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.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm eg
.Nd Ethernet driver for 3Com 3c505 Ethernet boards
.Nd Ethernet driver for 3Com 3c505 Etherlink+ Ethernet board
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Cd "device eg0 at isa? port 0x310 net irq 5 vector egintr"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
interface provides access to a 10 Mb/s Ethernet network via the
3Com 3c505 Ethernet board.
3Com 3c505 board based on the Intel 82586 Ethernet chip.
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
.Bl -diag
.It "eg%d: configure card command failed"
For some reason, the driver could not initialize the card. Please check
the card's IRQ and I/O settings relative to those in the kernel
configuration file.
.El
.Pp
.Sh BUGS
Uses the onboard firmware, which is not a good way to do it.
Doesn't support DMA or high speeds.
Currently the driver does not support multicast.
The timeout interval can be quite long (16 seconds) for a 512k board.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ed 4 ,
.Xr el 4 ,
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.Xr intro 4 ,
.Xr le 4 ,
.Xr ifconfig 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
device driver first appeared in
.Fx 2.0.5
coming from NetBSD.
.Sh AUTHORS
The
.Nm
device driver was written by Dean Huxley.
This manual page was written by James A. Jegers.