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41 .Nd ERI/GEM/GMAC Ethernet device driver
43 To compile this driver into the kernel,
44 place the following lines in your
45 kernel configuration file:
46 .Bd -ragged -offset indent
51 Alternatively, to load the driver as a
52 module at boot time, place the following line in
54 .Bd -literal -offset indent
60 driver provides support for the GMAC Ethernet hardware found mostly in
61 the last Apple PowerBooks G3s and most G4-based Apple hardware, as
62 well as Sun UltraSPARC machines.
64 All controllers supported by the
66 driver have TCP checksum offload capability for both receive and transmit,
67 support for the reception and transmission of extended frames for
69 and a 512-bit multicast hash filter.
72 Chips supported by the
80 Sun ERI 10/100 Mbps Ethernet
82 Sun GEM Gigabit Ethernet
86 following add-on cards are known to work with the
92 Sun Gigabit Ethernet PCI 2.0/3.0 (GBE/P)
95 Sun Gigabit Ethernet SBus 2.0/3.0 (GBE/S)
102 .Va local-mac-address?
103 system configuration variable which can be set in the Open Firmware boot
112 driver will use the system's default MAC address for all of its devices.
115 the unique MAC address of each interface is used if present rather than
116 the system's default MAC address.
118 Supported interfaces having their own MAC address include the on-board
119 Sun ERI 10/100 Mbps on boards equipped with more than one Ethernet interface
120 and the Sun Gigabit Ethernet 2.0/3.0 GBE add-on cards.
131 device driver appeared in
135 version to include it was
141 driver was written for
151 and later on improved by
153 .Aq marus@FreeBSD.org .
154 The man page was written by