1mxfe(7D)                            Devices                           mxfe(7D)
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NAME

6       mxfe - MXFE Fast Ethernet device driver
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SYNOPSIS

9       /dev/mxfe*
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DESCRIPTION

13       The  mxfe is a Solaris STREAMS hardware driver supporting the Data Link
14       Provider Interface (dlpi(7P)) over the Macronix 98715 family (including
15       the Lite-On PNIC-II) of Fast Ethernet controllers.
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DLPI SPECIFICATIONS

18       The  mxfe  driver supports both style 1 and style 2 modes of operation.
19       Physical points of attachment (PPAs) are interpreted  as  the  instance
20       number of the  mxfe controller as assigned by the operating system.
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23       The  relevant  fields  returned  as part of a DL_INFO_ACK response are:
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25           o      Maximum SDU is 1500.
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27           o      Minimum SDU is 0.
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29           o      DLSAP address length is 8.
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31           o      MAC type is DL_ETHER.
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33           o      SAP  length value is -2, meaning the physical address compo‐
34                  nent is followed  immediately  by  a  2-byte  SAP  component
35                  within the DLSAP address.
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37           o      Service mode is DL_CLDLS.
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39           o      Broadcast  address  value is the 6-byte Ethernet/IEEE broad‐
40                  cast address (ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff).
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43       If the SAP provided is zero, IEEE 802.3 mode is  assumed  and  outbound
44       frames  will  have the frame payload length written into the type field
45       Likewise, inbound  frames with a SAP between zero and 1500  are  inter‐
46       preted as IEEE 802.3 frames and delivered to streams that have bound to
47       SAP zero (the 802.3 SAP).
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FILES

50       /dev/mxfe*                  Special character device
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53       /kernel/drv/mxfe            32-bit driver binary (x86).
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56       /kernel/drv/amd64/mxfe      64-bit ELF kernel module (x86).
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59       /kernel/drv/sparcv9/mxfe    Driver binary (SPARC).
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ATTRIBUTES

63       See attributes(5) for a description of the following attributes:
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68       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
69       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         │      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        │
70       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
71       │Architecture                 │SPARC, x86                   │
72       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
73       │Availability                 │SUNWmxfe                     │
74       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
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SEE ALSO

77       ifconfig(1M), ndd(1M), attributes(5), dlpi(7P)
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80       IEEE 802.3 — Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2002
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84SunOS 5.11                        31 Aug 2007                         mxfe(7D)
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