NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     lnc -- AMD Lance/PCnet Ethernet device driver

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     device lnc 1

     In /boot/device.hints:
     hint.lnc.0.at="isa"
     hint.lnc.0.port="0x280"
     hint.lnc.0.irq="10"
     hint.lnc.0.drq="0"

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The lnc driver provides support for the AMD family of Lance/PCnet Ethernet
 NICs including the Am7990 and Am79C960.  The Ethernet cards supported
     by the lnc interface are:

	   Novell NE2100
	   Novell NE32-VL
	   Isolan BICC
	   Digital DEPCA
	   Hewlett Packard Vectra 486/66XM
	   Hewlett Packard Vectra XU
	   Diamond HomeFree

DIAGNOSTICS    [Toc]    [Back]

     lnc%d: Framing error  A framing error occurred.  This means a CRC error
     also occurred.  This caused the driver to drop the packet that contained
     the framing error.

     lnc%d: Receive CRC error  The received Ethernet frame failed the CRC
     checksum.	This caused the driver to drop the packet that failed the
     checksum.

     lnc%d: Packet dropped, no mbufs  The driver ran out of mbuf's.  This may
     suggest a resource problem.

     lnc%d: Couldn't allocate memory for NIC  This is a fatal error.  The
     driver will not attach to the card under this circumstance.

     lnc%d: Memory allocated above 16Mb limit  ISA and ESIA cards require
     bounce buffers for DMA transfers above 16mb.  The Am7990 and Am79C960
     only have 24 address lines and so can only access the lower 16Mb of physical
 memory.  The lnc driver assumes the memory it allocates is within
     the lower 16Mb range.  This is not a very valid assumption but there's
     nothing that can be done about it yet.  For shared memory NICs this isn't
     relevant.

     lnc%d: Device timeout -- Resetting  The device has stopped responding to
     the network, or there is a problem with the network connection (cable).
     Make sure the network connection in use is the same one the card is configured
 for.

     lnc%d: Transmit late collision  -- Net error?
     lnc%d: Loss of carrier during transmit -- Net error?
     lnc%d: Transmit of packet failed after 16 attempts -- TDR = %d
     lnc%d: Heartbeat error -- SQE test failed
     lnc%d: Babble error - more than 1519 bytes transmitted
     lnc%d: Missed packet -- no receive buffer
     lnc%d: Memory error  -- Resetting
     lnc%d: Couldn't get mbuf for transmit packet -- Resetting
     lnc%d: Receive buffer error
     lnc%d: Receive overflow error
     lnc%d: Receive interrupt with buffer still owned by controller --
     Resetting
     lnc%d: Receive interrupt but not start of packet -- Resetting
     lnc%d: Start of packet found before end of previous in receive ring --
     Resetting
     lnc%d: End of received packet not found -- Resetting
     lnc%d: Transmit interrupt with buffer still owned by controller --
     Resetting
     lnc%d: Transmit interrupt but not start of packet -- Resetting
     lnc%d: Start of packet found before end of previous in transmit ring --
     Resetting
     lnc%d: End of transmitted packet not found -- Resetting
     lnc%d: Transmit buffer error -- Resetting
     lnc%d: Transmit underflow error -- Resetting

BUGS    [Toc]    [Back]

     This driver has the potential of being the most verbose of any of the
     Ethernet device drivers.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     arp(4), netintro(4), ng_ether(4), ifconfig(8)

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

     The lnc device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 2.2.

AUTHORS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The lnc device driver was written by Paul Richards.  Support for the AMD
     PCHome phone-line based network added by Robert Watson.  This manual page
     was written by David E. O'Brien.


FreeBSD 5.2.1		       January 19, 1997 		 FreeBSD 5.2.1