NAME
xi
- Xircom CreditCard Ethernet device driver
SYNOPSIS
xi* at xirc?
Configuration of PHYs may also be necessary. See
mii(4).
DESCRIPTION
The
xi
driver provides support for the Xircom CreditCard family of PCMCIA
Ethernet adapters. Supported cards include:
-
Xircom CreditCard Ethernet II
-
Xircom CreditCard 10/100 Ethernet
-
Xircom RealPort 10/100 Ethernet + Modem (Ethernet function only)
-
Intel EtherExpress Pro/100
-
Compaq Netelligent 10/100
Cards which should work, but have not been confirmed include:
-
Xircom RealPort Ethernet
-
Xircom RealPort 10/100 Ethernet
Some Xircom Ethernet products are supported by the
tlp(4)
driver.
Media selection is done using
ifconfig(8)
using the standard
ifmedia(4)
mechanism. Refer to those manual pages for more information.
SEE ALSO
ifmedia(4),
mii(4),
netintro(4),
pcmcia(4),
tlp(4),
xirc(4),
ifconfig(8)
HISTORY
The
xi
device driver appeared in
NetBSD1.5.
BUGS
The driver suffers from poor performance. Even with the 10/100 cards,
do not expect more than ~450KB/s. Some 10/100 cards may not autonegotiate
reliably and require manual media selection.
The Xircom multifunction cards which contain both Ethernet and modem
interfaces are known to have problems. This is due to the card not
reporting itself correctly as a multifunction card.