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#include <sys/stropts.h>
#include <sys/ethernet.h>
#include <sys/dlpi.h>
#include <sys/gld.h>
The nee Ethernet driver is a multi-threaded, loadable, clonable, STREAMS hardware driver supporting the connectionless Data Link Provider Interface, dlpi(7P), over Novell NE3200 controllers. Multiple EtherLink 16 controllers installed within the system are supported by the driver. The nee driver provides basic support for the NE3200 hardware. Functions include chip initialization, frame transmit and receive, multicast and "promiscuous" support, and error recovery and reporting.
The cloning, character-special device /dev/nee is used to access all NE3200 devices installed within the system.
The nee driver is dependent on /kernel/misc/gld, a loadable kernel module that provides the nee driver with the DLPI and STREAMS functionality required of a LAN driver. See gld(7D) for more details on the primatives supported by the driver.
The values returned by the driver in the DL_INFO_ACK primitive in response to the DL_INFO_REQ from the user are as follows:
The maximum SDU is 1500 (ETHERMTU).
The minimum SDU is 0. The driver will pad to the mandatory 60-octet minimum packet size.
The dlsap address length is 8.
The MAC type is DL_ETHER.
The sap length value is -2, meaning the physical address component is followed immediately by a 2-byte sap component within the DLSAP address.
The broadcast address value is Ethernet/IEEE broadcast address (FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF).
The nee driver does not support the use of shared RAM on the board. Auto-detect of the media type is also not supported and the board has to be explicitly configured for which media connector it is using. It is important to ensure that there are no conflicts for the board's I/O port, shared RAM, or IRQ level.
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
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Architecture | x86 |
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