From owner-svn-src-stable-6@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 20 14:26:27 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-stable-6@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 279AE10656A4; Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:26:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marius@FreeBSD.org) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::2c]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F1FA8FC08; Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:26:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n8KEQQtK059319; Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:26:26 GMT (envelope-from marius@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from marius@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n8KEQQNm059317; Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:26:26 GMT (envelope-from marius@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <200909201426.n8KEQQNm059317@svn.freebsd.org> From: Marius Strobl Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:26:26 +0000 (UTC) To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-6@freebsd.org X-SVN-Group: stable-6 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Subject: svn commit: r197359 - stable/6/share/man/man4 X-BeenThere: svn-src-stable-6@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for only the 6-stable src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:26:27 -0000 Author: marius Date: Sun Sep 20 14:26:26 2009 New Revision: 197359 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/197359 Log: MFC: r194764 - Update regarding the support for SBus GEM added in r194763 (MFC'ed in r197355). - Improve the description a bit and add a reference to vlan(4). Modified: stable/6/share/man/man4/ (props changed) stable/6/share/man/man4/gem.4 Modified: stable/6/share/man/man4/gem.4 ============================================================================== --- stable/6/share/man/man4/gem.4 Sun Sep 20 14:26:17 2009 (r197358) +++ stable/6/share/man/man4/gem.4 Sun Sep 20 14:26:26 2009 (r197359) @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd January 15, 2009 +.Dd June 14, 2009 .Dt GEM 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -57,9 +57,16 @@ if_gem_load="YES" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm -driver provides support for the GMac Ethernet hardware found mostly in +driver provides support for the GMAC Ethernet hardware found mostly in the last Apple PowerBooks G3s and most G4-based Apple hardware, as -well as many Sun UltraSPARCs. +well as Sun UltraSPARC machines. +.Pp +All controllers supported by the +.Nm +driver have TCP checksum offload capability for both receive and transmit, +support for the reception and transmission of extended frames for +.Xr vlan 4 +and a 512-bit multicast hash filter. .Sh HARDWARE .Pp Chips supported by the @@ -84,6 +91,9 @@ driver at this time: .It Sun Gigabit Ethernet PCI 2.0/3.0 (GBE/P) (part no.\& 501-4373) +.It +Sun Gigabit Ethernet SBus 2.0/3.0 (GBE/S) +(part no.\& 501-4375) .El .Sh NOTES On sparc64 the @@ -108,15 +118,11 @@ the system's default MAC address. Supported interfaces having their own MAC address include the on-board Sun ERI 10/100 Mbps on boards equipped with more than one Ethernet interface and the Sun Gigabit Ethernet 2.0/3.0 GBE add-on cards. -.Sh CAVEATS -Currently the -.Nm -driver fails to attach to Sun Gigabit Ethernet SBus 2.0/3.0 (GBE/S) cards, -as no SBus front-end has been written so far. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr altq 4 , .Xr miibus 4 , .Xr netintro 4 , +.Xr vlan 4 , .Xr eeprom 8 , .Xr ifconfig 8 .Sh HISTORY @@ -132,9 +138,19 @@ version to include it was .An -nosplit The .Nm -driver was written by +driver was written for +.Nx +by .An Eduardo Horvath .Aq eeh@NetBSD.org . +It was ported to +.Fx +by +.An Thomas Moestl +.Aq tmm@FreeBSD.org +and later on improved by +.An Marius Strobl +.Aq marus@FreeBSD.org . The man page was written by .An Thomas Klausner .Aq wiz@NetBSD.org .