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.Dd July 16, 2005 .Dt IE 4 i386 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm ie .Nd "Ethernet device driver" .Sh SYNOPSIS To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following line in your kernel configuration file: d -ragged -offset indent .Cd "device ie" .Ed
p Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in .Xr loader.conf 5 : d -literal -offset indent if_ie_load="YES" .Ed
p In
a /boot/device.hints : .Cd hint.ie.0.at="isa" .Cd hint.ie.0.port="0x300" .Cd hint.ie.0.irq="5" .Cd hint.ie.0.maddr="0xd0000" .Sh HARDWARE The .Nm driver provides supports the following 8 and 16bit ISA Ethernet cards that are based on the Intel i82586 chip:
p l -bullet -compact t 3COM 3C507 t AT&T EN100 t AT&T Starlan 10 t AT&T Starlan Fiber t Intel EtherExpress 16 t RACAL Interlan NI5210 .El .Sh DIAGNOSTICS l -diag t "ie%d: unknown board type code %d" An i82586 chip was found, but the driver was unable to determine the actual board type during the probe. t "ie%d: kernel configured maddr %x doesn't match board configured maddr %x" The device probe detected a different maddr than the one specified in the kernel configuration file. t "ie%d: can't find shared memory" The device probe could not access the shared memory to determine its size. t "ie%d: kernel configured msize %d doesn't match board configured msize %d" The device probe found a different size for the shared memory than the one specified in the kernel configuration file. t "ie%d: kernel configured irq %d doesn't match board configured irq %d" The device probe detected that the board is configured for a different interrupt than the one specified in the kernel configuration file. t "ie%d: reset" The Intel i82586 had to be reset by the driver. t "ie%d: transceiver problem" The driver has detected a problem with the Ethernet transceiver. This is usually due to a loose or broken transceiver cable when using an external transceiver. When you experience this problem with an on-card transceiver your card may be incorrectly jumpered for to use an external transceiver. Worst case your on-board transceiver may be broken. t "ie%d: TDR detected an open %d clocks away" The driver detected an open circuit in the Ethernet cable. Check your coax cable and terminator resistors. t "ie%d: TDR detected a short %d clocks away" The driver detected a short circuit in the Ethernet cable. Check your coax cable and terminator resistors. t "ie%d: TDR returned unknown status %x" The driver got an unknown status from the card during the Ethernet cable test. t "ie%d: multicast address setup command failed" The card could not be put into multicast mode. t "ie%d: configure command failed" The card refused to respond correctly during configuration. t "ie%d: individual address setup command failed" The programming of the Ethernet (MAC) address failed. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr arp 4 , .Xr netintro 4 , .Xr ng_ether 4 , .Xr ifconfig 8 .Sh AUTHORS .An -nosplit The .Nm device driver was written by .An Garrett A. Wollman , based on code by .An William F. Jolitz and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories. .Tn 3C507 support was written by .An Charles M. Hannum . This manual page was written by .An Wilko C. Bulte . .Sh CAVEATS The Racal Interlan NI5210 comes in variants with 8 and 16 kbytes of shared memory. It is strongly advisable to use the 16 kbyte variant. You can upgrade your 8 kbyte card to 16 kbyte by adding an additional RAM chip.