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- ' $Header: /sprite/src/cmds/fddicmd/RCS/fddicmd.man,v 1.2 92/05/29 11:13:40 voelker Exp $ SPRITE (Berkeley)
- .so \*(]ltmac.sprite
- .HS FDDICMD cmds
- .BS
- .SH NAME
- fddicmd \- invoke ioctls on the FDDI device driver
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- .IP \fBfddicmd 10
- [\fB\-reset\fR]
- [\fB\-halt\fR]
- [\fB\-flush\fR]
- [\fB\-addr\fR]
- [\fB\-debug\fR]
- [\fB\-stats\fR]
- [\fB\-echo SpriteID\fR]
- [\fB\-size bytes\fR]
- [\fB\-repeat n\fR]
- [\fB\-syslog\fR]
- [\fB\-reg\fR]
- [\fB\-errlog\fR]
- .SH OPTIONS
- .IP \fB\-reset\fP
- Reset the adapter.
- .IP \fB\-halt\fP
- Halt the adapter.
- .IP \fB\-flush\fP
- Flush the driver's transmit queue of waiting packets.
- .IP \fB\-addr\fP
- Print the adapter's network address.
- .IP \fB\-debug\fP
- Toggle debugging. Messages are printed to the syslog.
- .IP \fB\-stats\fP
- Print adapter statistics.
- .IP \fB\-echo\ SpriteID\fP
- Echo packets off of the specified host.
- .IP \fB\-size\ bytes\fP
- Set the size of packets to echo.
- .IP \fB\-repeat\ n\fP
- Number of times to echo packets.
- .IP \fB\-reg\fP
- Print the contents of the adapter registers.
- .IP \fB\-errlog\fP
- Print the internal and external error codes that the adapter writes as it halts. Should be zero for normal operation.
- .IP \fB\-syslog\fP
- Print info onto syslog instead of terminal.
- .BE
-
- .SH DESCRIPTION
-
- .LP
- The various options perform ioctls on the FDDI driver.
-
- .LP
- The \fBreset\fP and \fBhalt\fP options control the adapter's connection to the
- ring. The \fBreset\fP option resets the adapter, connecting it back to
- the ring. The \fBhalt\fP option halts the adapter, disconnecting it
- from the ring.
-
- .LP
- The \fBflush\fP option flushes the driver's transmit queue.
-
- .LP
- The \fBaddr\fP option prints out the adapter's network address in the standard
- aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff form.
-
- .LP
- The \fBdebug\fP option toggles debugging output. The messages are written
- to the syslog, and really slow down the adapter. Useful for seeing
- how the adapter works.
-
- .LP
- The \fBstats\fP option prints out adapter statistics. It first reports
- the number of packets and bytes sent and received. Then comes an
- array of receive reaped numbers. Each array slot denotes a number of
- received packets, and the value in that slot is the number of
- times that the driver reaped that number of packets in one interrupt.
- Following this is an array counting packet sizes, both sent and received.
-
- .LP
- The \fBecho\fP, \fBsize\fP, and \fBrepeat\fP options let hosts
- be pinged over FDDI. The argument to \fBehco\fP is the Sprite ID
- of a host to ping. The argument to \fBsize\fP controls the size
- of the RPC to ping with. And \fBrepeat\fP controls the number of
- times the host is echoed. Timing numbers are reported when the
- echoes finish.
-
- .LP
- The \fBreg\fP and \fBerrlog\fP options print out some of the adapter's
- internal state. \fBreg\fP prints out the contents of the adapter's
- registers. \fBerrlog\fP prints out the internal and external
- error codes written by the adapter when it halts. These codes should be
- zero during normal operation.
-
- .LP
- The \fBsyslog\fP option was intended to control whethere output would
- be printed on the syslog or on the terminal that invoked \fBfddicmd\fP.
- This is only partially supported.
-
- .SH KEYWORDS
- net, FDDI
-