NETDOCK(4) Kernel Interfaces Manual (Mac68k) NETDOCK(4)

NAME

netdock — Ethernet driver for Asante NetDock and Newer Ether MicroDock

SYNOPSIS

netdock* at nubus?

DESCRIPTION

The netdock interface provides access to a 10 Mb/s Ethernet network via the Asante NetDock and Newer Ether MicroDock, for PowerBook Duo series.

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

HARDWARE

The netdock interface is currently known to support the following interfaces for PowerBook Duo series:

  • Asante NetDock
  • Newer Ether MicroDock

DIAGNOSTICS

netdock%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), ifconfig(8)

HISTORY

The netdock interface first appeared in NetBSD 2.0.
June 19, 2002 NetBSD 6.1