devn-ppc8260.so

Driver for PPC8260 Fast Ethernet controller

Syntax:

io-net -d ppc8260 [option[,option ...]] ...

Options:

Use commas (,) to separate the options (not spaces).

channel=1|2|3

The FCC channel. The default is 1.

duplex=0|1

Half (0) or full (1) duplex mode. The default is MII autonegotiation.

mac=XXXXXXXXXXXX

MAC address of the controller.

nomulticast

Disables the driver from sending or receiving multicast packets. By default, multicast is enabled.

receive=num

Set the number of receive descriptors. The default is 64.

speed=10|100

Force media data rate (10Mbit or 100Mbit operation). The default is MII autonegotiation.

transmit=num

Set the number of transmit descriptors. The default is 64.

verbose
verbose=num

Be verbose. Specify num for more verbosity (num can be 1-4, the higher the number, the more detailed the output). The output goes to slogger, invoke sloginfo to view.

Description:

The devn-ppc8260.so drives the PPC8260 Fast Ethernet controller.

Examples:

Start io-net using the PPC8260 driver and the full TCP/IP stack:

io-net -d ppc8260 channel=2,mac=001100112233 -p tcpip
ifconfig en0 10.1.0.184

Files:

/dev/io-net

The directory where, by default, drivers and protocol modules add entries. For more information, the documentation for io-net.

See also:

io-net

"Network drivers (devn-*)" and "Network protocol interfaces (npm-*)" in the Utilities Summary