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35.Dd March 27, 1991
36.Dt DE 4 vax
37.Os BSD 4.2
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm de
40.Nd
41.Tn DEC DEUNA
4210 Mb/s Ethernet interface
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.Cd "device de0 at uba0 csr 174510 vector deintr"
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46The
47.Nm de
48interface provides access to a 10 Mb/s Ethernet network through
49a Digital Equipment
50.Tn UNIBUS
51Network Adapter
52.Pq Tn DEUNA .
53.Pp
54Each of the host's network addresses
55is specified at boot time with an
56.Dv SIOCSIFADDR
57.Xr ioctl 2 .
58The
59.Nm de
60interface employs the address resolution protocol described in
61.Xr arp 4
62to dynamically map between Internet and Ethernet addresses on the local
63network.
64.Pp
65The interface normally tries to use a
66.Dq trailer
67encapsulation
68to minimize copying data on input and output.
69The use of trailers is negotiated with
70.Tn ARP .
71This negotiation may be disabled, on a per-interface basis,
72by setting the
73.Dv IFF_NOTRAILERS
74flag with an
75.Dv SIOCSIFFLAGS
76.Xr ioctl .
77.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
78.Bl -diag
79.It de%d: hardware address %s.
80This is a normal autoconfiguration message noting the 6 byte physical
81ethernet address of the adapter.
82.Pp
83.It de%d: oerror, flags=%b tdrerr=%b (len=%d).
84The hardware indicated an error
85in transmitting a packet to the cable.
86The status and error flags are reported.
87.Pp
88.It de%d: ierror, flags=%b lenerr=%b (len=%d).
89The hardware indicated an error
90in reading a packet from the cable.
91The status and error flags are reported.
92.Pp
93.It de%d: can't handle af%d.
94The interface was handed
95a message with addresses formatted in an unsuitable address
96family; the packet was dropped.
97.Pp
98.It de%d: buffer unavailable.
99The interface received more packets
100than it had buffers allocated to receive them.
101.Pp
102.It de%d: address change failed, csr0=%b csr1=%b.
103The interface was unable to reprogram
104its physical ethernet address.
105This may happen with very early models of the interface.
106This facility is used only when
107the controller is not the first network interface configured for
108.Tn XNS .
109.El
110.Pp
111The following messages indicate a probable hardware error performing
112the indicated operation during autoconfiguration or initialization.
113The two control and status registers
114should indicate the nature of the failure.
115See the hardware manual for details.
116.Pp
117.Bl -diag
118.It de%d: reset failed, csr0=%b csr1=%b.
119.It de%d: ppcb failed, csr0=%b csr1=%b.
120.It de%d: read addr failed, csr0=%b csr1=%b.
121.It de%d: wtring failed, csr0=%b csr1=%b.
122.It de%d: wtmode failed, csr0=%b csr1=%b.
123.El
124.Sh SEE ALSO
125.Xr netintro 4 ,
126.Xr inet 4 ,
127.Xr arp 4
128.Sh HISTORY
129The
130.Nm
131driver appeared in
132.Bx 4.3 .
133