Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:41:15 GMT From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/141358: [NOTES] [patch] document modular phy support Message-ID: <200912102241.nBAMfFgO077392@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200912102250.nBAMo0fs033405@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 141358
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: [NOTES] [patch] document modular phy support
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Thu Dec 10 22:50:00 UTC 2009
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Bruce Cran
>Release: 8.0
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD router.draftnet 8.0-STABLE FreeBSD 8.0-STABLE #1: Thu Dec 10 14:21:42 GMT 2009 brucec@router.draftnet:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ROUTER i386
>Description:
The ability to configure the kernel with support for specific PHYs was added in February 2006, but isn't documented. The attached patch (against 9-CURRENT as of 2009-12-10) adds the device lines to /sys/conf/NOTES.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
Patch attached with submission follows:
--- NOTES.orig 2009-12-10 21:56:37.000000000 +0000
+++ NOTES 2009-12-10 22:32:21.000000000 +0000
@@ -1812,14 +1812,47 @@
#
# Network interfaces:
#
-# MII bus support is required for some PCI 10/100 ethernet NICs,
+# MII bus support is required for some PCI 10/100/1000 ethernet NICs,
# namely those which use MII-compliant transceivers or implement
# transceiver control interfaces that operate like an MII. Adding
# "device miibus" to the kernel config pulls in support for
# the generic miibus API and all of the PHY drivers, including a
# generic one for PHYs that aren't specifically handled by an
-# individual driver.
-device miibus
+# individual driver. Support for specific PHYs may be built by adding
+# "device mii" then adding the appropriate PHY driver.
+device miibus # MII support including all PHYs
+device mii # Minimal MII support
+
+device acphy # Altima Communications AC101
+device amphy # AMD AM79c873 / Davicom DM910{1,2}
+device atphy # Attansic/Atheros F1
+device axphy # Asix Semiconductor AX88x9x
+device bmtphy # Broadcom BCM5201/BCM5202 and 3Com 3c905C
+device brgphy # Broadcom BCM54xx/57xx 1000baseTX
+device ciphy # Cicada/Vitesse CS/VSC8xxx
+device e1000phy # Marvell 88E1000 1000/100/10-BT
+device exphy # 3Com internal PHY
+device gentbi # Generic 10-bit 1000BASE-{LX,SX} fiber ifaces
+device icsphy # ICS ICS1889-1893
+device inphy # Intel 82553/82555
+device ip1000phy # IC Plus IP1000A/IP1001
+device jmphy # JMicron JMP211/JMP202
+device lxtphy # Level One LXT-970
+device mlphy # Micro Linear 6692
+device nsgphy # NatSemi DP8361/DP83865/DP83891
+device nsphy # NatSemi DP83840A
+device nsphyter # NatSemi DP83843/DP83815
+device pnaphy # HomePNA
+device qsphy # Quality Semiconductor QS6612
+device rgephy # RealTek 8169S/8110S/8211B/8211C
+device rlphy # RealTek 8139
+device rlswitch # RealTek 8305
+device ruephy # RealTek RTL8150
+device smcphy # SMSC LAN91C111
+device tdkphy # TDK 89Q2120
+device tlphy # Texas Instruments ThunderLAN
+device truephy # LSI TruePHY
+device xmphy # XaQti XMAC II
# an: Aironet 4500/4800 802.11 wireless adapters. Supports the PCMCIA,
# PCI and ISA varieties.
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