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32.\"     @(#)de.4	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
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34.Dd June 5, 1993
35.Dt DE 4 vax
36.Os BSD 4.2
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm de
39.Nd
40.Tn DEC DEUNA
4110 Mb/s Ethernet interface
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.Cd "device de0 at uba0 csr 174510 vector deintr"
44.Sh DESCRIPTION
45The
46.Nm de
47interface provides access to a 10 Mb/s Ethernet network through
48a Digital Equipment
49.Tn UNIBUS
50Network Adapter
51.Pq Tn DEUNA .
52.Pp
53Each of the host's network addresses
54is specified at boot time with an
55.Dv SIOCSIFADDR
56.Xr ioctl 2 .
57The
58.Nm de
59interface employs the address resolution protocol described in
60.Xr arp 4
61to dynamically map between Internet and Ethernet addresses on the local
62network.
63.Pp
64The interface normally tries to use a
65.Dq trailer
66encapsulation
67to minimize copying data on input and output.
68The use of trailers is negotiated with
69.Tn ARP .
70This negotiation may be disabled, on a per-interface basis,
71by setting the
72.Dv IFF_NOTRAILERS
73flag with an
74.Dv SIOCSIFFLAGS
75.Xr ioctl .
76.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
77.Bl -diag
78.It de%d: hardware address %s.
79This is a normal autoconfiguration message noting the 6 byte physical
80ethernet address of the adapter.
81.Pp
82.It de%d: oerror, flags=%b tdrerr=%b (len=%d).
83The hardware indicated an error
84in transmitting a packet to the cable.
85The status and error flags are reported.
86.Pp
87.It de%d: ierror, flags=%b lenerr=%b (len=%d).
88The hardware indicated an error
89in reading a packet from the cable.
90The status and error flags are reported.
91.Pp
92.It de%d: can't handle af%d.
93The interface was handed
94a message with addresses formatted in an unsuitable address
95family; the packet was dropped.
96.Pp
97.It de%d: buffer unavailable.
98The interface received more packets
99than it had buffers allocated to receive them.
100.Pp
101.It de%d: address change failed, csr0=%b csr1=%b.
102The interface was unable to reprogram
103its physical ethernet address.
104This may happen with very early models of the interface.
105This facility is used only when
106the controller is not the first network interface configured for
107.Tn XNS .
108.El
109.Pp
110The following messages indicate a probable hardware error performing
111the indicated operation during autoconfiguration or initialization.
112The two control and status registers
113should indicate the nature of the failure.
114See the hardware manual for details.
115.Pp
116.Bl -diag
117.It de%d: reset failed, csr0=%b csr1=%b.
118.It de%d: ppcb failed, csr0=%b csr1=%b.
119.It de%d: read addr failed, csr0=%b csr1=%b.
120.It de%d: wtring failed, csr0=%b csr1=%b.
121.It de%d: wtmode failed, csr0=%b csr1=%b.
122.El
123.Sh SEE ALSO
124.Xr netintro 4 ,
125.Xr inet 4 ,
126.Xr arp 4
127.Sh HISTORY
128The
129.Nm
130driver appeared in
131.Bx 4.3 .
132