1 '\" te
2 .\" Copyright (c) 2001-2007 by Garrett D'Amore.
3 .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
4 .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 3. Neither the name of the author nor the names of any co-contributors may be used to endorse
5 .\" or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
6 .\" FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS;
7 .\" OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE
8 .\" Portions Copyright (c) 2007 by Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
9 .TH MXFE 7D "Aug 31, 2007"
10 .SH NAME
11 mxfe \- MXFE Fast Ethernet device driver
12 .SH SYNOPSIS
13 .LP
14 .nf
15 \fB/dev/mxfe*\fR
16 .fi
17
18 .SH DESCRIPTION
19 .sp
20 .LP
21 The \fBmxfe\fR is a Solaris STREAMS hardware driver supporting the Data Link
22 Provider Interface (\fBdlpi\fR(7P)) over the Macronix 98715 family (including
23 the Lite-On PNIC-II) of Fast Ethernet controllers.
24 .SH DLPI SPECIFICATIONS
25 .sp
26 .LP
27 The \fBmxfe\fR driver supports both style 1 and style 2 modes of operation.
28 Physical points of attachment (PPAs) are interpreted as the instance number of
29 the \fBmxfe\fR controller as assigned by the operating system.
30 .sp
31 .LP
32 The relevant fields returned as part of a DL_INFO_ACK response are:
33 .RS +4
34 .TP
35 .ie t \(bu
36 .el o
37 Maximum SDU is 1500.
38 .RE
39 .RS +4
40 .TP
41 .ie t \(bu
42 .el o
43 Minimum SDU is 0.
44 .RE
45 .RS +4
46 .TP
47 .ie t \(bu
48 .el o
49 DLSAP address length is 8.
50 .RE
51 .RS +4
52 .TP
53 .ie t \(bu
54 .el o
55 MAC type is \fBDL_ETHER\fR.
56 .RE
57 .RS +4
58 .TP
59 .ie t \(bu
60 .el o
61 \fBSAP\fR length value is \fI-2\fR, meaning the physical address component is
62 followed immediately by a 2-byte \fBSAP\fR component within the \fBDLSAP\fR
63 address.
64 .RE
65 .RS +4
66 .TP
67 .ie t \(bu
68 .el o
69 Service mode is DL_CLDLS.
70 .RE
71 .RS +4
72 .TP
73 .ie t \(bu
74 .el o
75 Broadcast address value is the 6-byte Ethernet/IEEE broadcast address
76 (ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff).
77 .RE
78 .sp
79 .LP
80 If the SAP provided is zero, \fIIEEE 802.3\fR mode is assumed and outbound
81 frames will have the frame payload length written into the type field Likewise,
82 inbound frames with a SAP between zero and 1500 are interpreted as \fIIEEE
83 802.3\fR frames and delivered to streams that have bound to SAP zero (the
84 \fI802.3\fR SAP).
85 .SH FILES
86 .sp
87 .ne 2
88 .na
89 \fB\fB/dev/mxfe*\fR\fR
90 .ad
91 .RS 28n
92 Special character device
93 .RE
94
95 .sp
96 .ne 2
97 .na
98 \fB\fB/kernel/drv/mxfe\fR\fR
99 .ad
100 .RS 28n
101 32-bit driver binary (x86).
102 .RE
103
104 .sp
105 .ne 2
106 .na
107 \fB\fB/kernel/drv/amd64/mxfe\fR\fR
108 .ad
109 .RS 28n
110 64-bit ELF kernel module (x86).
111 .RE
112
113 .sp
114 .ne 2
115 .na
116 \fB\fB/kernel/drv/sparcv9/mxfe\fR\fR
117 .ad
118 .RS 28n
119 Driver binary (SPARC).
120 .RE
121
122 .SH ATTRIBUTES
123 .sp
124 .LP
125 See \fBattributes\fR(5) for a description of the following attributes:
126 .sp
127
128 .sp
129 .TS
130 box;
131 c | c
132 l | l .
133 ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
134 _
135 Architecture SPARC, x86
136 .TE
137
138 .SH SEE ALSO
139 .sp
140 .LP
141 \fBifconfig\fR(1M), \fBndd\fR(1M), \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBdlpi\fR(7P)
142 .sp
143 .LP
144 \fIIEEE 802.3\fR \(em Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2002
|
1 .\" Copyright 2014 Garrett D'Amore <garrett@damore.org>
2 .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
3 .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
4 .\" are met:
5 .\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
6 .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
7 .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
8 .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
9 .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
10 .\"
11 .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER AND CONTRIBUTORS
12 .\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
13 .\" LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
14 .\" FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
15 .\" COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
16 .\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
17 .\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF
18 .\" USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON
19 .\" ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
20 .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
21 .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE
22 .\"
23 .Dd "Aug 7, 2014"
24 .Dt MXFE 7D
25 .Os
26 .Sh NAME
27 .Nm mxfe
28 .Nd Macronix Fast Ethernet device driver
29 .Sh SYNOPSIS
30 .Pa /dev/mxfe
31 .Sh DESCRIPTION
32 The
33 .Nm
34 driver provides support for the
35 Macronix 98715 family (including the Lite-On PNIC-II) of Fast Ethernet
36 PCI controllers.
37 .Lp
38 These devices generally support the standard Fast Ethernet features, including
39 10BASE-T and 100BASE-TX, both full and half duplex operation, IEEE 802.3
40 autonegotiation, etc. They also support full size MTUs (1500 bytes),
41 even when used with VLANs.
42 .
43 .Lp
44 The device driver supports the
45 .Xr ieee802.3 5
46 properties, which can be configured with
47 .Xr dladm 1M .
48 .Sh FILES
49 .Bl -tag -width /dev/mxfe
50 .It Pa /dev/mxfe
51 Special character device.
52 .El
53 .Sh SEE ALSO
54 .Xr dladm 1M ,
55 .Xr ifconfig 1M ,
56 .Xr pci 4 ,
57 .Xr ieee802.3 5 ,
58 .Xr dlpi 7P
59 .Rs
60 .%T IEEE 802.3: Ethernet
61 .%Q IEEE Standards Association
62 .Re
|