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31.Dd August 14, 2013
32.Dt NE 4
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm ne
36.Nd NE2000 and compatible Ethernet cards device driver
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.Ss ISA boards
39.Cd "ne0 at isa? port 0x280 irq 9"
40.Cd "ne1 at isa? port 0x300 irq 10"
41.Cd "ne* at isapnp?"
42.Ss MCA boards
43.Cd "ne* at mca? slot ?"
44.Ss PCI boards
45.Cd "ne* at pci? dev ? function ?"
46.Ss PCMCIA
47.Cd "ne* at pcmcia? function ?"
48.Ss acorn32
49.Cd "ne* at podulebus?"
50.Ss amiga
51.Cd "ne* at zbus0" # AriadneII
52.Cd "ne* at xsurfbus?" # X-Surf
53.Cd "ne* at xshbus?" # X-Surf 100
54.Ss amigappc
55.Cd "ne* at zbus0" # AriadneII
56.Cd "ne* at xsurfbus?" # X-Surf
57.Cd "ne* at xshbus?" # X-Surf 100
58.Ss atari
59.Cd "ne0 at mainbus0 # EtherNEC on Atari ROM cartridge slot"
60.Ss evbarm
61.Cd "ne0 at obio? addr 0x0e000200 intr 5 # on-board Asix AX88796"
62.Ss evbsh3
63.Cd "ne0 at mainbus? # Realtek RTL8019AS"
64.Ss x68k
65.Cd "ne* at intio0 addr 0xece300 intr 249 # Nereid Ethernet"
66.Cd "ne* at intio0 addr 0xeceb00 intr 248 # Nereid Ethernet"
67.Cd "neptune0 at intio0 addr 0xece000 intr 249 # Neptune-X"
68.Cd "neptune1 at intio0 addr 0xece400 intr 249 # Neptune-X at alt. addr."
69.Cd "ne* at neptune? addr 0x300"
70.Sh DESCRIPTION
71The
72.Nm
73device driver supports NE2000 and compatible (including NE1000) Ethernet
74cards.
75While the original NE2000 is designed for ISA bus, the compatible
76Realtek 8019 chip is widely used on various local busses and
77.Nm
78driver also supports such devices on various machines.
79.Sh MEDIA SELECTION
80The Realtek 8019 (ISA, ISAPnP, some PCMCIA) and Realtek 8029 (PCI)
81NE2000-compatible Ethernet chips include support for software media
82selection.
83.Pp
84Some cards based on AX88x9x chips (like X-Surf 100) also support media
85selection and link auto negotiation through the
86.Xr mii 4
87interface.
88.Pp
89If one of the above chips is detected by the driver, the list of supported
90media will be displayed.
91.Pp
92For all other chips supported by the
93.Nm
94driver, media selection must be performed either via card jumper
95settings or by vendor-supplied configuration programs.
96.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
97.Bl -diag
98.It "ne0: where did the card go?"
99The driver found the card, but was unable to make the card respond
100to complete the configuration sequence.
101.El
102.Sh SEE ALSO
103.Xr ifmedia 4 ,
104.Xr intro 4 ,
105.Xr isa 4 ,
106.Xr isapnp 4 ,
107.Xr mca 4 ,
108.Xr pci 4 ,
109.Xr pcmcia 4 ,
110.Xr ifconfig 8
111