EPIC-DIAG(8)						      System Manager's Manual						      EPIC-DIAG(8)

NAME

       epic-diag - EEPROM setup and diagnostic program for SMC EtherPowerII ethernet cards and others.

SYNOPSIS

       epic-diag [options]

DESCRIPTION

       epic-diag  is  a  program that you can use to diagnose problems with ethernet cards based on the SMC83C170 series EPIC/100 chip, as used on
       the SMC EtherPowerII boards.

OPTIONS

       These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with  two  dashes  (`-').   A  summary  of  options	is
       included below.

       -h, --help
	      Show summary of options.

       -V, --version
	      Show version of program.

       -v, --verbose
	      Verbose mode.

       -q, --quiet
	      Be very unverbose.

       -# <cardnum>
	      Use card number <cardnum>.

       -a, --show_all_registers
	      Print all registers.

       -e, --show-eeprom
	      Dump EEPROM contents to stdout.

       -E, --emergency-rewrite
	      Re-write a corrupted EEPROM.

       -p, --port-base <port>
	      Specify port to use.

       -A, --Advertise <mediaype>
	      Advertise media type. Valid Options are: 10baseT, 100baseT4, 100baseTx, 100baseTx-FD, 100baseTx-HD, 10baseT-FD and 10baseHD.

       -F, --new-interface <interface>
	      Interface  number.  Options that make sense are: 10baseT, 10base2, AUI, 100baseTx, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTx-FDX, 100baseT4, 100baseFx,
	      100baseFx-FDX, MII and Autosense.

       -H, --new-hwaddress <address>
	      Set card to a new hardware address.

       -m, --show-mii
	      Dump MII management registers.

       -R, --reset
	      Reset the transceiver.

       -T, --test
	      Do register and SRAM test.

       -w, --write-EEPROM <values>
	      Write to the EEPROMS with the specified values. Do not use this, if you do not know what you do!

       -f, --force-detection
	      Try to identify the card, even if it is active.

       -t, --chip-type <card>
	      Explicitly set the chip. To get all valid numbers, run epic-diag with the options '-t -1'.

SEE ALSO

       mii-diag(8)

AUTHOR

       epic-diag was written and is still maintained by Donald Becker <becker@scyld.com>.   This  manual  page	was  written  by  Alain  Schroeder
       <alain@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

								 February 18, 2002						      EPIC-DIAG(8)