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1.1       root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1988 Regents of the University of California.
                      2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
                      3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
                      4: .\"
                      5: .\"    @(#)dmv.4       6.1 (Berkeley) 6/13/88
                      6: .\"
                      7: .TH DMV 4 "June 13, 1988"
                      8: .UC 6
                      9: .SH NAME
                     10: dmv \- DEC DMV-11 point-to-point communications device
                     11: .SH SYNOPSIS
                     12: .B "device dmv0 at uba0 csr 167000 vector dmvrint dmvxint"
                     13: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     14: The
                     15: .I dmv
                     16: interface provides access to a point-to-point communications
                     17: device which runs at up to 56 Kb/s.  DMV-11's communicate
                     18: using the DEC DDCMP link layer protocol.
                     19: .PP
                     20: The host's address must be specified with an SIOCSIFADDR ioctl,
                     21: and the destination address specified with a SIOCSIFDSTADDR ioctl,
                     22: before the interface will transmit or receive any packets.
                     23: .SH ROUTING
                     24: The driver places a HOST entry in the kernel routing tables for the
                     25: address given in the SIOCSIFDSTADDR ioctl.  To use the DMV as a
                     26: link between local nets, the route to the remote net must be added manually
                     27: with the
                     28: .IR route (8)
                     29: command, or by the use of the routing process
                     30: .IR routed (8)
                     31: on each end of the link.
                     32: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
                     33: .BR "dmvprobe: can't start device"
                     34: .BR "dmvprobe: device init failed, bsel4=%o, bsel6=%o"
                     35: The probe routine was unable to start the device.
                     36: .PP
                     37: .BR "dmvinit: dmv%d not running"
                     38: .BR "dmvrestart: can't start device"
                     39: .BR "dmv%d: device init failed, bsel4=%o, bsel6=%o"
                     40: The initialization/restart routine was unable to start the device.
                     41: .PP
                     42: .BR "dmv%d: far end on-line"
                     43: The other end of the connection has come online.
                     44: .PP
                     45: .BR "dmv%d: far end restart"
                     46: The other end of the line has restarted.
                     47: .PP
                     48: .BR "dmv%d: bad control %o" .
                     49: A bad parameter was passed to the
                     50: .I dmvload
                     51: routine.
                     52: .PP
                     53: .BR "dmvxint: dmv%d bad rcv pkt addr 0x%x len 0x%x"
                     54: A bad packet was received.
                     55: .PP
                     56: .BR "dmv%d: bad packet address 0x%x"
                     57: An input packet was received which contained a type of
                     58: address unknown to the driver.
                     59: .PP
                     60: .BR "dmvxint: dmv%d unallocated packet 0x%x"
                     61: A protocol error has occured with the board.
                     62: .PP
                     63: .BR "dmvoutput, dmv%d can't handle af%d"
                     64: A packet for an unsupported address family has been sent.
                     65: .PP
                     66: .BR "dmv%d: output timeout, bsel0=%b bsel2=%b"
                     67: A device timeout occurred.
                     68: .PP
                     69: Numerous other device errors may be displayed.
                     70: .SH SEE ALSO
                     71: dmc(4), intro(4N), inet(4F)

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