1sfe(7D)                             Devices                            sfe(7D)
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NAME

6       sfe - SiS900 series Fast Ethernet device driver
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SYNOPSIS

9       /dev/sfe
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DESCRIPTION

13       The  sfe driver is a loadable, clonable, GLD-based  STREAMS driver sup‐
14       porting the Data Link Provider Interface dlpi(7P) on Silicon Integrated
15       Systems 900 series Fast Ethernet controllers.
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APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE

18       The relevant fields returned as part of a DL_INFO_ACK response are:
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20           o      Maximum SDU is 1500.
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22           o      Minimum SDU is 0.
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24           o      The dlsap address length is 8.
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26           o      MAC type is DL_ETHER.
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28           o      SAP  length  is  -2. The 6-byte physical address is followed
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31           o      Service mode is DL_CLDLS.
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33           o      Broadcast address is the 6-byte Ethernet  broadcast  address
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37       If  the  SAP provided is zero, then IEEE 802.3 mode is assumed and out‐
38       bound frames will have the frame payload length written into  the  type
39       field.  Likewise,  inbound  frames with a SAP between zero and 1500 are
40       interpreted as IEEE 802.3 frames and delivered to any streams that  are
41       bound to SAP zero (the 802.3 SAP).
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PROPERTIES

44       The following properties  may  be  configured  using  either ndd(1M) or
45       the sfe.conf configuration file as described by driver.conf(4):
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47       adv_100fdx_cap
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49           Enables the 100 Base TX full-duplex link option. (This is generally
50           the  fastest  mode  if  both  link partners support it. Most modern
51           equipment supports this mode.)
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54       adv_100hdx_cap
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56           Enables the 100 Base TX half-duplex link  option.  (Typically  used
57           when the link partner is a 100 Mbps hub.)
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60       adv_10fdx_cap
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62           Enables  the  10  Base-T  full-duplex link option.  (This less-fre‐
63           quently used mode is typically used when the link partner is  a  10
64           Mbps switch.)
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69           Enables  the 10 Base-T half-duplex link option.  (This is the fall-
70           back when no other option is available.  It is typically used  when
71           the link partner is a 10 Mbps hub or is an older network card.)
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ATTRIBUTES

75       See attributes(5) for a description of the following attributes:
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80       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
81       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         │      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        │
82       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
83       │Availability                 │SPARC, x86                   │
84       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
85       │Interface Stability          │Committed                    │
86       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
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FILES

89       /dev/sfe
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91           Special character device.
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94       /kernel/drv/sfe
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96           32-bit driver binary (x86).
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99       /kernel/drv/amd64/sfe
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101           64-bit driver binary (x86).
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104       /kernel/drv/sparcv9/sfe
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106           64-bit driver binary (SPARC).
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109       /kernel/drv/sfe.conf
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111           Configuration file.
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SEE ALSO

115       ndd(1M), driver.conf(4), attributes(5), streamio(7I), dlpi(7P)
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118       IEEE 802.3 — Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2002
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122SunOS 5.11                        12 Dec 2007                          sfe(7D)
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