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12.Dd
13.Dt LE 4 hp300
14.Os
15.Sh NAME
16.Nm le
17.Nd
18.Tn HP AMD
197990
20.Tn LANCE
21Ethernet interface
22.Sh SYNOPSIS
23.Cd "device le0 at scode?"
24.Sh DESCRIPTION
25The
26.Nm le
27interface provides access to a 10 Mb/s Ethernet network via the
28.Tn AMD
297990
30.Tn LANCE
31Ethernet chip set.
32.Pp
33Each of the host's network addresses
34is specified at boot time with an
35.Dv SIOCSIFADDR
36.Xr ioctl .
37The
38.Xr le
39interface employs the address resolution protocol described in
40.Xr arp 4
41to dynamically map between Internet and Ethernet addresses on the local
42network.
43.Pp
44The use of ``trailer'' encapsulation to minimize copying data on
45input and output is supported by the interface but offers no advantage
46due to the large
47.Tn HP
48page size.
49The use of trailers is negotiated with
50.Tn ARP .
51This negotiation may be disabled, on a per-interface basis,
52by setting the
53.Dv IFF_NOTRAILERS
54flag with an
55.Dv SIOCSIFFLAGS
56.Xr ioctl .
57.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
58.Bl -diag
59.It le%d: hardware address %s.
60This is a normal autoconfiguration message noting the 6 byte physical
61ethernet address of the adapter.
62.Pp
63.It de%d: can't handle af%d.
64The interface was handed
65a message with addresses formatted in an unsuitable address
66family; the packet was dropped.
67.Pp
68The following message indicates a possible hardware error performing
69the indicated operation during autoconfiguration or initialization.
70.Pp
71.It le%d: init timeout, stat = 0x%x.
72The hardware did not respond to an initialize command during reset.
73The reset procedure continues anyway.
74.El
75.Sh SEE ALSO
76.Xr intro 4 ,
77.Xr inet 4 ,
78.Xr arp 4
79