devn-ppc800-mbx.so

Ethernet driver for MBX 8xx platform

Syntax:

io-net -d ppc800-mbx [option[,option ...]] ...

Options:

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

channel=1|2|3|4

The SCC channel. The default is 1.

mac=XXXXXXXXXXXX

MAC address of the controller.

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.

promiscuous

Enable promiscuous mode. The default is off.

receive=num

Set the number of receive descriptors. The default is 30.

transmit=num

Set the number of transmit descriptors. The default is 15.

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-ppc800-mbx.so drives the MBX 8xx platform.

Examples:

Start io-net using the MBX 8xx driver and the full TCP/IP stack:

io-net -d ppc800-mbx mac=000102C18C40 -p tcpip

See also:

io-net

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