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)