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1.1     ! root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1986 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: .\"    @(#)np.4        6.3 (Berkeley) 5/21/86
        !             6: .\"
        !             7: .TH NP 4 "May 21, 1986"
        !             8: .UC 5
        !             9: .SH NAME
        !            10: np \- Interlan Np100 10 Mb/s Ethernet interface
        !            11: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            12: .B "device np0 at uba0 csr 166000 vector npintr"
        !            13: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            14: The
        !            15: .I NP
        !            16: device provides access to an Interlan Np100 Ethernet interface
        !            17: for control functions.
        !            18: .PP
        !            19: This interface is unusual in that it requires loading firmware
        !            20: into the controller before it may be used as a network link-level interface.
        !            21: This is accomplished by opening a character special device,
        !            22: and writing data to it.
        !            23: It is also possible to do post-mortem debugging of firmware failures
        !            24: by reading the local memory of the device.
        !            25: .PP
        !            26: A program to load the image is provided in /usr/src/new/np100.
        !            27: The sequence of commands would be:
        !            28: .nf
        !            29: 
        !            30:        # ./npload np.image [/dev/np00]
        !            31:        # sleep 10
        !            32:        # ifconfig ix0 ...
        !            33: .fi
        !            34: .PP
        !            35: Multiple control processes are allowed by opening separate
        !            36: minor devices; secondary interfaces are specified by shifting
        !            37: the interface number by 4 bits.
        !            38: .PP
        !            39: The device also responds to commands passed through the driver
        !            40: by the following ioctls:
        !            41: .TP
        !            42: NPRESET
        !            43: .br
        !            44: kills off all active network processes.
        !            45: .TP
        !            46: NPSTART
        !            47: .br
        !            48: begins execution of the board at the specified address (usually 0x400).
        !            49: .TP
        !            50: NPNETBOOT
        !            51: .br
        !            52: downloads the image from a server on the network.
        !            53: [Contact MICOM-INTERLAN for details.]
        !            54: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
        !            55: \fBnp%d: Bad Maintenance command: %x!\fP.
        !            56: An invalid ioctl was passed to the np driver.
        !            57: .PP
        !            58: \fBnp%d: Panic NP100 bad buffer chain\fP.
        !            59: An error occurred in an read or write operation causing it to
        !            60: run out of buffers before it finished the operation.
        !            61: This indicates a kernel failure rather than a device failure.
        !            62: .PP
        !            63: \fBNP100 unit %d not found!\fP.
        !            64: A failure occurred during initialization, such that the unibus
        !            65: address expected for the board was found to be bad.
        !            66: Probably indicates hardware problems with the board, as do the following:
        !            67: \fB
        !            68: .nf
        !            69: 
        !            70: NP100 Unit %d timed out!
        !            71: 
        !            72: NP100 Unit %d Failed diagnostics!
        !            73: Status from CSR0: %x.\fP
        !            74: .fi
        !            75: .PP
        !            76: \fBPanic from NP100 unit %d!\\nPanic Message: %s\fP.
        !            77: An occurrence on the board was deemed serious enough
        !            78: to have the vax print it out.  
        !            79: .PP
        !            80: \fBNP100 unit #%d available!\fP.
        !            81: The board was successfully loaded and started.
        !            82: .PP
        !            83: \fBnp%d: Bad Req: %x.\fP.
        !            84: The board made a maintenance request to the vax that it did not
        !            85: understand.
        !            86: .PP
        !            87: \fBnp%d: No more room on Command Queue!\fP.
        !            88: The np driver allowed an internal resource to be exhausted.
        !            89: This should never happen.
        !            90: .PP
        !            91: There are 110 other diagnostic messages that can be enabled
        !            92: by setting bits in a debugging mask.
        !            93: Consult the driver for details.
        !            94: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            95: intro(4N), inet(4F), arp(4P), ix(4)

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