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31.Dd October 17, 1997
32.Dt TL 4
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm tl
36.Nd Ethernet driver for Texas Instruments ThunderLAN based board
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.Cd "tl* at pci? dev ? function ?"
39.Pp
40Configuration of PHYs are necessary.
41See
42.Xr mii 4 .
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44The
45.Nm tl
46device driver supports network adapters based on
47the Texas Instruments ThunderLAN chip.
48.Sh HARDWARE
49Supported cards include:
50.Pp
51.Bl -tag -width xxxxxx -offset indent
52.It Compaq Netelligent
53in baseboard and PCI variants (10BASE-T-only variant untested).
54.It Compaq NetFlex 3/P
55in baseboard variant only (the PCI variant doesn't use the same chip !).
56.It \&It Baseboard Compaq Deskpro 4000 5233MMX Ethernet
57(This has been tested on the Deskpro 4000M only).
58.It TI TravelMate 5000 series laptop docking station's Ethernet board .
59.El
60.Sh MEDIA SELECTION
61The different models of the supported boards come with some subset of RJ-45,
62BNC and AUI connectors.
63Media selection is done using
64.Xr ifconfig 8
65using the standard
66.Xr ifmedia 4
67mechanism.
68Refer to those manual pages for more information.
69.Pp
70The
71.Nm
72driver don't have full automatic media selection.
73By default it will do an NWay
74on the UTP port for negotiation of the speed and duplex mode with the
75link partner.
76If the AUI or BNC port is used, an explicit medium must be
77specified to
78.Xr ifconfig 8
79or in your
80.Pa /etc/ifconfig.tl?
81file.
82.in -4
83.Sh SEE ALSO
84.Xr ifmedia 4 ,
85.Xr mii 4 ,
86.Xr netintro 4 ,
87.Xr pci 4 ,
88.Xr ifconfig 8
89.Sh BUGS
90The board marked as untested will always claim having an AUI connector, where
91it may be a BNC one.
92