devn-sis9.so

Driver for the SiS900 Ethernet controller and compatibles

Syntax:

io-pkt-variant -d sis9 [option[,option ...]] ... &

where variant is one of v4, v4-hc, or v6-hc.

Runs on:

Neutrino

Options:

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Use commas, not spaces, to separate the options.

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connector=0|1|2|3

Network cable connector type:

0

BNC

1

UTP

2

AUI

3

FIBER

deviceindex=0xXXXX

PCI index of the controller. Only attach to device with this PCI index.

did=0xXXXX

The PCI device ID. The default is automatically detected on supported hardware.

dma=num

The DMA channel.

duplex=0|1

Half (0) or full (1) duplex mode. The default is automatically detected on supported hardware. If you specify duplex, specify speed as well; if duplex alone is specified, it is ignored and both speed and duplex are auto-negotiated.

iftype=num

Interface type (from <net/if_types.h>). The default is IFT_ETHER.

iorange=0xXXXXXXXX

The I/O base address. The 0xXXXXXXXX parameter must be a hex address (e.g. 0x320). The default is automatically detected on supported hardware.

irq=num

IRQ of the interface. The default is automatically detected on supported hardware.

lan=num

LAN number. The default is 0.

mac=XXXXXXXXXXXX

MAC address of controller. The default is automatically detected on supported hardware.

media=num

Media type (from <hw/nicinfo.h>). The default is NIC_MEDIA_802_3.

memrange=0xXXXXXXXX

Register base physical memory address.

mru=num

Maximum receive unit. The default is 1514.

mtu=num

Maximum transmission unit. The default (1514) is automatically detected on supported hardware.

nomulticast

Disables the driver from sending or receiving multicast packets. By default, multicast is enabled.

pci=0xXXXX

PCI index of the controller. The default is automatically detected on supported hardware.

phy=num

Address of the connected PHY device.

priority=N

Priority of the driver-event thread. The default is 21.

promiscuous

Enable promiscuous mode. The default is off.

receive=num

Set the number of receive descriptors. The default is 64.

speed=10|100

Media data rate (10Mbit or 100Mbit operation). The default is automatically detected on supported hardware. If you specify speed, specify duplex as well; if speed alone is specified, the specified speed will be correctly set, but duplex will default to half (0).

transmit=num

Set the number of transmit descriptors. The default is 128.

uptype=name

Interface name. The default is “en”.

verbose
verbose=N

Be verbose. Specify num for more verbosity (num can be 1-4, the higher the number, the more detailed the output). The default is 0. The output goes to slogger, invoke sloginfo to view.

vid=0xXXXX

Vendor ID of the controller. The default is automatically detected on supported hardware.

Description:

The devn-sis9.so driver controls the SiS900 Ethernet controller and compatibles.

You can use ifconfig to enable hardware checksums if supported.

Examples:

Start io-pkt-v6-hc using the SiS900 driver:

io-pkt-v6-hc -d sis9
ifconfig en0 10.1.0.184

Files:

/dev/io-net

The directory where, by default, drivers and protocol modules add entries. For more information, see the documentation for io-pkt*.

See also:

devn-*, devnp-*, ifconfig, io-pkt*, nicinfo