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devn-ppc8260.so

Driver for PPC8260 Fast Ethernet controller

Syntax:

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

Options:


Note: 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

See also:

io-net

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


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