Driver for 3Com 509 ISA Ethernet adapters
Syntax:
io-pkt-variant -d el509 [option[,option ...]] ... &
where variant is one of v4, v4-hc, or
v6-hc.
Options:
Note:
Use commas, not spaces, to separate the options.
- connector=type
- Network cable connector type:
- 0
- BNC
- 1
- UTP
- 2
- AUI
- 3
- FIBER
The default is automatically detected on supported hardware.
- ioport=port
- The I/O port of the interface.
The port parameter must be a hex address (e.g., 0x320).
The default is automatically detected on supported hardware (but see the caution below).
- irq=req
- The IRQ of the interface.
The default is automatically detected on supported hardware (but see the caution below).
- lan=num
- The LAN number. The default is 0.
- mac=XXXXXXXXXXXX
- MAC address of controller. The default is automatically detected on supported hardware.
- mtu=X
- Maximum transmission unit.The default is automatically detected on supported hardware.
- nomulticast
- Disables the driver from sending or receiving multicast packets. By default, multicast is enabled.
- pcmcia
- Flag to indicate a PCMCIA device to the driver.
- promiscuous
- Enable promiscuous mode. The default is off.
- verbose or
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-el509.so driver controls 3Com 509 ISA Ethernet adapters.
CAUTION:
This driver can't always detect the correct irq and ioport
options, especially for ISA devices. To be sure, always specify irq and
ioport when using this driver.
You can use
ifconfig
to enable hardware checksums if supported.
Examples:
Start io-pkt-v6-hc using the 509 ISA Ethernet adapter driver:
io-pkt-v6-hc -d el509 ioport=0x320,irq=11
Files:
- /dev/io-net
- The directory where, by default, drivers and protocol modules add entries.
For more information, see the documentation for
io-pkt*.