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33 .Nd Xircom PCMCIA Ethernet device driver
41 Ethernet adapters based on Xircom CE2- and CE3-class hardware.
42 This includes devices made by Xircom along with
46 The following cards are supported:
48 .Bl -bullet -compact -offset -indent
50 Xircom CreditCard Ethernet (PS-CE2-10)
52 Xircom CreditCard Ethernet + Modem 28 (PS-CEM-28)
54 Xircom CreditCard Ethernet + Modem 33 (CEM33)
56 Xircom CreditCard 10/100 (CE3, CE3B)
58 Xircom CreditCard Ethernet 10/100 + Modem 56 (CEM56)
60 Xircom RealPort Ethernet 10 (RE10)
62 Xircom RealPort Ethernet 10/100 (RE100)
64 Xircom RealPort Ethernet 10/100 + Modem 56 (REM56, REM56G)
66 Accton Fast EtherCard-16 (EN2226)
68 Compaq Netelligent 10/100 PC Card (CPQ-10/100)
70 Intel EtherExpress Pro/100 PC Card Mobile Adapter 16 (Pro/100 M16A)
72 Other similar devices using the same hardware may also be supported.
78 cards and their Ethernet functions.
80 does not support the on-board modem device located on some
81 version of the Ethernet/modem combo cards.
82 In particular, Xircom RealPort2 cards are not supported by this driver.
86 driver supports the following media types:
87 .Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
89 Enable autoselection of media type and options.
91 Select 10Mbps operation on a BNC coaxial connector.
93 Select 10Mbps operation on a RJ-45 connector.
95 Select 100Mbps operation.
98 Note that 100BaseTX operation is not available on CE2-class cards,
99 while the 10Base2/BNC mode is only available on CE2-class cards.
101 operation is currently not supported.
102 For more information on configuring network interface devices,
107 .It "xe%d: Cannot allocate ioport"
108 .It "xe%d: Cannot allocate irq"
109 A fatal initialization error occurred while attempting to allocate
110 system resources for the card.
111 .It "xe%d: Unable to fix your %s combo card"
112 A fatal initialization error occurred while attempting to attach an
113 Ethernet/modem combo card.
114 .It "xe%d: watchdog timeout: resetting card"
115 The card failed to generate an interrupt acknowledging a
119 configuration problem.
120 .It "xe%d: no carrier"
121 The card has lost all contact with the network; this
122 usually indicates a cable problem.
130 driver first appeared in
135 device driver was written by
136 .An Scott Mitchell Aq rsm@FreeBSD.org .
137 This manual page was written by
139 .An Scott Mitchell Aq rsm@FreeBSD.org ,
141 .An Tom Rhodes Aq trhodes@FreeBSD.org .
143 Supported devices will fail to attach on some machines using the
148 Automatic media selection is usually unreliable.