Devices                                              amd8111s(7D)



NAME
     amd8111s - AMD-8111 Fast Ethernet Network Adapter driver

SYNOPSIS
     /dev/amd8111s


DESCRIPTION
     The amd8111s Fast Ethernet driver is a multi-threaded, load-
     able,  clonable,  GLD-based  STREAMS  driver supporting  the
     Data Link Provider Interface, dlpi(7P), on the AMD-8111 Fast
     Ethernet Network Adapter.


     The amd8111s driver functions include controller initializa-
     tion, frame  transmit and receive, promiscuous and multicast
     support, and error recovery and reporting.

APLICATION PROGRAMING INTERFACE
     The cloning, character-special device /dev/amd8111  is  used
     to  access  all  AMD-8111  Fast  Ethernet  devices installed
     within the system.


     The amd8111s driver is  managed  by  the  dladm(1M)  command
     line  utility,  which  allows  VLANs to be defined on top of
     amd8111s instances and for amd8111s instances to  be  aggre-
     gated.  See dladm(1M) for more details.

CONFIGURATION
     By default, the amd8111s driver performs auto-negotiation to
     select  the  link speed and mode. Link speed and mode can be
     any of the following:


     100 Mbps, full-duplex.


     100 Mbps, half-duplex.


     10 Mbps, full-duplex.


     10 Mbps, half-duplex.

FILES
     /dev/amd8111s*

         Special character device.





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Devices                                              amd8111s(7D)



     /kernel/drv/amd8111s*

         32-bit ELF kernel module (x86).


     /kernel/drv/amd64/amd8111s*

         64-bit ELF Kernel module (x86).


ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:



     
     ATRIBUTE TYPE                ATRIBUTE VALUE             
     Availability                  SUNW8111s                   
     Architecture                  x86                         
     Interface Stability           Committed                   
    


SEE ALSO
     dladm(1M), attributes(5), streamio(7I), dlpi(7P)


     Writing Device Drivers


     STREAMS Programming Guide


     Network Interfaces Programmer's Guide




















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