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30.\"     from: @(#)np.4	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
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32.Dd February 17, 2017
33.Dt NP 4 vax
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm np
37.Nd Interlan Np100 10 Mb/s Ethernet interface
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.Cd "np0 at uba0 csr 166000 vector npintr"
40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41NOTE: This driver has not been ported from
42.Bx 4.4
43yet.
44.Pp
45The
46.Nm np
47device provides access to an Interlan Np100 Ethernet interface
48for control functions.
49.Pp
50This interface is unusual in that it requires loading firmware
51into the controller before it may be used as a network link-level interface.
52This is accomplished by opening a character special device,
53and writing data to it.
54It is also possible to do post-mortem debugging of firmware failures
55by reading the local memory of the device.
56.\" .Pp
57.\" A program to load the image is provided in
58.\" .Pa /usr/src/new/np100 .
59.\" The sequence of commands would be:
60.\" .Bd -literal -offset indent
61.\" # ./npload np.image [/dev/np00]
62.\" # sleep 10
63.\" # ifconfig ix0 ...
64.\" .Ed
65.Pp
66Multiple control processes are allowed by opening separate
67minor devices; secondary interfaces are specified by shifting
68the interface number by 4 bits.
69.Pp
70The device also responds to commands passed through the driver
71by the following
72.Xr ioctl 2 Ns s :
73.Bl -tag -width NPNETBOOT
74.It Dv NPRESET
75kills off all active network processes.
76.It Dv NPSTART
77begins execution of the board at the specified address (usually
78.Li 0x400 ) .
79.It Dv NPNETBOOT
80downloads the image from a server on the network.
81[Contact
82.Tn MICOM-INTERLAN
83for details.]
84.El
85.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
86.Bl -diag
87.It np%d: Bad Maintenance command: %x!
88An invalid
89.Xr ioctl 2
90was passed to the np driver.
91.It np%d: Panic NP100 bad buffer chain.
92An error occurred in an read or write operation causing it to
93run out of buffers before it finished the operation.
94This indicates a kernel failure rather than a device failure.
95.It NP100 unit %d not found!
96A failure occurred during initialization, such that the UNIBUS
97address expected for the board was found to be bad.
98Probably indicates hardware problems with the board, as do the following:
99.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
100NP100 Unit %d timed out!
101NP100 Unit %d Failed diagnostics!
102Status from CSR0: %x.
103.Ed
104.It "Panic from NP100 unit %d!"
105.It "Panic Message: %s."
106An occurrence on the board was deemed serious enough
107to have the VAX print it out.
108.It NP100 unit #%d available!
109The board was successfully loaded and started.
110.It np%d: Bad Req: %x.
111The board made a maintenance request to the VAX that it did not
112understand.
113.It np%d: No more room on Command Queue!
114The np driver allowed an internal resource to be exhausted.
115This should never happen.
116.El
117There are 110 other diagnostic messages that can be enabled
118by setting bits in a debugging mask.
119Consult the driver for details.
120.Sh SEE ALSO
121.Xr arp 4 ,
122.Xr inet 4 ,
123.Xr netintro 4 ,
124.Xr vax/ix 4
125.Sh HISTORY
126The
127.Nm
128driver appeared in
129.Bx 4.3 .
130