bionic (4) cs.4freebsd.gz

NAME

     cs — Ethernet device driver

SYNOPSIS

     To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following line in your kernel configuration file:

           device cs

     Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):

           if_cs_load="YES"

     In /boot/device.hints:
     hint.cs.0.at="isa"
     hint.cs.0.port="0x300"
     hint.cs.0.irq="10"
     hint.cs.0.maddr="0xd000"

DESCRIPTION

     The cs driver provides support for ISA Ethernet adapters based on the Crystal Semiconductor CS8900 and
     CS8920 NICs.  These devices are used on the IBM EtherJet ISA adapters and in many embedded applications
     where the high integration, small size and low cost of the CS89x0 family compensate for their drawbacks.

     The cs driver will obtain configuration parameters either from /boot/device.hints or from the card.  At
     least the I/O port number must be specified.  Other parameters specified in /boot/device.hints will be used
     if present; the card may be soft-configured so these may be any valid value.  Adapters based on the CS8920
     normally offer PnP configuration and the driver will detect the IBM EtherJet and the CSC6040 adapters
     automatically.

     Note that the CS8900 is limited to 4 IRQ values; these are normally implemented as 5, 10, 11 and 12.  The
     CS8920 has no such limitation.

     Memory-mapped and DMA operation are not supported at this time.

     In addition to the ISA devices, the PC Card devices based on the CS889x0 family are also supported.  The
     IBM EtherJet PCMCIA Card is the only known device based on this chip.  The PC Card support does not need
     the above specific ISA hints to work.  The PC Card support may not work for 10base2 (thinnet) connections
     and may bogusly claim to support 10base5 (there are no known cards that have an AUI necessary for 10base5
     support on their dongles).

DIAGNOSTICS

     cs%d: full/half duplex negotiation timeout  The attempt to negotiate duplex settings with the hub timed
     out.  This may indicate a cabling problem or a faulty or incompatible hub.

     cs%d: failed to enable <media>  The CS89x0 failed to select the nominated media, either because it is not
     present or not operating correctly.

     cs%d: No EEPROM, assuming defaults  The CS89x0 does not have an EEPROM, or the EEPROM is hopelessly
     damaged.  Operation will only be successful if the configuration entry lists suitable values for the
     adapter.

     cs%d: Invalid irq  The IRQ specified in the configuration entry is not valid for the adapter.

     cs%d: Could not allocate memory for NIC  There is a critical memory shortage.  The adapter will not
     function.

     cs%d: Adapter has no media  The adapter is not configured for a specific media type.  The media type will
     have to be manually set.

     This is a %s, but LDN %d is disabled  The PnP probe code found a recognised adapter, but the adapter is
     disabled.

     failed to read pnp parms  A PnP adapter was found, but configuration parameters for it could not be read.

     failed to pnp card parameters  The parameters obtained via PnP were not accepted by the driver.  The
     adapter may not function.

SEE ALSO

     arp(4), netintro(4), ng_ether(4), ifconfig(8)

AUTHORS

     The cs device driver was written by Maxim Bolotin and Oleg Sharoiko.  This manpage was written by Michael
     Smith.

CAVEATS

     The CS89x0 family of adapters have a very small RAM buffer (4K).  This may cause problems with extremely
     high network loads or bursty network traffic.  In particular, NFS operations should be limited to 1k
     read/write transactions in order to avoid overruns.