AE(4) Kernel Interfaces Manual (Mac68k) AE(4)

NAME

ae — Ethernet driver for DP8390-based NuBus Ethernet boards

SYNOPSIS

ae* at nubus?

DESCRIPTION

The ae interface provides access to a 10 Mb/s Ethernet network via the National Semiconductor DP8390 Ethernet chip set. This set includes the DP83902.

Each of the host's network addresses is specified at boot time with an SIOCSIFADDR ioctl(2). The ae interface employs the address resolution protocol described in arp(4) to dynamically map between Internet and Ethernet addresses on the local network.

HARDWARE

The ae interface is currently known to support the following NuBus cards:

  • Asante MacCon Series
  • Asante MacCon-i Series
  • Asante MacCON-III+ PDS card
  • Farallon EtherMac Series
  • Farallon EtherWave Series
  • Apple EtherTalk NB
  • 3Com EtherLink NB

DIAGNOSTICS

ae%d at nubus%d: address %s, type %s %dKB memory.
This is a normal autoconfiguration message noting the 6 byte physical Ethernet address of the adapter, its manufacturer, and how much buffer memory it has.

SEE ALSO

arp(4), inet(4), netintro(4), sn(4), ifconfig(8)

HISTORY

The ae interface first appeared in NetBSD 1.0.
June 7, 1997 NetBSD 6.1