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31.\" $FreeBSD$
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33.Dd August 21, 1999
34.Dt STE 4
35.Os
36.Sh NAME
37.Nm ste
38.Nd "Sundance Technologies ST201 fast ethernet device driver"
39.Sh SYNOPSIS
40.Cd "device miibus"
41.Cd "device ste"
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43The
44.Nm
45driver provides support for PCI ethernet adapters and embedded
46controllers based on the Sundance Technologies ST201 PCI fast
47ethernet controller chip.
48This includes both the D-Link DFE-550TX and the DFE-530TXS.
49.Pp
50The Sundance ST201 uses bus master DMA and is designed to be a
513Com Etherlink XL workalike.
52It uses the same DMA descriptor
53structure and is very similar in operation, however its register
54layout is different.
55The ST201 has a 64-bit multicast hash filter
56and a single perfect filter entry for the station address.
57It supports both 10 and 100Mbps speeds in either full or half duplex
58using an MII transceiver.
59.Pp
60The
61.Nm
62driver supports the following media types:
63.Pp
64.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
65.It autoselect
66Enable autoselection of the media type and options.
67The user can manually override
68the autoselected mode by adding media options to the
69.Pa /etc/rc.conf
70file.
71.It 10baseT/UTP
72Set 10Mbps operation.
73The
74.Ar mediaopt
75option can also be used to select either
76.Ar full-duplex
77or
78.Ar half-duplex
79modes.
80.It 100baseTX
81Set 100Mbps (fast ethernet) operation.
82The
83.Ar mediaopt
84option can also be used to select either
85.Ar full-duplex
86or
87.Ar half-duplex
88modes.
89.El
90.Pp
91The
92.Nm
93driver supports the following media options:
94.Pp
95.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
96.It full-duplex
97Force full duplex operation
98.It half-duplex
99Force half duplex operation.
100.El
101.Pp
102For more information on configuring this device, see
103.Xr ifconfig 8 .
104.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
105.Bl -diag
106.It "ste%d: couldn't map ports/memory"
107A fatal initialization error has occurred.
108.It "ste%d: couldn't map interrupt"
109A fatal initialization error has occurred.
110.It "ste%d: watchdog timeout"
111The device has stopped responding to the network, or there is a problem with
112the network connection (cable).
113.It "ste%d: no memory for rx list"
114The driver failed to allocate an mbuf for the receiver ring.
115.It "ste%d: no memory for tx list"
116The driver failed to allocate an mbuf for the transmitter ring when
117allocating a pad buffer or collapsing an mbuf chain into a cluster.
118.It "ste%d: chip is in D3 power state -- setting to D0"
119This message applies only to adapters which support power
120management.
121Some operating systems place the controller in low power
122mode when shutting down, and some PCI BIOSes fail to bring the chip
123out of this state before configuring it.
124The controller loses all of
125its PCI configuration in the D3 state, so if the BIOS does not set
126it back to full power mode in time, it won't be able to configure it
127correctly.
128The driver tries to detect this condition and bring
129the adapter back to the D0 (full power) state, but this may not be
130enough to return the driver to a fully operational condition.
131If
132you see this message at boot time and the driver fails to attach
133the device as a network interface, you will have to perform a second
134warm boot to have the device properly configured.
135.Pp
136Note that this condition only occurs when warm booting from another
137operating system.
138If you power down your system prior to booting
139.Fx ,
140the card should be configured correctly.
141.El
142.Sh SEE ALSO
143.Xr arp 4 ,
144.Xr miibus 4 ,
145.Xr netintro 4 ,
146.Xr ng_ether 4 ,
147.Xr ifconfig 8
148.Rs
149.%T Sundance ST201 data sheet
150.%O http://www.sundanceti.com
151.Re
152.Sh HISTORY
153The
154.Nm
155device driver first appeared in
156.Fx 3.0 .
157.Sh AUTHORS
158The
159.Nm
160driver was written by
161.An Bill Paul Aq wpaul@ee.columbia.edu .
162