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8.Dd
9.Dt IL 4 vax
10.Os BSD 4.2
11.Sh NAME
12.Nm il
13.Nd Interlan NI1010 10 Mb/s Ethernet interface
14.Sh SYNOPSIS
15.Cd "device il0 at uba0 csr 164000 vector ilrint ilcint"
16.Sh DESCRIPTION
17The
18.Nm il
19interface provides access to a 10 Mb/s Ethernet network through
20an Interlan 1010 or 1010A controller.
21.Pp
22Each of the host's network addresses
23is specified at boot time with an
24.Dv SIOCSIFADDR
25.Xr ioctl 2 .
26The
27.Nm il
28interface employs the address resolution protocol described in
29.Xr arp 4
30to dynamically map between Internet and Ethernet addresses on the local
31network.
32.Pp
33The interface normally tries to use a ``trailer'' encapsulation
34to minimize copying data on input and output.
35The use of trailers is negotiated with
36.Tn ARP .
37This negotiation may be disabled, on a per-interface basis,
38by setting the
39.Dv IFF_NOTRAILERS
40flag with an
41.Dv SIOCSIFFLAGS
42.Xr ioctl .
43.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
44.Bl -diag
45.It il%d: input error.
46The hardware indicated an error
47in reading a packet off the cable or an illegally sized packet.
48.Pp
49.It il%d: can't handle af%d.
50The interface was handed
51a message with addresses formatted in an unsuitable address
52family; the packet was dropped.
53.Pp
54.It il%d: setaddr didn't work.
55The interface was unable to reprogram
56its physical ethernet address.
57This may happen with very early models of the interface.
58This facility is used only when
59the controller is not the first network interface configured for
60.Tn XNS .
61The oldest interface tested (2.7.1.0.1.45) has never failed in this way.
62.Pp
63.It il%d: reset failed, csr=%b.
64.It il%d: status failed, csr=%b.
65.It il%d: hardware diag failed, csr=%b.
66.It il%d: verifying setaddr, csr=%b.
67.It il%d: stray xmit interrupt, csr=%b.
68.It il%d: can't initialize.
69The above messages indicate a probable hardware error performing
70the indicated operation during autoconfiguration or initialization.
71The status field in the control and status register (the low-order four bits)
72should indicate the nature of the failure.
73See the hardware manual for details.
74.El
75.Sh SEE ALSO
76.Xr netintro 4 ,
77.Xr inet 4 ,
78.Xr arp 4
79.Sh HISTORY
80The
81.Nm
82interface appeared in
83.Bx 4.2 .
84