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.TH "PCN" "7D" "Sep 16, 2011"
.
.SH "NAME"
\fBpcn\fR \- PCnet Ethernet device driver
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.LP
.nf
\fB/dev/pcn\fR
.fi

.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.sp
.LP
The \fBpcn\fR driver is a multi\-threaded, loadable, clonable GLDv3\-based
STREAMS driver supporting the Data Link Provider Interface \fBdlpi\fR(7P) for
the AMD PCnet family of Ethernet controllers\.
.SH "APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE"
The \fBpcn\fR driver can be used as either a "style 1" or a "style 2" Data Link
Service Provider\. Physical points of attachment (PPAs) are interpreted as the
instance number of the \fBpcn\fR controller as assigned by the
operating environment\.
.sp
.LP
The values returned by the driver in the \fBDL_INFO_ACK\fR response are:
.RS +4
.TP
.ie t \(bu
.el o
Maximum SDU is 1500\.
.RE
.RS +4
.TP
.ie t \(bu
.el o
Minimum SDU is 0\.
.RE
.RS +4
.TP
.ie t \(bu
.el o
The dlsap address length is 8\.
.RE
.RS +4
.TP
.ie t \(bu
.el o
MAC type is \fBDL_ETHER\fR\.
.RE
.RS +4
.TP
.ie t \(bu
.el o
SAP length is \-2\. The 6\-byte physical address is immediately followed by a
2\-byte SAP\.
.RE
.RS +4
.TP
.ie t \(bu
.el o
Service mode is \fBDL_CLDLS\fR\.
.RE
.RS +4
.TP
.ie t \(bu
.el o
The broadcast address is the 6\-byte Ethernet broadcast address
(\fBff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff\fR)\.
.SH "CONFIGURATION"
.sp
.LP
The \fBpcn\fR driver performs auto-negotiation to select the link speed and
mode\.  Link sped may be 100Mbps full\-duplex, 100Mbps half\-duplex,
10Mbps full\-duplex, or 10Mbps half\-duplex, depending on the hardware
adapter type\.  See the \fIIEEE802.3\fR standard for more information\.
.sp
.LP
The capabilities advertised by the \fBpcn\fR device can be set using
\fBdladm\fR(1m)\.  The driver supports a number of parameters whose names
being with \fBen_\fR (see below)\.  Each of these parameters contains a
boolean value that determines if the devices advertises that mode of
operations\.  The \fBadv_autoneg_cap\fR parameter controls whether
auto-negotioation is performed\.  If \fBadv_autoneg_cap\fR is set to 0, the
driver forces the mode of operation selected by the first non-zero
parameter in priority order as shown below:
.sp
.in +2
.nf
                            (highest priority/greatest throughput)
        en_100fdx_cap           100Mbps full duplex
        en_10fdx_cap            10Mbps full duplex
                         (lowest priority/least throughput)
.fi
.in -2

.sp
.LP
All capabilities default to enabled\.  Note that changing any capability
parameter causes te link to go down while the link partners renegotiate
the link speed/duplex using the newly changed capabilities\.
.SH "ATTRIBUTES"
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for a description of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
box;
c | c
l | l .
ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
Architecture	x86
_
Interface Stability	Committed
.TE

.SH "FILES"
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB/dev/pcn\fR\fR
.ad
.sp .6
.RS 4n
Special character device\.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB/kernel/drv/pcn\fR\fR
.ad
.sp 6
.RS 4n
32\-bit driver binary\.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB/kernel/drv/amd64/pcn\fR\fR
.ad
.sp .6
.RS 4n
64\-bit driver binary (x86)\.
.RE

.SH "SEE ALSO"
.sp
.LP
\fBdlpi\fR(1m), \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBstreamio\fR(7I), \fBdlpi\fR(7p)
.sp
.LP
\fIIEEE 802.3\fR \(em Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2002