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authorSheldon Hearn <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org>2000-03-01 14:50:24 +0000
committerSheldon Hearn <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org>2000-03-01 14:50:24 +0000
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@@ -56,24 +56,29 @@ SK-9844 SK-NET GE-SX dual port, multimode fiber adapter
.El
.Pp
The SysKonnect adapters consist of two main components: the XaQti Corp.
-XMAC II gigabit MAC and the SysKonnect GEnesis controller ASIC. The
+XMAC II gigabit MAC and the SysKonnect GEnesis controller ASIC.
+The
XMAC provides the gigabit MAC and PHY suspport while the GEnesis
provides an interface to the PCI bus, DMA support, packet buffering
-and arbitration. The GEnesis can control up to two XMACs simultaneously,
+and arbitration.
+The GEnesis can control up to two XMACs simultaneously,
allowing dual-port NIC configurations.
.Pp
The
.Nm
driver configures dual port SysKonnect adapters such that each XMAC
-is treated as a separate logical network interface. Both ports can
+is treated as a separate logical network interface.
+Both ports can
operate indepenently of each other and can be connected to separate
-networks. The SysKonnect driver software currently only uses the
+networks.
+The SysKonnect driver software currently only uses the
second port on dual port adapters for failover purposes: if the link
on the primary port fails, the SysKonnect driver will automatically
switch traffic onto the second port.
.Pp
The XaQti XMAC II supports full and half duplex operation with
-autonegotiation. The XMAC also supports unlimited frame sizes.
+autonegotiation.
+The XMAC also supports unlimited frame sizes.
Support for jumbo frames is provided via the interface MTU setting.
Selecting an MTU larger than 1500 bytes with the
.Xr ifconfig 8
@@ -93,7 +98,8 @@ the autoselected mode by adding media options to the
.Pa /etc/rc.conf
file.
.It 1000baseSX
-Set 1000Mbps (gigabit ethernet) operation. Both
+Set 1000Mbps (gigabit ethernet) operation.
+Both
.Ar full-duplex
and
.Ar half-duplex
@@ -125,7 +131,8 @@ A fatal initialization error has occurred.
The driver failed to allocate memory for per-device instance information
during initialization.
.It "sk%d: failed to enable memory mapping!"
-The driver failed to initialize PCI shared memory mapping. This might
+The driver failed to initialize PCI shared memory mapping.
+This might
happen if the card is not in a bus-master slot.
.It "sk%d: no memory for jumbo buffers!"
The driver failed to allocate memory for jumbo frames during