ie(4)

NAME

ie - Ethernet device driver

SYNOPSIS

To compile this driver into the kernel, place the  following
line in your
kernel configuration file:
      device ie
Alternatively,  to load the driver as a module at boot time,
place the
following line in loader.conf(5):
      if_ie_load="YES"
In /boot/device.hints:
hint.ie.0.at="isa"
hint.ie.0.port="0x300"
hint.ie.0.irq="5"
hint.ie.0.maddr="0xd0000"

HARDWARE

The ie driver provides supports the following 8 and 16bit

ISA Ethernet
cards that are based on the Intel i82586 chip:

+o 3COM 3C507
+o AT&T EN100
+o AT&T Starlan 10
+o AT&T Starlan Fiber
+o Intel EtherExpress 16
+o RACAL Interlan NI5210

DIAGNOSTICS

ie%d: unknown board type code %d An i82586 chip was found,

but the
driver was unable to determine the actual board type during

the probe.

ie%d: kernel configured maddr %x doesn't match board

configured maddr %x
The device probe detected a different maddr than the one

specified in the
kernel configuration file.

ie%d: can't find shared memory The device probe could not

access the
shared memory to determine its size.

ie%d: kernel configured msize %d doesn't match board

configured msize %d
The device probe found a different size for the shared memo

ry than the
one specified in the kernel configuration file.

ie%d: kernel configured irq %d doesn't match board

configured irq %d The
device probe detected that the board is configured for a

different interrupt than the one specified in the kernel configuration

file.

ie%d: reset The Intel i82586 had to be reset by the driver.

ie%d: transceiver problem The driver has detected a problem

with the
Ethernet transceiver. This is usually due to a loose or

broken
transceiver cable when using an external transceiver. When

you experience this problem with an on-card transceiver your card may

be incorrectly jumpered for to use an external transceiver. Worst

case your onboard transceiver may be broken.

ie%d: TDR detected an open %d clocks away The driver de

tected an open
circuit in the Ethernet cable. Check your coax cable and

terminator
resistors.

ie%d: TDR detected a short %d clocks away The driver de

tected a short
circuit in the Ethernet cable. Check your coax cable and

terminator
resistors.

ie%d: TDR returned unknown status %x The driver got an un

known status
from the card during the Ethernet cable test.

ie%d: multicast address setup command failed The card could

not be put
into multicast mode.

ie%d: configure command failed The card refused to respond

correctly
during configuration.

ie%d: individual address setup command failed The program

ming of the
Ethernet (MAC) address failed.

CAVEATS

The Racal Interlan NI5210 comes in variants with 8 and 16

kbytes of
shared memory. It is strongly advisable to use the 16 kbyte

variant.
You can upgrade your 8 kbyte card to 16 kbyte by adding an

additional RAM
chip.

SEE ALSO

arp(4), netintro(4), ng_ether(4), ifconfig(8)

AUTHORS

The ie device driver was written by Garrett A. Wollman,

based on code by
William F. Jolitz and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories. 3C507

support was
written by Charles M. Hannum. This manual page was written

by Wilko C.
Bulte.

BSD July 16, 2005

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