NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     el -- Ethernet driver for 3Com Etherlink 3C501 device driver

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     device el 1

     In /boot/device.hints:
     hint.el.0.at="isa"
     hint.el.0.port="0x300"
     hint.el.0.irq="9"

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The el interface provides support for the 3Com 3c501 8bit ISA ethernet
     card.  The 3c501 card is known to be quite slow, and a different ethernet
     card should be used if possible.  However, they allow inexpensive access
     to 10 Mb/s Ethernet networks.

     The valid I/O ports are in the range 0x280-0x3f0.

BUGS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The driver assumes the card is configured for the same IRQ as the kernel.
     No probing or checking is done to determine if this is the case.

     Does not currently support DMA.

     Does not currently support multicasts.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     ed(4), ep(4), ie(4), intro(4), le(4), ng_ether(4), ifconfig(8)


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