NAME

       rtl8139-diag - EEPROM setup and diagnostic program for ethernet cards based on the Realtek
       8129 and 8139 chips.

SYNOPSIS

       rtl8139-diag [options]

DESCRIPTION

       rtl8139-diag is a program that you can use to diagnose problems with ethernet cards  based
       on the Realtek 8129 or 8139 chip series.

OPTIONS

       These  programs  follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with
       two dashes (`-').  A summary of options is included below.

       -h, --help
              Show summary of options.

       -V, --version
              Show version of program.

       -v, --verbose
              Verbose mode.

       -q, --quiet
              Be very unverbose.

       -# <cardnum>
              Use card number <cardnum>.

       -a, --show_all_registers
              Print all registers.

       -e, --show-eeprom
              Dump EEPROM contents to stdout.

       -E, --emergency-rewrite
              Re-write a corrupted EEPROM.

       -p, --base-address <port>
              Specify port to use.

       -A, --Advertise <mediaype>
              Advertise media type. Valid Options are: 10baseT, 100baseT4, 100baseTx,  100baseTx-
              FD, 100baseTx-HD, 10baseT-FD and 10baseHD.

       -F, --new-interface <interface>
              Interface  number.  Options  that make sense are: 10baseT, 10base2, AUI, 100baseTx,
              10baseT-FDX, 100baseTx-FDX, 100baseT4, 100baseFx, 100baseFx-FDX, MII, Autosense and
              Autonegotiate.

       -H, --new-hwaddress <address>
              Set card to a new hardware address.

       -m, --show-mii
              Dump MII management registers.

       -R, --reset
              Reset the transceiver.

       -T, --test
              Do register and SRAM test.

       -w, --write-EEPROM <values>
              Write to the EEPROMS with the specified values. Do not use this, if you do not know
              what you do!

       -f, --force-detection
              Try to identify the card, even if it is active.

       -t, --chip-type <card>
              Explicitly set the chip. To get  all  valid  numbers,  run  rtl8139-diag  with  the
              options '-t -1'.

SEE ALSO

       mii-diag(8)

AUTHOR

       rtl8139-diag  was  written  and  is  still maintained by Donald Becker <becker@scyld.com>.
       This manual page was  written  by  Alain  Schroeder  <alain@debian.org>,  for  the  Debian
       GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

                                        February 18, 2002                         RTL8139-DIAG(8)