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8.Dd
9.Dt DE 4 vax
10.Os BSD 4.2
11.Sh NAME
12.Nm de
13.Nd
14.Tn DEC DEUNA
1510 Mb/s Ethernet interface
16.Sh SYNOPSIS
17.Cd "device de0 at uba0 csr 174510 vector deintr"
18.Sh DESCRIPTION
19The
20.Nm de
21interface provides access to a 10 Mb/s Ethernet network through
22a Digital Equipment
23.Tn UNIBUS
24Network Adapter
25.Pq Tn DEUNA .
26.Pp
27Each of the host's network addresses
28is specified at boot time with an
29.Dv SIOCSIFADDR
30.Xr ioctl 2 .
31The
32.Nm de
33interface employs the address resolution protocol described in
34.Xr arp 4
35to dynamically map between Internet and Ethernet addresses on the local
36network.
37.Pp
38The interface normally tries to use a
39.Dq trailer
40encapsulation
41to minimize copying data on input and output.
42The use of trailers is negotiated with
43.Tn ARP .
44This negotiation may be disabled, on a per-interface basis,
45by setting the
46.Dv IFF_NOTRAILERS
47flag with an
48.Dv SIOCSIFFLAGS
49.Xr ioctl .
50.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
51.Bl -diag
52.It de%d: hardware address %s.
53This is a normal autoconfiguration message noting the 6 byte physical
54ethernet address of the adapter.
55.Pp
56.It de%d: oerror, flags=%b tdrerr=%b (len=%d).
57The hardware indicated an error
58in transmitting a packet to the cable.
59The status and error flags are reported.
60.Pp
61.It de%d: ierror, flags=%b lenerr=%b (len=%d).
62The hardware indicated an error
63in reading a packet from the cable.
64The status and error flags are reported.
65.Pp
66.It de%d: can't handle af%d.
67The interface was handed
68a message with addresses formatted in an unsuitable address
69family; the packet was dropped.
70.Pp
71.It de%d: buffer unavailable.
72The interface received more packets
73than it had buffers allocated to receive them.
74.Pp
75.It de%d: address change failed, csr0=%b csr1=%b.
76The interface was unable to reprogram
77its physical ethernet address.
78This may happen with very early models of the interface.
79This facility is used only when
80the controller is not the first network interface configured for
81.Tn XNS .
82.El
83.Pp
84The following messages indicate a probable hardware error performing
85the indicated operation during autoconfiguration or initialization.
86The two control and status registers
87should indicate the nature of the failure.
88See the hardware manual for details.
89.Pp
90.Bl -diag
91.It de%d: reset failed, csr0=%b csr1=%b.
92.It de%d: ppcb failed, csr0=%b csr1=%b.
93.It de%d: read addr failed, csr0=%b csr1=%b.
94.It de%d: wtring failed, csr0=%b csr1=%b.
95.It de%d: wtmode failed, csr0=%b csr1=%b.
96.El
97.Sh SEE ALSO
98.Xr netintro 4 ,
99.Xr inet 4 ,
100.Xr arp 4
101.Sh HISTORY
102The
103.Nm
104driver appeared in
105.Bx 4.3 .
106