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36.Dd June 5, 1993
37.Dt IL 4 vax
38.Os BSD 4.2
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm il
41.Nd Interlan NI1010 10 Mb/s Ethernet interface
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.Cd "device il0 at uba0 csr 164000 vector ilrint ilcint"
44.Sh DESCRIPTION
45The
46.Nm il
47interface provides access to a 10 Mb/s Ethernet network through
48an Interlan 1010 or 1010A controller.
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 il
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.Pp
61The interface normally tries to use a ``trailer'' encapsulation
62to minimize copying data on input and output.
63The use of trailers is negotiated with
64.Tn ARP .
65This negotiation may be disabled, on a per-interface basis,
66by setting the
67.Dv IFF_NOTRAILERS
68flag with an
69.Dv SIOCSIFFLAGS
70.Xr ioctl .
71.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
72.Bl -diag
73.It il%d: input error.
74The hardware indicated an error
75in reading a packet off the cable or an illegally sized packet.
76.Pp
77.It il%d: can't handle af%d.
78The interface was handed
79a message with addresses formatted in an unsuitable address
80family; the packet was dropped.
81.Pp
82.It il%d: setaddr didn't work.
83The interface was unable to reprogram
84its physical ethernet address.
85This may happen with very early models of the interface.
86This facility is used only when
87the controller is not the first network interface configured for
88.Tn XNS .
89The oldest interface tested (2.7.1.0.1.45) has never failed in this way.
90.Pp
91.It il%d: reset failed, csr=%b.
92.It il%d: status failed, csr=%b.
93.It il%d: hardware diag failed, csr=%b.
94.It il%d: verifying setaddr, csr=%b.
95.It il%d: stray xmit interrupt, csr=%b.
96.It il%d: can't initialize.
97The above messages indicate a probable hardware error performing
98the indicated operation during autoconfiguration or initialization.
99The status field in the control and status register (the low-order four bits)
100should indicate the nature of the failure.
101See the hardware manual for details.
102.El
103.Sh SEE ALSO
104.Xr netintro 4 ,
105.Xr inet 4 ,
106.Xr arp 4
107.Sh HISTORY
108The
109.Nm
110interface appeared in
111.Bx 4.2 .
112