Setting Driver Parameters

The qfe device driver, which is loaded from the Solaris CD-ROM, controls the SUNW,qfe Ethernet devices. The device driver selects the link speed using the auto-negotiation protocol with the link partner. (See "Auto-Negotiation")

You can manually set the qfe device driver parameters to customize each SUNW,qfe device in your system in one of three ways:

• Set a parameter on a per-device basis by creating the qfe.conf file in the /kernel/drv directory.

• Use the ndd utility to temporarily change a parameter. This change is lost when you reboot the system.

• Set the qfe driver parameters generally for all SUNW,qfe devices in the system by entering the parameter variables in the /etc/system file.

See "Setting the qfe Driver Parameters"" for more information.

In the future, the /etc/system file will not be available. It is not dynamic reconfiguration compatible.