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+.\" $NetBSD: ale.4,v 1.5 2012/11/29 00:12:21 jdf Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ale.4,v 1.2 2009/02/25 03:15:50 deraadt Exp $
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 2009 Kevin Lo <kevlo@openbsd.org>
+.\"
+.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
+.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
+.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
+.\"
+.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
+.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
+.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
+.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
+.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
+.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
+.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
+.\"
+.Dd May 5, 2009
+.Dt ALE 4
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm ale
+.Nd Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 10/100/Gigabit Ethernet device
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Cd "ale* at pci?"
+.Cd "atphy* at mii?"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm
+driver provides support for Ethernet interfaces based on the
+Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 Ethernet chipset, also known as
+the Attansic L1E.
+.Pp
+The
+.Nm
+driver supports IPv4 receive IP/TCP/UDP checksum offload and VLAN
+tag insertion and stripping.
+.Pp
+The following
+.Ar media
+types are supported:
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width autoselect -compact
+.It Cm autoselect
+Enable autoselection of the media type and options.
+.It Cm 10baseT
+Set 10Mbps operation.
+.It Cm 100baseTX
+Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation.
+.It Cm 1000baseT
+Set 1000Mbps (Gigabit Ethernet) operation.
+.El
+.Pp
+For more information on configuring this device, see
+.Xr ifconfig 8 .
+To view a list of media types and options supported by the card, try
+.Ic ifconfig Fl m Ao Ic device Ac .
+For example,
+.Ic ifconfig Fl m Ic ale0 .
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr arp 4 ,
+.Xr atphy 4 ,
+.Xr ifmedia 4 ,
+.Xr intro 4 ,
+.Xr netintro 4 ,
+.Xr pci 4 ,
+.Xr ifconfig 8
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm
+device driver first appeared in
+.Ox 4.5 .
+It was then ported to
+.Nx 5.1 .
+.Sh AUTHORS
+.An -nosplit
+The
+.Nm
+driver was written by
+.An Pyun YongHyeon
+for
+.Fx
+and ported to
+.Ox
+by
+.An Kevin Lo
+.Aq kevlo@OpenBSD.org
+then ported to
+.Nx
+by
+.An Christoph Egger
+.Aq cegger@NetBSD.org
+and Kevin Lahey.