NAME

       ie — Ethernet device driver

SYNOPSIS

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

             device ie

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

             if_ie_load="YES"

       In /boot/device.hints:
       hint.ie.0.at="isa"
       hint.ie.0.port="0x300"
       hint.ie.0.irq="5"
       hint.ie.0.maddr="0xd0000"

HARDWARE

       The  ie driver provides supports the following 8 and 16bit ISA Ethernet cards that are based on the Intel
       i82586 chip:

       •   3COM 3C507
       •   AT&T EN100
       •   AT&T Starlan 10
       •   AT&T Starlan Fiber
       •   Intel EtherExpress 16
       •   RACAL Interlan NI5210

DIAGNOSTICS

       ie%d: unknown board type code %d  An i82586 chip was found, but the driver was unable  to  determine  the
       actual board type during the probe.

       ie%d:  kernel  configured  maddr  %x doesn't match board configured maddr %x  The device probe detected a
       different maddr than the one specified in the kernel configuration file.

       ie%d: can't find shared memory  The device probe could not access the  shared  memory  to  determine  its
       size.

       ie%d:  kernel  configured  msize  %d  doesn't  match  board configured msize %d  The device probe found a
       different size for the shared memory than the one specified in the kernel configuration file.

       ie%d: kernel configured irq %d doesn't match board configured irq %d  The device probe detected that  the
       board is configured for a different interrupt than the one specified in the kernel configuration file.

       ie%d: reset  The Intel i82586 had to be reset by the driver.

       ie%d:  transceiver  problem    The  driver has detected a problem with the Ethernet transceiver.  This is
       usually due to a loose or broken  transceiver  cable  when  using  an  external  transceiver.   When  you
       experience  this  problem with an on-card transceiver your card may be incorrectly jumpered for to use an
       external transceiver.  Worst case your on-board transceiver may be broken.

       ie%d: TDR detected an open %d clocks away  The driver detected an open circuit  in  the  Ethernet  cable.
       Check your coax cable and terminator resistors.

       ie%d:  TDR  detected  a  short %d clocks away  The driver detected a short circuit in the Ethernet cable.
       Check your coax cable and terminator resistors.

       ie%d: TDR returned unknown status %x  The driver got an unknown status from the card during the  Ethernet
       cable test.

       ie%d: multicast address setup command failed  The card could not be put into multicast mode.

       ie%d: configure command failed  The card refused to respond correctly during configuration.

       ie%d: individual address setup command failed  The programming of the Ethernet (MAC) address failed.

SEE ALSO

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

AUTHORS

       The  ie  device driver was written by Garrett A. Wollman, based on code by William F. Jolitz and Lawrence
       Berkeley Laboratories.  3C507 support was written by Charles M. Hannum.  This manual page was written  by
       Wilko C. Bulte.

CAVEATS

       The  Racal  Interlan  NI5210  comes  in  variants  with 8 and 16 kbytes of shared memory.  It is strongly
       advisable to use the 16 kbyte variant.  You can upgrade your 8 kbyte  card  to  16  kbyte  by  adding  an
       additional RAM chip.

Debian                                            July 16, 2005                                            IE(4)