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Preface

Introduction

Device and Network Interfaces

6to4(7M)

6to4tun(7M)

aac(7D)

adp(7D)

adpu320(7D)

afb(7d)

agpgart_io(7I)

AH(7P)

ahci(7D)

allkmem(7D)

amd8111s(7D)

amr(7D)

ARP(7P)

arp(7P)

ast(7D)

asy(7D)

ata(7D)

atun(7M)

audio1575(7D)

audio(7I)

audio810(7D)

audiocs(7D)

audioens(7D)

audiohd(7D)

audioixp(7D)

audio_support(7I)

audiots(7D)

audiovia823x(7D)

av1394(7D)

bbc_beep(7D)

bcm_sata(7D)

bd(7M)

bge(7D)

bmc(7D)

bnx(7D)

bnxe(7D)

bpp(7D)

bscbus(7D)

bscv(7D)

bufmod(7M)

cadp160(7D)

cadp(7D)

cdio(7I)

ce(7D)

cgsix(7D)

chxge(7D)

cmdk(7D)

connld(7M)

console(7D)

cpqary3(7D)

cpr(7)

cpuid(7D)

ctfs(7FS)

ctsmc(7D)

cvc(7D)

cvcredir(7D)

dad(7D)

daplt(7D)

dbri(7D)

dca(7D)

dcam1394(7D)

dcfs(7FS)

devfs(7FS)

devinfo(7D)

dkio(7I)

dlcosmk(7ipp)

dlpi(7P)

dm2s(7D)

dmfe(7D)

dnet(7D)

dr(7d)

drmach(7d)

dscpmk(7ipp)

dtrace(7D)

e1000(7D)

e1000g(7D)

ecpp(7D)

efb(7D)

ehci(7D)

elxl(7D)

emlxs(7D)

eri(7D)

esp(7D)

ESP(7P)

fas(7D)

fasttrap(7D)

fbio(7I)

fbt(7D)

fcip(7D)

fcp(7D)

fctl(7D)

fd(7D)

fdc(7D)

fdio(7I)

ffb(7D)

firewire(7D)

flowacct(7ipp)

fp(7d)

FSS(7)

ge(7D)

gld(7D)

glm(7D)

gpio_87317(7D)

grbeep(7d)

hci1394(7D)

hdio(7I)

hermon(7D)

hid(7D)

hme(7D)

hpfc(7D)

hsfs(7FS)

hubd(7D)

hxge(7D)

i2bsc(7D)

i2o_bs(7D)

i2o_scsi(7D)

ib(7D)

ibcm(7D)

ibd(7D)

ibdm(7D)

ibmf(7)

ibtl(7D)

icmp6(7P)

ICMP(7P)

icmp(7P)

idn(7d)

ieee1394(7D)

if(7P)

ifb(7d)

ifp(7D)

if_tcp(7P)

igb(7D)

igbvf(7D)

imraid_sas(7D)

inet6(7P)

inet(7P)

ip6(7P)

IP(7P)

ip(7P)

ipge(7D)

ipgpc(7ipp)

ipmi(7D)

ipnat(7I)

ipqos(7ipp)

iprb(7D)

ipsec(7P)

ipsecah(7P)

ipsecesp(7P)

iscsi(7D)

isdnio(7I)

iser(7D)

isp(7D)

ixgb(7d)

ixgbe(7D)

ixgbevf(7D)

jfb(7D)

jfca(7D)

kb(7M)

kdmouse(7D)

kfb(7D)

kmdb(7d)

kmem(7D)

kstat(7D)

ksyms(7D)

ldterm(7M)

llc1(7D)

llc2(7D)

lockstat(7D)

lofi(7D)

lofs(7FS)

log(7D)

logi(7D)

lsimega(7D)

lx_systrace(7D)

m64(7D)

marvell88sx(7D)

mc-opl(7D)

mcxe(7D)

md(7D)

mediator(7D)

mega_sas(7D)

mem(7D)

mga(7D)

mhd(7i)

mixer(7I)

mpt(7D)

mpt_sas(7D)

mr_sas(7D)

msglog(7D)

msm(7D)

mt(7D)

mtio(7I)

n2cp(7d)

n2rng(7d)

ncp(7D)

ncrs(7D)

nfb(7D)

ngdr(7d)

ngdrmach(7d)

nge(7D)

npe(7D)

ntwdt(7D)

ntxn(7D)

null(7D)

nulldriver(7D)

nv_sata(7D)

nxge(7D)

objfs(7FS)

oce(7D)

ocf_ibutton(7D)

ohci(7D)

openprom(7D)

oplkmdrv(7D)

oplmsu(7D)

oplpanel(7D)

pcata(7D)

pcelx(7D)

pcfs(7FS)

pcic(7D)

pcicmu(7D)

pcie_pci(7D)

pckt(7M)

pcmcia(7D)

pcmem(7D)

pcn(7D)

pcram(7D)

pcscsi(7D)

pcser(7D)

pfb(7D)

pf_key(7P)

pfmod(7M)

physmem(7D)

pipemod(7M)

pm(7D)

poll(7d)

prnio(7I)

profile(7D)

ptem(7M)

ptm(7D)

pts(7D)

pty(7D)

qfe(7d)

qlc(7D)

qlcnic(7D)

qlge(7D)

quotactl(7I)

qus(7D)

ramdisk(7D)

random(7D)

