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Date:      Fri, 18 Aug 2017 20:35:35 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Sevan Janiyan <sevan@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r322674 - head/share/man/man4
Message-ID:  <201708182035.v7IKZZsF019918@repo.freebsd.org>

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Author: sevan (doc committer)
Date: Fri Aug 18 20:35:35 2017
New Revision: 322674
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/322674

Log:
  Add Thunderbolt Apple interfaces to the bge(4) supported list.
  Document message reported by kernel upon removal in DIAGNOSTIC section.
  Document shortcomings in BUGS section.
  
  Approved by:	bcr (mentor)
  MFC after:	5 days
  Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D11771

Modified:
  head/share/man/man4/bge.4

Modified: head/share/man/man4/bge.4
==============================================================================
--- head/share/man/man4/bge.4	Fri Aug 18 20:20:49 2017	(r322673)
+++ head/share/man/man4/bge.4	Fri Aug 18 20:35:35 2017	(r322674)
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd January 19, 2012
+.Dd August 18, 2017
 .Dt BGE 4
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -159,6 +159,10 @@ following:
 .It
 3Com 3c996-T (10/100/1000baseTX)
 .It
+Apple Thunderbolt Display (10/100/1000baseTX)
+.It
+Apple Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (10/100/1000baseTX)
+.It
 Dell PowerEdge 1750 integrated BCM5704C NIC (10/100/1000baseTX)
 .It
 Dell PowerEdge 2550 integrated BCM5700 NIC (10/100/1000baseTX)
@@ -236,6 +240,9 @@ during initialization.
 The driver failed to initialize PCI shared memory mapping.
 This might
 happen if the card is not in a bus-master slot.
+.It "bge%d: firmware handshake timed out, found 0xffffffff"
+The device was physically disconnected from the system, or there is a problem with
+the device causing it to stop responding to the host it is attached to.
 .It "bge%d: no memory for jumbo buffers!"
 The driver failed to allocate memory for jumbo frames during
 initialization.
@@ -262,3 +269,12 @@ The
 .Nm
 driver was written by
 .An Bill Paul Aq Mt wpaul@windriver.com .
+.Sh BUGS
+Hotplug is not currently supported in
+.Fx ,
+hence, Thunderbolt interfaces need to be connected prior to system power up on
+Apple systems in order for the interface to be detected.
+Also, due to the lack of hotplug support, Thunderbolt-based interfaces must not be removed
+while the system is up as the kernel is currently unable to cope with a
+.Nm
+interface disappearing.



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