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8*47674Scael.Dd
9*47674Scael.Dt PCL 4 vax
10*47674Scael.Os BSD 4.2
11*47674Scael.Sh NAME
12*47674Scael.Nm pcl
13*47674Scael.Nd
14*47674Scael.Tn DEC CSS
15*47674Scael.Tn PCL-11 B
16*47674ScaelNetwork Interface
17*47674Scael.Sh SYNOPSIS
18*47674Scael.Cd "device pcl0 at uba? csr 164200 vector pclxint pclrint"
19*47674Scael.Sh DESCRIPTION
2020736SmckusickThe
21*47674Scael.Nm pcl
22*47674Scaeldevice provides an
23*47674Scael.Tn IP Ns -only
24*47674Scaelinterface to the
25*47674Scael.Tn DEC CSS
26*47674Scael.Tn PCL-11
2720736Smckusicktime division multiplexed network bus.
2820736SmckusickThe controller itself is not accessible to users.
29*47674Scael.Pp
30*47674ScaelThe hosts's address is specified with the
31*47674Scael.Dv SIOCSIFADDR
32*47674Scael.Xr ioctl 2 .
3320736SmckusickThe interface will not transmit or receive any data before
3420736Smckusickits address is defined.
35*47674Scael.Pp
36*47674ScaelAs the
37*47674Scael.Tn PCL-11
38*47674Scaelhardware is only capable of having 15 interfaces per network,
3920736Smckusicka single-byte host-on-network number is used, with range [1..15] to match
40*47674Scaelthe
41*47674Scael.Tn TDM
42*47674Scaelbus addresses of the interfaces.
43*47674Scael.Pp
4420736SmckusickThe interface currently only supports the Internet protocol family
45*47674Scaeland only provides
46*47674Scael.Dq natural
47*47674Scael(header) encapsulation.
48*47674Scael.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
49*47674Scael.Bl -diag
50*47674Scael.It pcl%d: can't init.
51*47674ScaelInsufficient
52*47674Scael.Tn UNIBUS
53*47674Scaelresources existed to initialize the device.
5420736SmckusickThis is likely to occur when the device is run on a buffered
5520736Smckusickdata path on an 11/750 and other network interfaces are also
5620736Smckusickconfigured to use buffered data paths, or when it is configured
5720736Smckusickto use buffered data paths on an 11/730 (which has none).
58*47674Scael.Pp
59*47674Scael.It pcl%d: can't handle af%d.
6020736SmckusickThe interface was handed a message with addresses formatted in an
6120736Smckusickunsuitable address family;  the packet was dropped.
62*47674Scael.Pp
63*47674Scael.It pcl%d: stray xmit interrupt.
6428333SanneAn interrupt occurred when no output had previously been started.
65*47674Scael.Pp
66*47674Scael.It pcl%d: master.
67*47674ScaelThe
68*47674Scael.Tn TDM
69*47674Scaelbus had no station providing ``bus master'' timing signals,
7020736Smckusickso this interface has assumed the ``master'' role.  This message should
71*47674Scaelonly appear at most once per
72*47674Scael.Tn UNIBUS INIT
73*47674Scaelon a single system.
7420736SmckusickUnless there is a hardware failure, only one station may be master at at time.
75*47674Scael.Pp
76*47674Scael.It pcl%d: send error, tcr=%b, tsr=%b.
7720736SmckusickThe device indicated a problem sending data on output.
7820736SmckusickIf a ``receiver offline'' error is detected, it is not normally logged
79*47674Scaelunless the option
80*47674Scael.Dv PCL_TESTING
81*47674Scaelhas been selected, as this causes a lot
8220736Smckusickof console chatter when sending to a down machine.  However, this option
83*47674Scaelis quite useful when debugging problems with the
84*47674Scael.Tn PCL
85*47674Scaelinterfaces.
86*47674Scael.Pp
87*47674Scael.It pcl%d: rcv error, rcr=%b rsr=%b.
8820736SmckusickThe device indicated a problem receiving data on input.
89*47674Scael.Pp
90*47674Scael.It pcl%d: bad len=%d.
9120736SmckusickAn input operation resulted in a data transfer of less than
9220736Smckusick0 or more than 1008 bytes of
9320736Smckusickdata into memory (according to the word count register).
94*47674ScaelThis should never happen as the maximum size of a
95*47674Scael.Tn PCL
96*47674Scaelmessage
9720736Smckusickhas been agreed upon to be 1008 bytes (same as ArpaNet message).
98*47674Scael.El
99*47674Scael.Sh SEE ALSO
100*47674Scael.Xr intro 4 ,
101*47674Scael.Xr inet 4
102*47674Scael.Sh HISTORY
103*47674ScaelThe
104*47674Scael.Nm
105*47674Scaelinterface appeared in
106*47674Scael.Bx 4.2 .
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