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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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