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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 18.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 19.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 20.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 21.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 22.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 23.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 24.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 25.\" 26.\" $FreeBSD: src/share/man/man4/xe.4,v 1.11 2005/07/21 05:02:38 trhodes Exp $ 27.\" $DragonFly: src/share/man/man4/xe.4,v 1.3 2007/02/25 12:03:07 swildner Exp $ 28.\" 29.Dd July 16, 2005 30.Dt XE 4 31.Os 32.Sh NAME 33.Nm xe 34.Nd "Xircom PCMCIA Ethernet device driver" 35.Sh SYNOPSIS 36To compile this driver into your kernel, place the following line in 37your kernel configuration file: 38.Bd -ragged -offset indent 39.Cd "device xe" 40.Ed 41.Pp 42Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the 43following line in 44.Pa /boot/loader.conf : 45.Bd -literal -offset indent 46if_xe_load="YES" 47.Ed 48.Sh DESCRIPTION 49The 50.Nm 51driver supports 52.Tn PCMCIA 53Ethernet adapters based on Xircom CE2- and CE3-class hardware. 54This includes devices made by Xircom along with 55various 56.Tn OEM 57manufacturers. 58.Pp 59Please note that the 60.Nm 61driver only supports 62.Tn PCMCIA 63cards and their Ethernet functions. 64.Nm 65does not support the on-board modem device located on some 66version of the Ethernet/modem combo cards. 67In particular, Xircom RealPort2 cards are not supported by this driver. 68.Pp 69The 70.Nm 71driver supports the following media types: 72.Bl -tag -width ".Cm autoselect" 73.It Cm autoselect 74Enable autoselection of media type and options. 75.It Cm 10Base2/BNC 76Select 10Mbps operation on a BNC coaxial connector. 77.It Cm 10BaseT/UTP 78Select 10Mbps operation on a RJ-45 connector. 79.It Cm 100BaseTX 80Select 100Mbps operation. 81.El 82.Pp 83Note that 100BaseTX operation is not available on CE2-class cards, 84while the 10Base2/BNC mode is only available on CE2-class cards. 85Full-duplex 86operation is currently not supported. 87For more information on configuring network interface devices, 88see 89.Xr ifconfig 8 . 90.Sh HARDWARE 91The 92.Nm 93driver supports the following cards: 94.Pp 95.Bl -bullet -compact 96.It 97Xircom CreditCard Ethernet (PS-CE2-10) 98.It 99Xircom CreditCard Ethernet + Modem 28 (PS-CEM-28) 100.It 101Xircom CreditCard Ethernet + Modem 33 (CEM33) 102.It 103Xircom CreditCard 10/100 (CE3, CE3B) 104.It 105Xircom CreditCard Ethernet 10/100 + Modem 56 (CEM56) 106.It 107Xircom RealPort Ethernet 10 (RE10) 108.It 109Xircom RealPort Ethernet 10/100 (RE100) 110.It 111Xircom RealPort Ethernet 10/100 + Modem 56 (REM56, REM56G) 112.It 113Accton Fast EtherCard-16 (EN2226) 114.It 115Compaq Microcom CPQ550 Ethernet/Modem PC Card 116.It 117Compaq Netelligent 10/100 PC Card (CPQ-10/100) 118.It 119Intel EtherExpress Pro/100 PC Card Mobile Adapter 16 (Pro/100 M16A) 120.It 121Intel EtherExpress Pro/100 LAN/Modem PC Card Adapter (Pro/100 M16B) 122.El 123.Pp 124Other similar devices using the same hardware may also be supported. 125.Sh DIAGNOSTICS 126.Bl -diag 127.It "xe%d: Cannot allocate ioport" 128.It "xe%d: Cannot allocate irq" 129A fatal initialization error occurred while attempting to allocate 130system resources for the card. 131.It "xe%d: Unable to fix your %s combo card" 132A fatal initialization error occurred while attempting to attach an 133Ethernet/modem combo card. 134.It "xe%d: watchdog timeout: resetting card" 135The card failed to generate an interrupt acknowledging a 136transmitted packet. 137May indicate a 138.Tn PCMCIA 139configuration problem. 140.It "xe%d: no carrier" 141The card has lost all contact with the network; this 142usually indicates a cable problem. 143.El 144.Sh SEE ALSO 145.Xr ifmedia 4 , 146.Xr pccard 4 , 147.Xr ifconfig 8 148.Sh HISTORY 149The 150.Nm 151driver first appeared in 152.Fx 3.3 . 153.Sh AUTHORS 154.An -nosplit 155The 156.Nm 157device driver was written by 158.An Scott Mitchell Aq rsm@FreeBSD.org . 159This manual page was written by 160.An Scott Mitchell Aq rsm@FreeBSD.org , 161and 162.An Tom Rhodes Aq trhodes@FreeBSD.org . 163.Sh BUGS 164Supported devices will fail to attach on some machines using the 165.Tn NEWCARD 166.Tn PC 167Card framework. 168.Pp 169Automatic media selection is usually unreliable. 170