The
de
device driver supports Ethernet adapters based on the Digital
Equipment DC21x4x based self-contained Ethernet chips.
This includes, among others, the following models:
Asante
Cogent EM100FX and EM440TX
DEC PCI DE435, EISA DE425, DE450, DE500
older Linksys 10, 10/100
SMC 8432, 9332, 9334
ZNYX ZX3xx
This driver may support other cards based on the 21040 and 21041 Ethernet
controllers, or the 21140[A], 21141, 21142, and 21143 Fast Ethernet
controllers.
The
de
driver supports the following media types:
autoselect
Enable autoselection of the media type and options.
10baseT
Set 10Mbps operation on the 10baseT port.
10base2
Set 10Mbps operation on the BNC port.
10base5
Set 10Mbps operation on the AUI port.
100baseTX
Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation.
100baseFX
Set 100Mbps operation.
100baseT4
Set 100Mbps operation (4-pair cat-3 cable).
The
de
driver supports the following media options:
full-duplex
Set full duplex operation for UTP port.
For more information on configuring this device, see
ifconfig(8).
To view a list of media types and options supported by your card try
ifconfig-m .
For example,
ifconfig-m de0.
Note that the media types available depend on the particular card in use.
Some cards are explicitly programmed to a particular media type by a
setup utility and are not changeable.
The old
“ifconfig linkN”
method of configuration is not supported.
DIAGNOSTICS
The 21041 and 21140A chips support suspending the operation of the card.
The device probe detected that the board is configured for a different
interrupt than the one specified in the kernel configuration file.
There is a limit of 32
de
devices allowed in a single machine.
Certain revisions of the chipset are not supported by this driver.