FXP(4) | Device Drivers Manual | FXP(4) |
fxp
— Intel
EtherExpress PRO/100 10/100 Ethernet device
fxp* at pci?
fxp* at cardbus?
icsphy* at mii?
inphy* at mii?
iophy* at mii?
nsphy* at mii?
The fxp
device driver supports the Intel
EtherExpress 100 family of Ethernet cards based on various revisions of the
i82557, i82558, i82559, i82559S, i82550, i82551, and i82562 chipsets,
including the following:
The following media types and options (as given to ifconfig(8)) are supported:
media
autoselectmedia
100baseTX mediaopt
full-duplexmedia
100baseTX mediaopt
half-duplexmedia
10baseT mediaopt
full-duplexmedia
10baseT mediaopt
half-duplexIf no media options are present, the fxp
driver places the card into autoselect mode.
Some devices are able to do interrupt coalescing but it requires firmware updating. The following firmware files are potentially loaded on demand when an interface is brought up:
If a file is missing, the driver attempts to operate anyway.
arp(4), cardbus(4), icsphy(4), ifmedia(4), inphy(4), intro(4), iophy(4), netintro(4), nsphy(4), pci(4), hostname.if(5), ifconfig(8)
The fxp
device driver first appeared in
OpenBSD 2.2.
The fxp
device driver was written by
David Greenman. This manual page was written by
David E. O'Brien.
January 15, 2015 | OpenBSD-current |