`devn-rtl8169.so`

Driver for Realtek 8169 Gigabit Ethernet controllers

Syntax:

io-pkt-variant -d rtl8169 [option[,option ...]] ... &

where variant is one of v4, v4-hc, or v6-hc.

Runs on:

Neutrino

Options:

Use commas, not spaces, to separate the options.

did=0xXXXX: The PCI device ID.
duplex=0|1: Half (0) or full (1) duplex mode. The default is automatically detected on supported hardware. If you specify duplex, specify speed as well; if duplex alone is specified, it is ignored and both speed and duplex are autonegotiated.
iftype=num: The interface type (from <net/if_types.h>). The default is IFT_ETHER.
iorange=0xXXXXXXXX: The I/O base address.
irq=num: The IRQ of the interface.
lan=num: The LAN number. The default is 0.
mac=XXXXXXXXXXXX: The interface address of the controller. The default is automatically detected on supported hardware.
media=num: The media type (from <hw/nicinfo.h>). The default is NIC_MEDIA_802_3.
mru=num: The maximum receive unit. The default is 1514.
mtu=num: The maximum transmission unit. The default (1514) is automatically detected on supported hardware.
nomulticast: Disable multicast support. By default, multicast is enabled.
pci=0xXXXX: The PCI index of the controller.
phy=num: The address of the connected PHY device.
priority=N: The priority of the driver's event thread. The default is 21.
promiscuous: Enable the driver to pass all data packets received, regardless of the address. By default, promiscuous mode is disabled.
receive=num: The number of Rx buffers to internally cache. The default is 5.
speed=10|100|1000: The media data rate in megabits/second.
transmit=num: The number of Tx buffers to internally cache. The default is 10.
uptype=name: The interface name. The default is en.
verbose verbose=N: Be verbose. Specify num for more verbosity (num can be 1-4; the higher the number, the more detailed the output). The default is 0. The output goes to slogger; invoke sloginfo to view it.
vid=0xXXXX: The PCI vendor ID.

Description:

The devn-rtl8169.so driver controls Realtek 8169 Gigabit Ethernet controllers. This is a legacy io-net driver; its interface names are in the form enX, where X is an integer.

If the device enumerators (see enum-devices) don't recognize your device, try explicitly specifying the device ID with the did option when you start the driver.

Some devices support hardware checksums, although some might do so in only one direction; to determine if your device does, type:

ifconfig enX

and look for the following in the list of supported options:

ip4csum, ip4csum-rx, ip4csum-tx
tcp4csum, tcp4csum-rx, tcp4csum-tx
tcp6csum, tcp6csum-rx, tcp6csum-tx
udp4csum, udp4csum-rx, udp4csum-tx
udp6csum, udp6csum-rx, udp6csum-tx

You can then use ifconfig to enable or disable whichever of these options your device supports.

Examples:

Start io-pkt-v4 using the Realtek driver:

io-pkt-v4 -d rtl8169
ifconfig en0 10.1.0.184

Files:

/dev/io-pkt: The directory where, by default, drivers and protocol modules add entries. For more information, see the documentation for io-pkt*.