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author | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2010-01-23 00:31:06 -0800 |
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committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2010-01-23 00:31:06 -0800 |
commit | 51c24aaacaea90c8e87f1dec75a2ac7622b593f8 (patch) | |
tree | 9f54936c87764bef75e97395cb56b7d1e0df24c6 /Documentation/networking | |
parent | 4276e47e2d1c85a2477caf0d22b91c4f2377fba8 (diff) | |
parent | 6be325719b3e54624397e413efd4b33a997e55a3 (diff) |
Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/networking')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/3c509.txt | 12 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/3c509.txt b/Documentation/networking/3c509.txt index 0643e3b7168..3c45d5dcd63 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/3c509.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/3c509.txt @@ -48,11 +48,11 @@ for LILO parameters for doing this: This configures the first found 3c509 card for IRQ 10, base I/O 0x310, and transceiver type 3 (10base2). The flag "0x3c509" must be set to avoid conflicts with other card types when overriding the I/O address. When the driver is -loaded as a module, only the IRQ and transceiver setting may be overridden. -For example, setting two cards to 10base2/IRQ10 and AUI/IRQ11 is done by using -the xcvr and irq module options: +loaded as a module, only the IRQ may be overridden. For example, +setting two cards to IRQ10 and IRQ11 is done by using the irq module +option: - options 3c509 xcvr=3,1 irq=10,11 + options 3c509 irq=10,11 (2) Full-duplex mode @@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ operation. itself full-duplex capable. This is almost certainly one of two things: a full- duplex-capable Ethernet switch (*not* a hub), or a full-duplex-capable NIC on another system that's connected directly to the 3c509B via a crossover cable. + +Full-duplex mode can be enabled using 'ethtool'. /////Extremely important caution concerning full-duplex mode///// Understand that the 3c509B's hardware's full-duplex support is much more @@ -113,6 +115,8 @@ This insured that merely upgrading the driver from an earlier version would never automatically enable full-duplex mode in an existing installation; it must always be explicitly enabled via one of these code in order to be activated. + +The transceiver type can be changed using 'ethtool'. (4a) Interpretation of error messages and common problems |