1.\" $OpenBSD: ie.4,v 1.16 2007/05/31 19:19:54 jmc Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 2003 Paul Weissmann 4.\" All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" 7.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 8.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 9.\" are met: 10.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 11.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 12.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 13.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 14.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 15.\" 16.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 17.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 18.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 19.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 20.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 21.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 22.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 23.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 24.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 25.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 26.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 27.\" 28.Dd $Mdocdate: May 31 2007 $ 29.Dt IE 4 hppa 30.Os 31.Sh NAME 32.Nm ie 33.Nd Intel i82596 Ethernet device 34.Sh SYNOPSIS 35.Cd "ie0 at gsc? irq 8" 36.Sh DESCRIPTION 37The 38.Nm 39interface provides access to the 10 Mb/s 40.Tn Ethernet 41network via the 42.Tn Intel 43i82596 DX/CA 32-bit 44Local Area Network Coprocessor for Ethernet. 45.Pp 46The i82596 comes basically in two different flavors: 47.Bl -tag -width i82596DXxxx 48.It i82596DX 49Systems with an ASP or WAX Main Bus Adapter (MBA), e.g. 720, 735 etc. 50These types of systems generally have only AUI or BNC and AUI connectors at 51the back. 52On the models with both you usually have to switch a big 53jumper-block on the mainboard to choose which one to activate. 54.It i82596CA 55Systems with LASI MBA, e.g. 712/*, 715/100 have the i82596CA 56integrated on the LASI macrochip. 57They usually have TP and AUI 58connectors and autodetect to which one the network is connected to. 59.El 60.Pp 61By default, the system will select the media type automatically, but the 62.Xr ifconfig 8 63command can be used to force the media selection. 64The media types are shown below: 65.Bl -tag -width "media autoselect" -offset indent 66.It media autoselect 67Attempt to autoselect the media type (default) 68.It media 10base5 69Use the AUI connector 70.It media 10baseT 71Use the twisted pair connector 72.It media 10base2 73Use the BNC connector 74.El 75.Sh SEE ALSO 76.Xr arp 4 , 77.Xr ifmedia 4 , 78.Xr inet 4 , 79.Xr intro 4 , 80.Xr io 4 , 81.Xr hostname.if 5 , 82.Xr ifconfig 8 83.Rs 84.%T 82596DX AND 82596SX High-Performance 32-bit Local Area Network Coprocessor 85.%Q Intel 86.Re 87.Rs 88.%T 82596CA High-Performance 32-bit Local Area Network Coprocessor 89.%Q Intel 90.Re 91