NAME
ef
—
3Com Fast EtherLink ISA (3c515) 10/100
Ethernet device
SYNOPSIS
ef* at isapnp?
nsphy* at mii?
DESCRIPTION
Theef
device driver supports the 3Com Fast EtherLink
ISA family of Ethernet cards, and embedded controllers based on the 3Com
“corkscrew” EtherLink chips.
The following media types and options (as given to ifconfig(8)) are supported:
media
autoselect- Enable autoselection of the media type and options (default).
media
100baseTXmediaopt
full-duplex- Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation and force full-duplex mode.
media
100baseTXmediaopt
half-duplex- Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation and force half-duplex mode.
media
10baseTmediaopt
full-duplex- Set 10Mbps operation and force full-duplex.
media
10baseTmediaopt
half-duplex- Set 10Mbps operation and force half-duplex.
If no media options are present, the ef
driver places the card into autoselect mode.
For more information on configuring this device, see ifconfig(8).
DIAGNOSTICS
- ef0: adapter failure (XXXX)
- A fatal error during receive or transmit has occurred.
- ef0: eeprom failed to come ready
- When reading/writing the EEPROM, the busy bit failed to clear. This may indicate a hardware problem.
- ef0: device timeout
- The device has stopped responding to the network, or there is a problem with the network connection (cable).
SEE ALSO
ifmedia(4), intro(4), isapnp(4), nsphy(4), hostname.if(5), ifconfig(8)
HISTORY
The ef
device driver first appeared in
OpenBSD 2.6.
AUTHORS
The ef
driver was written by
Jason L. Wright
<jason@thought.net>.