sn(4)

NAME

sn - Ethernet driver for SMC91Cxx based cards

SYNOPSIS

To compile this driver into the kernel, place the  following
lines in your
kernel configuration file:
      device sn
Alternatively,  to load the driver as a module at boot time,
place the
following line in loader.conf(5):
      if_sn_load="YES"

DESCRIPTION

The sn device driver supports SMC91Cxx based ISA and PCMCIA

cards.

HARDWARE

The sn driver supports SMC91Cxx based ISA and PCMCIA cards

including:

+o 3Com Megahertz X-Jack Ethernet PC-Card XJ10BT
+o 3Com Megahertz X-Jack Ethernet PC-Card XJ10BC
+o Farallon EtherMac PC Card 595a
+o Motorola Mariner Ethernet/Modem PC Card
+o Ositech Seven of Diamonds Ethernet PC Card
+o Ositech Jack of Hearts Ethernet/Modem PC Card
+o Psion Gold Card Netglobal Ethernet PC Card
+o Psion Gold Card Netglobal 10/100 Fast Ethernet PC Card
+o Psion Gold Card Netglobal 56k+10Mb Ethernet PC Card
+o SMC EZEther PC Card (8020BT)
+o SMC EZEther PC Card (8020T)

The sn driver supports the SMC 91C90, SMC 91C92, SMC 91C94,

SMC 91C95,
SMC 91C96, SMC91C100 and SMC 91C100FD chips from SMC.

The Farallon EtherWave and EtherMac card came in two vari

eties. The
ep(4) driver supports the 595 and 895 cards. These cards

have the blue
arrow on the front along with a 3Com logo. The Farallon

595a cards,
which have a red arrow on the front, are also called Ether

Wave and EtherMac. They are supported by the sn driver.

SEE ALSO

ed(4), ep(4), ie(4), intro(4), ng_ether(4), vx(4), ifcon

fig(8)

HISTORY

The sn device driver appeared in FreeBSD 4.0.

BSD July 16, 2005

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