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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man4/man4.vax/dmc.4 b/static/netbsd/man4/man4.vax/dmc.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..941e9da9 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man4/man4.vax/dmc.4 @@ -0,0 +1,144 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: dmc.4,v 1.17 2017/08/01 11:11:17 wiz Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. 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. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS 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 THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS 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. +.\" +.\" from: @(#)dmc.4 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93 +.\" +.Dd February 17, 2017 +.Dt DMC 4 vax +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm dmc +.Nd +.Tn DEC +.Tn DMC-11 Ns / Ns Tn DMR-11 +point-to-point serial communications device +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "dmc0 at uba0 csr 167600" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +NOTE: This driver has not been ported from +.Bx 4.4 +yet. +.Pp +The +.Nm dmc +interface provides access to a point-to-point communications +device which runs at either 1 Mb/s or 56 Kb/s. +.Tn DMC-11 Ns s +communicate +using the +.Tn DEC DDCMP +link layer protocol. +.Pp +The +.Nm dmc +interface driver also supports a +.Tn DEC +.Tn DMR-11 +providing point-to-point +communication running at data rates from 2.4 Kb/s to 1 Mb/s. +.Tn DMR-11 Ns s +are a more recent design and thus are preferred over +.Tn DMC-11 Ns s . +The +.Dv NXMT +and +.Dv NRCV +constants in the driver may be increased in this case, +as the +.Tn DMR +can accept up to 64 transmit and receive buffers, as opposed +to 7 for the +.Tn DMC . +.Pp +The configuration flags specify how to set up the device, +.Bl -column 1 description -offset indent +.It 0 full duplex DDCMP (normal mode) +.It 1 DDCMP Maintenance mode (generally useless) +.It 2 DDCMP Half Duplex, primary station +.It 3 DDCMP Half Duplex, secondary station +.El +The host's address must be specified with an +.Dv SIOCSIFADDR +.Xr ioctl 2 , +and the destination address specified with a +.Dv SIOCSIFDSTADDR +.Xr ioctl 2 , +before the interface will transmit or receive any packets. +.Sh ROUTING +The driver places a +.Tn HOST +entry in the kernel routing tables for the +address given in the +.Dv SIOCSIFDSTADDR +.Xr ioctl 2 . +To use the +.Tn DMC +as a +link between local nets, the route to the remote net must be added manually +with the +.Xr route 8 +command, or by the use of the routing process +.Xr routed 8 +on each end of the link. +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +.Bl -diag +.It dmc%d: bad control %o. +A bad parameter was passed to the +.Em dmcload +routine. +.It dmc%d: unknown address type %d. +An input packet was received which contained a type of +address unknown to the driver. +.It DMC fatal error 0%o. +A fatal error in +.Tn DDMCP +occurred, causing the device to be restarted. +.It DMC soft error 0%o. +A non-fatal error in +.Tn DDMCP +has occurred. +.It dmc%d: af%d not supported. +The interface was handed a message which has +addresses formatted in an unsuitable address family. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr inet 4 , +.Xr vax/intro 4 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +driver appeared in +.Bx 4.2 . +.Sh BUGS +The current version of the driver uses a link-level encapsulation +so that multiple protocol types may be used. +It is thus incompatible with earlier drivers, +including the +.Bx 4.2 +version. |
