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33 .Nd "AMD Lance/PCnet Ethernet device driver"
35 To compile this driver into the kernel,
36 place the following line in your
37 kernel configuration file:
38 .Bd -ragged -offset indent
42 Alternatively, to load the driver as a
43 module at boot time, place the following line in
45 .Bd -literal -offset indent
50 .Pa /boot/device.hints :
51 .Cd hint.lnc.0.at="isa"
52 .Cd hint.lnc.0.port="0x280"
53 .Cd hint.lnc.0.irq="10"
54 .Cd hint.lnc.0.drq="0"
57 This device driver is deprecated and was replaced by
65 driver provides support for the AMD family of Lance/PCnet Ethernet NICs
66 including the Am7990 and Am79C960.
70 driver supports the following adapters:
76 Hewlett Packard Vectra 486/66XM
78 Hewlett Packard Vectra XU
80 Isolan AT 4141-0 (16 bit)
91 Also supported are adapters working with the
96 driver runs these in compatibility mode, thus the
98 driver should be preferred.
101 .It "lnc%d: Framing error"
102 A framing error occurred.
103 This means a CRC error also occurred.
104 This caused the driver to drop the packet that contained the framing error.
105 .It "lnc%d: Receive CRC error
106 The received Ethernet frame failed the CRC checksum.
107 This caused the driver to drop the packet that failed the checksum.
108 .It "lnc%d: Packet dropped, no mbufs"
109 The driver ran out of mbuf's.
110 This may suggest a resource problem.
111 .It "lnc%d: Couldn't allocate memory for NIC"
112 This is a fatal error.
113 The driver will not attach to the card under this
115 .It "lnc%d: Memory allocated above 16Mb limit"
116 ISA and ESIA cards require bounce buffers for DMA transfers above 16mb.
117 The Am7990 and Am79C960 only have 24 address lines and so can only access
118 the lower 16Mb of physical memory.
121 driver assumes the memory it allocates is within the lower 16Mb range.
122 This is not a very valid assumption but there is nothing that can be done
124 For shared memory NICs this is not relevant.
125 .It "lnc%d: Device timeout -- Resetting"
126 The device has stopped responding to the network, or there is a problem with
127 the network connection (cable).
128 Make sure the network connection in use
129 is the same one the card is configured for.
130 .It "lnc%d: Transmit late collision -- Net error?"
131 .It "lnc%d: Loss of carrier during transmit -- Net error?"
132 .It "lnc%d: Transmit of packet failed after 16 attempts -- TDR = %d"
133 .It "lnc%d: Heartbeat error -- SQE test failed"
134 .It "lnc%d: Babble error - more than 1519 bytes transmitted"
135 .It "lnc%d: Missed packet -- no receive buffer"
136 .It "lnc%d: Memory error -- Resetting"
137 .It "lnc%d: Couldn't get mbuf for transmit packet -- Resetting"
138 .It "lnc%d: Receive buffer error"
139 .It "lnc%d: Receive overflow error"
140 .It "lnc%d: Receive interrupt with buffer still owned by controller -- Resetting"
141 .It "lnc%d: Receive interrupt but not start of packet -- Resetting"
142 .It "lnc%d: Start of packet found before end of previous in receive ring -- Resetting"
143 .It "lnc%d: End of received packet not found -- Resetting"
144 .It "lnc%d: Transmit interrupt with buffer still owned by controller -- Resetting"
145 .It "lnc%d: Transmit interrupt but not start of packet -- Resetting"
146 .It "lnc%d: Start of packet found before end of previous in transmit ring -- Resetting"
147 .It "lnc%d: End of transmitted packet not found -- Resetting"
148 .It "lnc%d: Transmit buffer error -- Resetting"
149 .It "lnc%d: Transmit underflow error -- Resetting"
160 device driver first appeared in
166 device driver was written by
168 Support for the AMD PCHome phone-line based network added by
170 This manual page was written by
171 .An David E. O'Brien .
173 This driver has the potential of being the most verbose of any of the
174 Ethernet device drivers.