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.It "mx%d: no memory for tx list"
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The driver failed to allocate an mbuf for the transmitter ring when
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allocating a pad buffer or collapsing an mbuf chain into a cluster.
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.It "mx%d: chip is in D3 power state -- setting to D0"
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This message applies only to adapters which support power
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management. Some operating systems place the controller in low power
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mode when shutting down, and some PCI BIOSes fail to bring the chip
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out of this state before configuring it. The controller loses all of
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its PCI configuration in the D3 state, so if the BIOS does not set
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it back to full power mode in time, it won't be able to configure it
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correctly. The driver tries to detect this condition and bring
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the adapter back to the D0 (full power) state, but this may not be
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enough to return the driver to a fully operational condition. If
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you see this message at boot time and the driver fails to attach
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the device as a network interface, you will have to perform second
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warm boot to have the device properly configured.
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.Pp
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Note that this condition only occurs when warm booting from another
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operating system. If you power down your system prior to booting
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.Fx ,
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the card should be configured correctly.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr arp 4 ,
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.Xr netintro 4 ,
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.Xr ifconfig 8
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.Rs
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.%T Macronix 98713/A, 98715/A and 98725 data sheets
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.%O http://www.macronix.com
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.Re
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.Rs
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.%T Macronix 98713/A and 98715/A app notes
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.%O http://www.macronix.com
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.Re
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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device driver first appeared in
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.Fx 3.0 .
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.Sh AUTHOR
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The
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.Nm
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driver was written by
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.An Bill Paul Aq wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu .
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.Sh BUGS
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The Macronix application notes claim that in order to put the
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chips in normal operation, the driver must write a certian magic
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number into the CSR16 register. The numbers are documented in
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the app notes, but the exact meaning of the bits is not.
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.Pp
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The 98713A seems to have a problem with 10Mbps full duplex mode.
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The transmitter works but the receiver tends to produce many
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unexplained errors leading to very poor overall performance. The
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98715A does not exhibit this problem. All other modes on the
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98713A seem to work correctly.
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