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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 15:32:58 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 15:32:58 -0400 |
| commit | 5cb84ec742fd33f78c8022863fadaa8d0d93e176 (patch) | |
| tree | 1a81ca3665e6153923e40db7b0d988f8573ab59c /static/netbsd/man4/re.4 | |
| parent | a59214f344567c037d5776879bcfc5fcc1d4d5f6 (diff) | |
feat: Added NetBSD man pages
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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man4/re.4 b/static/netbsd/man4/re.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2673c5fc --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man4/re.4 @@ -0,0 +1,225 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: re.4,v 1.18 2019/11/18 05:01:36 gutteridge Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2003 +.\" Bill Paul <wpaul@windriver.com>. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by Bill Paul. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the author nor the names of any co-contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY Bill Paul AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL Bill Paul OR THE VOICES IN HIS HEAD +.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR +.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF +.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS +.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN +.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) +.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF +.\" THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD: src/share/man/man4/re.4,v 1.4 2004/03/04 06:42:46 sanpei Exp $ +.\" +.Dd November 18, 2019 +.Dt RE 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm re +.Nd "RealTek 8139C+/8169/8169S/8168/8110S/8111 PCI Ethernet adapter driver" +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "re* at pci? dev ? function ?" +.Cd "re* at cardbus? function ?" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver provides support for various NICs based on the RealTek RTL8139C+, +RTL8169, RTL8169S, RTL8168, and RTL8110S PCI/Cardbus Ethernet controllers, +including the following: +.Pp +.Bl -bullet -compact +.It +Alloy Computer Products EtherGOLD 1439E 10/100 (8139C+) +.It +Compaq Evo N1015v Integrated Ethernet (8139C+) +.It +Gigabyte 7N400 Pro2 Integrated Gigabit Ethernet (8110S) +.It +NETGEAR GA311 (8169S) +.It +PLANEX COMMUNICATIONS Inc. GN-1200TC (8169S) +.It +Xterasys XN-152 10/100/1000 NIC (8169) +.It +Corega CG-LAPCIGT Gigabit Ethernet (8169S) +.It +D-Link DGE-528T Gigabit Ethernet (8169S) +.It +D-Link DGE-530T rev. C & D Gigabit Ethernet (8169) +.It +US Robotics (3Com) USR997902 Gigabit Ethernet (8169S) +.It +Linksys EG1032 rev. 3 Gigabit Ethernet (8169S) +.It +TP-Link TG-3468 v2 & v3 Gigabit Ethernet (8168) +.El +.Pp +NICs based on the 8139C+ are capable of 10 and 100Mbps speeds over +CAT5 cable. +NICs based on the 8169, 8169S, 8168, and 8110S are capable of 10, 100, and +1000Mbps operation. +.Pp +All NICs supported by the +.Nm +driver have IP/TCP/UDP checksum offload and hardware VLAN tagging/insertion +features, and use a descriptor-based DMA mechanism. +They are also capable of TCP large send (TCP segmentation offload). +.Pp +The 8139C+ is a single-chip solution combining both a 10/100 MAC and PHY, +and its PHY is supported by +.Xr rlphy 4 . +The 8169 is a 10/100/1000 MAC only, requiring a GMII or TBI external PHY +and some 8169 based boards have Marvell 88E1000 PHY supported by +.Xr makphy 4 . +The 8169S and 8110S are single-chip devices containing both a 10/100/1000 +MAC and 10/100/1000 copper PHY, which is supported by +.Xr rgephy 4 . +Standalone 10/100/1000 cards are available in both 32-bit PCI and +64-bit PCI models. +The 8110S is designed for embedded LAN-on-motherboard applications. +.Pp +The 8169, 8169S, and 8110S also support jumbo frames, which can be +configured via the interface MTU setting. +Selecting an MTU larger than 1500 bytes with the +.Xr ifconfig 8 +utility configures the adapter to receive and transmit jumbo frames. +.Pp +The +.Nm +driver supports the following media types: +.Bl -tag -width 10baseTXUTP +.It Cm autoselect +Enable autoselection of the media type and options. +The user can manually override +the autoselected mode by adding media options to +.Xr rc.conf 5 . +.It Cm 10baseT/UTP +Set 10Mbps operation. +The +.Xr ifconfig 8 +.Ic mediaopt +option can also be used to select either +.Cm full-duplex +or +.Cm half-duplex +modes. +.It Cm 100baseTX +Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation. +The +.Xr ifconfig 8 +.Ic mediaopt +option can also be used to select either +.Cm full-duplex +or +.Cm half-duplex +modes. +.It Cm 1000baseTX +Set 1000baseTX operation over twisted pair. +The RealTek GigE chips support 1000Mbps in +.Cm full-duplex +mode only. +.\" .It Cm 1000baseSX +.\" Set 1000Mbps (Gigabit Ethernet) operation. +.\" Both +.\" .Cm full-duplex +.\" and +.\" .Cm half-duplex +.\" modes are supported. +.El +.Pp +The +.Nm +driver supports the following media options: +.Bl -tag -width full-duplex +.It Cm full-duplex +Force full duplex operation. +.It Cm half-duplex +Force half duplex operation. +.El +.Pp +For more information on configuring this device, see +.Xr ifconfig 8 . +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +.Bl -diag +.It "re%d: can't map i/o space" +A fatal initialization error has occurred. +.It "re%d: can't map mem space" +A fatal initialization error has occurred. +.It "re%d: couldn't map interrupt" +A fatal initialization error has occurred. +.It "re%d: watchdog timeout" +The device has stopped responding to the network, or there is a problem with +the network connection (cable). +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr arp 4 , +.Xr cardbus 4 , +.Xr mii 4 , +.Xr netintro 4 , +.Xr pci 4 , +.Xr rgephy 4 , +.Xr rlphy 4 , +.Xr ifconfig 8 +.Rs +.%T RealTek Semiconductor RTL8139C+, RTL8169, RTL8169S, and RTL8110S datasheets +.%U http://www.realtek.com.tw +.Re +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +device driver first appeared in +.Fx 5.2 +and was ported to +.Nx 2.0 . +.Sh AUTHORS +The +.Nm +driver was written by +.An Bill Paul Aq Mt wpaul@windriver.com . +.Sh BUGS +The Xterasys XN-152 32-bit PCI NIC, which uses the RTL8169 MAC and +Marvell 88E1000 PHY, has a defect that causes DMA corruption +if the board is plugged into a 64-bit PCI slot. +The defect lies in the board design, not the chip itself: the PCI +REQ64# and ACK64# lines should be pulled high, but they are not. +The result is that the 8169 chip is tricked into performing 64-bit +DMA transfers even though a 64-bit data path between the NIC and +the bus does not actually exist. +.Pp +Unfortunately, it is not possible to correct this problem in software, +however it is possible to detect it. +When the +.Nm +driver is loaded, it will run a diagnostic routine designed to +validate DMA operation by placing the chip in digital loopback mode +and initiating a packet transmission. +If the card functions properly, the transmitted data will +be echoed back unmodified. +If the echoed data is corrupt, the driver +will print an error message on the console and abort the device attach. +The user should ensure the NIC is installed in a 32-bit PCI slot to +avoid this problem. +.Pp +The RealTek 8169, 8169S, and 8110S chips appear to only be capable of +transmitting jumbo frames up to 7.5K in size. |
