home | help
TXP(4)			     Kernel Interfaces Manual			  TXP(4)

NAME
     txp -- 3Com 3XP Typhoon/Sidewinder (3CR990) Ethernet interface

SYNOPSIS
     To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following line in your
     kernel configuration file:

	   device txp

     Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the
     following line in loader.conf(5):

	   if_txp_load="YES"

DESCRIPTION
     The  txp  interface provides access to the 10Mb/s and 100Mb/s Ethernet net-
     works via the 3Com Typhoon/Sidewinder chipset.

     Basic Ethernet functions are provided as well as support  for  vlan(4)  tag
     removal  and insertion assistance, receive ip(4), tcp(4), and udp(4) check-
     sum offloading, and transmit ip(4) checksum offloading.  There is currently
     no support for transmit tcp(4) or udp(4) checksum offloading,  tcp(4)  seg-
     mentation, nor ipsec(4) acceleration.

     Each  of  the  host's  network  addresses is specified at boot time with an
     SIOCSIFADDR ioctl(2).  The txp interface  employs	the  address  resolution
     protocol described in arp(4) to dynamically map between Internet and Ether-
     net addresses on the local network.

     When a txp interface is brought up, by default, it will attempt to auto-ne-
     gotiate  the  link speed and duplex mode.	The speeds, in order of attempt,
     are: 100Mb/s Full Duplex, 100Mb/s Half Duplex, 10 Mb/s Full Duplex, and  10
     Mb/s Half Duplex.

     The  txp  supports  several  media types, which are selected via the ifcon-
     fig(8) command.  The supported media types are:

     media autoselect
	     Attempt to autoselect the media type (default)

     media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex
	     Use 100baseTX, full duplex

     media 100baseTX [mediaopt half-duplex]
	     Use 100baseTX, half duplex

     media 10baseT mediaopt full-duplex
	     Use 10baseT, full duplex

     media 10baseT [mediaopt half-duplex]
	     Use 10baseT, half duplex

HARDWARE
     The txp driver supports the following cards:

	   *   3Com 3CR990-TX-95
	   *   3Com 3CR990-TX-97
	   *   3Com 3cR990B-TXM
	   *   3Com 3CR990SVR95
	   *   3Com 3CR990SVR97
	   *   3Com 3cR990B-SRV

SEE ALSO
     altq(4), arp(4),  inet(4),  intro(4),  ip(4),  miibus(4),	tcp(4),  udp(4),
     vlan(4), ifconfig(8)

HISTORY
     The txp driver first appeared in OpenBSD 2.9.

FreeBSD 9.1			 March 12, 2009 			  TXP(4)

home | help