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32.Dd February 5, 2019
33.Dt EX 4 vax
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm ex
37.Nd Excelan 10 Mb/s Ethernet interface
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.Cd "ex0 at uba0 csr 164000 vector excdint"
40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41NOTE: This driver has not been ported from
42.Bx 4.4
43yet.
44.Pp
45The
46.Nm ex
47interface provides access to a 10 Mb/s Ethernet network through
48an Excelan controller used as a link-layer interface.
49.Pp
50Each of the host's network addresses
51is specified at boot time with an
52.Dv SIOCSIFADDR
53.Xr ioctl 2 .
54The
55.Nm ex
56interface employs the address resolution protocol described in
57.Xr arp 4
58to dynamically map between Internet and Ethernet addresses on the local
59network.
60.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
61.Bl -diag
62.It "ex%d: HW %c.%c, NX %c.%c, hardware address %s."
63This provides firmware revisions levels, and is expected during
64autoconfiguration.
65.It ex%d: can't initialize.
66There was a failure in allocating UNIBUS resources for the device.
67.It "ex%d: configuration failed; cc = %x."
68The hardware indicated an error when trying to initialize itself.
69The error code returned is described at length in the device
70Reference Manual.
71.It ex%d: receive error %b.
72The hardware indicated an error
73in reading a packet from the cable.
74Specific Error bits are provided
75.It ex%d: transmit error %b.
76The hardware indicated an error
77in transmitting a packet to the cable or an illegally sized packet.
78Specific Error bits are provided
79.It ex%d: can't handle af%d.
80The interface was handed
81a message with addresses formatted in an unsuitable address
82family; the packet was dropped.
83.El
84.Sh SEE ALSO
85.Xr arp 4 ,
86.Xr inet 4 ,
87.Xr netintro 4
88.Sh HISTORY
89The
90.Nm
91driver appeared in
92.Bx 4.3 .
93