docs/141358: [NOTES] [patch] document modular phy support

[Bruce Cran]

>Number:         141358
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       [NOTES] [patch] document modular phy support
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Dec 10 22:50:00 UTC 2009
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Bruce Cran
>Release:        8.0
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD router.draftnet 8.0-STABLE FreeBSD 8.0-STABLE #1: Thu Dec 10 14:21:42 GMT 2009     brucec at router.draftnet:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ROUTER  i386
>Description:
The ability to configure the kernel with support for specific PHYs was added in February 2006, but isn't documented. The attached patch (against 9-CURRENT as of 2009-12-10) adds the device lines to /sys/conf/NOTES. 
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:


Patch attached with submission follows:

--- NOTES.orig	2009-12-10 21:56:37.000000000 +0000
+++ NOTES	2009-12-10 22:32:21.000000000 +0000
@@ -1812,14 +1812,47 @@
 #
 # Network interfaces:
 #
-# MII bus support is required for some PCI 10/100 ethernet NICs,
+# MII bus support is required for some PCI 10/100/1000 ethernet NICs,
 # namely those which use MII-compliant transceivers or implement
 # transceiver control interfaces that operate like an MII. Adding
 # "device miibus" to the kernel config pulls in support for
 # the generic miibus API and all of the PHY drivers, including a
 # generic one for PHYs that aren't specifically handled by an
-# individual driver.
-device		miibus
+# individual driver. Support for specific PHYs may be built by adding
+# "device mii" then adding the appropriate PHY driver.
+device		miibus		# MII support including all PHYs
+device		mii		# Minimal MII support
+
+device		acphy		# Altima Communications AC101
+device		amphy		# AMD AM79c873 / Davicom DM910{1,2}
+device		atphy		# Attansic/Atheros F1
+device		axphy		# Asix Semiconductor AX88x9x
+device		bmtphy		# Broadcom BCM5201/BCM5202 and 3Com 3c905C
+device		brgphy		# Broadcom BCM54xx/57xx 1000baseTX
+device		ciphy		# Cicada/Vitesse CS/VSC8xxx
+device		e1000phy	# Marvell 88E1000 1000/100/10-BT
+device		exphy		# 3Com internal PHY
+device		gentbi		# Generic 10-bit 1000BASE-{LX,SX} fiber ifaces
+device		icsphy		# ICS ICS1889-1893
+device		inphy		# Intel 82553/82555
+device		ip1000phy	# IC Plus IP1000A/IP1001
+device		jmphy		# JMicron JMP211/JMP202
+device		lxtphy		# Level One LXT-970
+device		mlphy		# Micro Linear 6692
+device		nsgphy		# NatSemi DP8361/DP83865/DP83891
+device		nsphy		# NatSemi DP83840A
+device		nsphyter	# NatSemi DP83843/DP83815
+device		pnaphy		# HomePNA
+device		qsphy		# Quality Semiconductor QS6612
+device		rgephy		# RealTek 8169S/8110S/8211B/8211C
+device		rlphy		# RealTek 8139
+device		rlswitch	# RealTek 8305
+device		ruephy		# RealTek RTL8150
+device		smcphy		# SMSC LAN91C111
+device		tdkphy		# TDK 89Q2120
+device		tlphy		# Texas Instruments ThunderLAN
+device		truephy		# LSI TruePHY
+device		xmphy		# XaQti XMAC II
 
 # an:   Aironet 4500/4800 802.11 wireless adapters. Supports the PCMCIA,
 #       PCI and ISA varieties.


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