Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 00:55:30 +0000 (UTC) From: Eitan Adler <eadler@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-8@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r235314 - stable/8/share/man/man4 Message-ID: <201205120055.q4C0tUnb008520@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: eadler Date: Sat May 12 00:55:29 2012 New Revision: 235314 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/235314 Log: MFC r232496: Fix a variety of grammar nits and errors Approved by: cperciva (implicit) Modified: stable/8/share/man/man4/jme.4 Directory Properties: stable/8/share/man/man4/ (props changed) Modified: stable/8/share/man/man4/jme.4 ============================================================================== --- stable/8/share/man/man4/jme.4 Sat May 12 00:55:02 2012 (r235313) +++ stable/8/share/man/man4/jme.4 Sat May 12 00:55:29 2012 (r235314) @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd June 29, 2011 +.Dd March 4, 2012 .Dt JME 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -130,23 +130,26 @@ variables and tunables: .Bl -tag -width "xxxxxx" .It Va dev.jme.%d.tx_coal_to -Maximum amount of time to delay for Tx completion interrupt in -units of 1us. -The accepted range is 1 to 65535, the default is 100 (100us). +This variable sets the maximum amount of time to delay +before sending a Tx completion interrupt, in microseconds. +The accepted range is 1 to 65535; the default is 100 (100us). .It Va dev.jme.%d.tx_coal_pkt -Maximum number of packets to fire Tx completion interrupt. -The accepted range is 1 to 255, the default is 8. +This variable sets the maximum number of outgoing packets which may be +coalesced together into a single Tx completion interrupt. +The accepted range is 1 to 255; the default is 8. .It Va dev.jme.%d.rx_coal_to -Maximum amount of time to delay for Rx completion interrupt in -units of 1us. -The accepted range is 1 to 65535, the default is 100 (100us). +This variable sets the maximum amount of time to wait for +additional packets to arrive (for possible packet coalescing) +before firing an Rx completion interrupt, in microseconds. +The accepted range is 1 to 65535; the default is 100 (100us). .It Va dev.jme.%d.rx_coal_pkt -Maximum number of packets to fire Rx completion interrupt. -The accepted range is 1 to 255, the default is 2. +This variable sets the maximum number of incoming packets which may be +coalesced into a single Rx completion interrupt. +The accepted range is 1 to 255; the default is 2. .It Va dev.jme.%d.process_limit -Maximum amount of Rx events to be processed in the event loop before -rescheduling a taskqueue. -The accepted range is 10 to 255, the default value is 128 events. +This variable sets the maximum number of events that will be processed +in a single batch before the handler is requeued into a taskqueue. +The accepted range is 10 to 255; the default value is 128 events. The interface does not need to be brought down and up again before a change takes effect. .El @@ -173,22 +176,22 @@ driver tries to avoid unnecessary statio controllers that use eFuse to store station address. The number of times that eFuse can be safely reprogrammed is 16 at most. -In addition, there is no way to restore factory default station -address once station address is reprogrammed via eFuse. -It is highly recommended not to reprogram station address and -it is responsibility of administrator to store original station -address into a safe place when station address should be changed. +In addition, there is no way to restore the factory default station +address once the station address has been reprogrammed via eFuse. +It is highly recommended not to reprogram the station address and +it is the responsibility of the administrator to store the original station +address in a safe place when station address is changed. .Pp There are two known 1000baseT link establishment issues with JMC25x. If the full mask revision number of JMC25x controller is less than -or equal to 4 and link partner enabled IEEE 802.3az Energy Efficient -Ethernet feature, the controller would not be able to establish a +or equal to 4 and the link partner enabled the IEEE 802.3az Energy Efficient +Ethernet feature, the controller will not be able to establish a 1000baseT link. -Also if the length of cable is longer than 120 meters, controller +Also, if the length of the cable is longer than 120 meters, the controller can not establish a 1000baseT link. -The known workaround for the issue is to force manual link +The known workaround for these issues is to force manual link configuration with 100baseTX instead of relying on auto-negotiation. -The full mask revision number of controller could be checked with +The full mask revision number of controller can be checked with the verbose kernel boot option. -Use lower nibble of chip revision number to get full mask revision of -the controller. +Use the lower nibble of the chip revision number to get the +full mask revision of the controller.
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