RARP(7P)

rarp(7P)

rge(7D)

route(7P)

routing(7P)

rtls(7D)

sad(7D)

sata(7D)

sbpro(7D)

scfd(7D)

scmi2c(7d)

scsa1394(7D)

scsa2usb(7D)

scsi_vhci(7D)

SCTP(7P)

sctp(7P)

scu(7D)

sd(7D)

SDC(7)

sdp(7D)

sdt(7D)

se(7D)

se_hdlc(7D)

ses(7D)

sesio(7I)

sf(7D)

sgen(7D)

sharefs(7FS)

si3124(7D)

sip(7P)

sk98sol(7D)

skfp(7D)

slp(7P)

smbios(7D)

smbus(7D)

socal(7D)

sockio(7I)

sol_ofs(7D)

sol_ucma(7D)

sol_uverbs(7D)

sppptun(7M)

spwr(7D)

ssd(7D)

st(7D)

stp4020(7D)

streamio(7I)

su(7D)

sxge(7D)

sxp(7D)

symhisl(7D)

sysmsg(7D)

systrace(7D)

tavor(7D)

TCP(7P)

tcp(7P)

termio(7I)

termiox(7I)

ticlts(7D)

ticots(7D)

ticotsord(7D)

timod(7M)

tirdwr(7M)

tmpfs(7FS)

todopl(7D)

tokenmt(7ipp)

tpf(7D)

tsalarm(7D)

tswtclmt(7ipp)

ttcompat(7M)

tty(7D)

ttymux(7D)

tun(7M)

tzmon(7d)

uata(7D)

udfs(7FS)

UDP(7P)

udp(7P)

ufs(7FS)

ugen(7D)

uhci(7D)

urandom(7D)

usb(7D)

usba(7D)

usb_ac(7D)

usb_ah(7M)

usb_as(7D)

usbecm(7D)

usbkbm(7M)

usb_mid(7D)

usbms(7M)

usbprn(7D)

usbsacm(7D)

usbser_edge(7D)

usbsksp(7D)

usbsprl(7D)

uscsi(7I)

usoc(7D)

virtualkm(7D)

visual_io(7I)

vni(7d)

volfs(7FS)

vuid2ps2(7M)

vuid3ps2(7M)

vuidm3p(7M)

vuidm4p(7M)

vuidm5p(7M)

vuidmice(7M)

wrsm(7D)

wrsmd(7D)

wscons(7D)

xge(7D)

xhci(7D)

xmemfs(7FS)

zcons(7D)

zero(7D)

zs(7D)

zsh(7D)

zulu(7d)

pcn

- AMD PCnet Ethernet controller device driver

Synopsis

/dev/pcn 

Description

The pcn Ethernet driver is a multi-threaded, loadable, clonable driver for the AMD PCnet family of Ethernet controllers that use the Generic LAN Driver (GLD) facility to implement the required STREAMS and Data Link Provider (see dlpi(7P)) interfaces.

This driver supports a number of integrated motherboards and add-in adapters based on the AMD PCnet-ISA, PCnet-PCI, and PCnet-32 controller chips. The pcn driver functions include controller initialization, frame transmit and receive, functional addresses, promiscuous and multicast support, and error recovery and reporting.

APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE

The cloning character-special device, /dev/pcn, is used to access all PCnet devices installed in the system.

pcn and DLPI

The pcn driver uses the Solaris GLD module which handles all the STREAMS and DLPI specific functions of the driver. It is a style 2 DLPI driver and therefore supports only the connectionless mode of data transfer. Thus, a DLPI user should issue a DL_ATTACH_REQ primitive to select the device to be used. Valid DLPI primitives are defined in <sys/dlpi.h>. Refer to dlpi(7P) for more information.

The device is initialized on the first attach and de-initialized (stopped) on the last detach.

The values returned by the driver in the DL_INFO_ACK primitive in response to a DL_INFO_REQ from the user are:

Once in the DL_ATTACHED state, the user must send a DL_BIND_REQ to associate a particular Service Access Point (SAP) with the stream.

Known Problems and Limitations

Files

/dev/pcn

Character special device

/kernel/drv/pcn.conf

Configuration file

Attributes

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE
ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Architecture
x86

See Also

attributes(5), standards(5), dlpi(7P), streamio(7I)

Writing Device Drivers

STREAMS Programming Guide