NAME
pcn
- AMD PCnet-PCI Ethernet family driver
SYNOPSIS
pcn* at pci? dev ? function ?
Configuration of PHYs may also be necessary. See
mii(4).
DESCRIPTION
The
pcn
device driver supports Ethernet interfaces based on the AMD
PCnet-PCI family of Ethernet chips. The chips supported by
the
pcn
driver include:
-
Am79c970 PCnet-PCI Single-Chip Ethernet Controller for PCI
Local Bus
-
Am79c970A PCnet-PCI II Single-Chip Full-Duplex Ethernet Controller
for PCI Local Bus
-
Am79c971 PCnet-FAST Single-Chip Full-Duplex 10/100Mbps
Ethernet Controller for PCI Local Bus
-
Am79c972 PCnet-FAST+ Enhanced 10/100Mbps PCI Ethernet Controller
with OnNow Support
-
Am79c973/Am79c975 PCnet-FAST III Single-Chip 10/100Mbps PCI
Ethernet Controller with Integrated PHY
PCnet-PCI chips are found on some Hewlett-Packard PCI Ethernet
boards, and on the Allied Telesyn AT-2700TX PCI Ethernet board.
They are also found on some processor evaluation boards as an
example peripheral.
The
pcn
driver also supports the emulated PCnet-PCI interface provided
by VMware.
SEE ALSO
arp(4),
ifmedia(4),
mii(4),
netintro(4),
pci(4),
ifconfig(8)
HISTORY
The
pcn
driver first appeared in
NetBSD1.6.
AUTHORS
The
pcn
driver was written by
Jason R. Thorpe
<thorpej@wasabisystems.com>.