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34 .Nd ERI/GEM/GMAC Ethernet device driver
36 To compile this driver into the kernel,
37 place the following lines in your
38 kernel configuration file:
39 .Bd -ragged -offset indent
44 Alternatively, to load the driver as a
45 module at boot time, place the following line in
47 .Bd -literal -offset indent
53 driver provides support for the GMAC Ethernet hardware found mostly in
54 the last Apple PowerBooks G3s and most G4-based Apple hardware, as
55 well as Sun UltraSPARC machines.
57 All controllers supported by the
59 driver have TCP checksum offload capability for both receive and transmit,
60 support for the reception and transmission of extended frames for
62 and a 512-bit multicast hash filter.
64 Chips supported by the
72 Sun ERI 10/100 Mbps Ethernet
74 Sun GEM Gigabit Ethernet
78 following add-on cards are known to work with the
84 Sun Gigabit Ethernet PCI 2.0/3.0 (GBE/P)
87 Sun Gigabit Ethernet SBus 2.0/3.0 (GBE/S)
94 .Va local-mac-address?
95 system configuration variable which can be set in the Open Firmware boot
104 driver will use the system's default MAC address for all of its devices.
107 the unique MAC address of each interface is used if present rather than
108 the system's default MAC address.
110 Supported interfaces having their own MAC address include the on-board
111 Sun ERI 10/100 Mbps on boards equipped with more than one Ethernet interface
112 and the Sun Gigabit Ethernet 2.0/3.0 GBE add-on cards.
123 device driver appeared in
127 version to include it was
133 driver was written for
143 and later on improved by
145 .Aq marius@FreeBSD.org .
146 The man page was written by