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14.Dd
15.Dt LE 4 sparc
16.Os
17.Sh NAME
18.Nm le
19.Nd SPARC AMD 7990 LANCE ethernet interface
20.Sh SYNOPSIS
21.Cd "le* at sbus? slot ? offset ?"
22.Sh DESCRIPTION
23The
24.Nm
25interface provides access to the 10 Mb/s Ethernet network via the
26.Tn AMD
277990
28.Tn LANCE
29Ethernet chip set.
30.Pp
31Each of the host's network addresses
32is specified at boot time with an
33.Dv SIOCSIFADDR
34.Xr ioctl .
35The
36.Nm
37interface employs the address resolution protocol described in
38.Xr arp 4
39to dynamically map between Internet and Ethernet addresses on the local
40network.
41.Sh SEE ALSO
42.Xr intro 4 ,
43.Xr inet 4 ,
44.Xr arp 4
45