xref: /original-bsd/share/man/man4/man4.vax/qe.4 (revision 4092c5cc)
1.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
2.\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
3.\"
4.\" %sccs.include.redist.man%
5.\"
6.\"     @(#)qe.4	8.1 (Berkeley) 06/05/93
7.\"
8.Dd
9.Dt QE 4 vax
10.Os BSD 4.3
11.Sh NAME
12.Nm qe
13.Nd
14.Tn DEC DEQNA
15.Tn Q-bus
1610 Mb/s Ethernet interface
17.Sh SYNOPSIS
18.Cd "device qe0 at uba? csr 174440 vector qeintr"
19.Sh DESCRIPTION
20The
21.Nm qe
22interface provides access to a 10 Mb/s Ethernet network through
23the
24.Tn DEC DEQNA
25.Tn Q-bus
26controller.
27.Pp
28Each of the host's network addresses
29is specified at boot time with an
30.Dv SIOCSIFADDR
31.Xr ioctl 2 .
32The
33.Nm qe
34interface employs the address resolution protocol described in
35.Xr arp 4
36to map dynamically  between Internet and Ethernet addresses on the local
37network.
38.Pp
39The interface normally tries to use a
40.Dq trailer
41encapsulation
42to minimize copying data on input and output.
43The use of trailers is negotiated with
44.Tn ARP .
45This negotiation may be disabled, on a per-interface basis,
46by setting the
47.Dv IFF_NOTRAILERS
48flag with an
49.Dv SIOCSIFFLAGS
50.Xr ioctl .
51.Sh SEE ALSO
52.Xr netintro 4 ,
53.Xr inet 4 ,
54.Xr arp 4
55.Sh HISTORY
56The
57.Nm
58driver appeared in
59.Bx 4.3 .
60