LE(4) OpenBSD Programmer's Manual (HP300) LE(4)
NAME
le - HP AMD 7990 LANCE Ethernet interface
SYNOPSIS
device le0 at scode?
DESCRIPTION
The le interface provides access to a 10 Mb/s Ethernet network via the
AMD 7990 LANCE Ethernet chip set.
Each of the host's network addresses is specified at boot time with an
SIOCSIFADDR ioctl. The le interface employs the address resolution proto-
col described in arp(4) to dynamically map between Internet and Ethernet
addresses on the local network.
The use of ``trailer'' encapsulation to minimize copying data on input
and output is supported by the interface but offers no advantage due to
the large HP page size. The use of trailers is negotiated with ARP. This
negotiation may be disabled, on a per-interface basis, by setting the
IFF_NOTRAILERS flag with an SIOCSIFFLAGS ioctl.
DIAGNOSTICS
le%d: hardware address %s. This is a normal autoconfiguration message
noting the 6 byte physical ethernet address of the adapter.
de%d: can't handle af%d. The interface was handed a message with ad-
dresses formatted in an unsuitable address family; the packet was
dropped.
The following message indicate a possible hardware error performing the
indicated operation during autoconfiguration or initialization.
le%d: init timeout, stat = 0x%x. The hardware did not respond to an ini-
tialize command during reset. The reset procedure continues anyway.
SEE ALSO
arp(4), inet(4), intro(4)
HISTORY
The le driver currently under development.
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