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38 .Nd Texas Instruments ThunderLAN Ethernet device driver
45 driver provides support for PCI Ethernet adapters based on the Texas
46 Instruments ThunderLAN Ethernet controller chip.
48 The ThunderLAN controller has a standard MII interface that supports
49 up to 32 physical interface devices (PHYs).
50 It also has a built-in
51 10baseT PHY hardwired at MII address 31, which may be used in some
52 10Mbps-only hardware configurations.
53 In 100Mbps configurations, a
54 National Semiconductor DP83840A or other MII-compliant PHY may be
55 attached to the ThunderLAN's MII bus.
56 If a DP83840A or equivalent
57 is available, the ThunderLAN chip can operate at either 100Mbps or
58 10Mbps in either half-duplex or full-duplex modes.
60 built-in PHY and the DP83840A also support autonegotiation.
64 driver supports the following media types:
66 .Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
68 Enable autoselection of the media type and options.
70 option is only available on those PHYs that support autonegotiation.
71 Also, the PHY will not advertise those modes that have been explicitly
72 disabled using the following media options.
76 Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation
78 Enable AUI/BNC interface (useful only with the built-in PHY).
83 driver supports the following media options:
85 .Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
87 Force full duplex operation
89 Force half duplex operation.
91 Enable hardware loopback mode.
94 Note that the 100baseTX media type is only available if supported
96 For more information on configuring this device, see
101 driver supports Texas Instruments ThunderLAN based
102 Ethernet and Fast Ethernet adapters including a large
103 number of Compaq PCI Ethernet adapters.
108 Olicom OC-2135/2138 10/100 TX UTP adapter
110 Olicom OC-2325/OC-2326 10/100 TX UTP adapter
112 Racore 8148 10baseT/100baseTX/100baseFX adapter
114 Racore 8165 10/100baseTX adapter
119 driver also supports the built-in Ethernet adapters of
120 various Compaq Prosignia servers and Compaq Deskpro desktop
125 Compaq Netelligent 10
127 Compaq Netelligent 10 T PCI UTP/Coax
129 Compaq Netelligent 10/100
131 Compaq Netelligent 10/100 Dual-Port
133 Compaq Netelligent 10/100 Proliant
135 Compaq Netelligent 10/100 TX Embedded UTP
137 Compaq Netelligent 10/100 TX UTP
141 Compaq NetFlex 3P Integrated
143 Compaq NetFlex 3P w/BNC
147 .It "tl%d: couldn't map memory"
148 A fatal initialization error has occurred.
149 .It "tl%d: couldn't map interrupt"
150 A fatal initialization error has occurred.
151 .It "tl%d: device timeout"
152 The device has stopped responding to the network, or there is a problem with
153 the network connection (cable).
154 .It "tl%d: no memory for rx list"
155 The driver failed to allocate an mbuf for the receiver ring.
156 .It "tl%d: no memory for tx list"
157 The driver failed to allocate an mbuf for the transmitter ring when
158 allocating a pad buffer or collapsing an mbuf chain into a cluster.
169 device driver first appeared in
174 driver was written by
175 .An Bill Paul Aq wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu .