devn-rtl8150.so

Driver for Realtek 8150 Ethernet dongle

Syntax:

io-pkt-variant -d rtl8150 [option[,option ...]] ...

where variant is one of v4, v4-hc, or v6-hc.

Runs on:

Neutrino

Options:

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Use commas, not spaces, to separate the options.

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busnum=0xXX

The USB bus number.

devnum=0xXX

The USB device number.

did=0xXXXX

The USB device ID.

duplex=0|1

Half (0) or full (1) duplex mode.

iftype=num

The interface type (from <net/if_types.h>). The default is IFT_ETHER.

lan=num

The LAN number. The default is 0.

mac=XXXXXXXXXXXX

The MAC address of the adapter. The default is automatically detected on supported hardware.

media=num

The media type (from <hw/nicinfo.h>). The default is NIC_MEDIA_802_3.

mru=num

The maximum receive unit. The default is 1514.

mtu=X

The maximum transmission unit. The default (1514) is automatically detected on supported hardware.

nomulticast

Disable multicast support. By default, multicast is enabled.

path=name

The device name. The default is /dev/usbenet0.

phy=num

The address of the connected PHY device.

priority=N

The priority of the driver-event thread. The default is 21.

promiscuous

Enable promiscuous mode. The default is off.

receive=num

Set the number of receive descriptors. The default is 5.

speed=10|100

The media data rate (10Mbit or 100Mbit operation). The default is automatically detected on supported hardware. If you specify speed, specify duplex as well; if you specify the speed alone, the speed is correctly set, but duplex defaults to half (0).

transmit=num

Set the number of tx descriptors. The default is 10.

uptype=name

The interface name. The default is “en”.

verbose
verbose=num

Be verbose. Specify num for more verbosity (num can be 1-4, the higher the number, the more detailed the output). The default is 0. The output goes to slogger; invoke sloginfo to view it.

vid=0xXXXX

The USB vendor ID of the adapter. The default is automatically detected on supported hardware.

wait=num

Wait num seconds for the USB stack. The default is 60 seconds.

Description:

The devn-rtl8150.so driver controls the Realtek 8150 Ethernet dongle, which is included in SMC2208 USB/Ethernet adapters. This is a legacy io-net driver; its interface names are in the form enX, where X is an integer.

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If the device enumerators (see enum-devices) don't recognize your device, try explicitly specifying the device ID with the did option when you start the driver.

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Some devices support hardware checksums, although some might do so in only one direction; to determine if your device does, type:

ifconfig enX

and look for the following in the list of supported options:

• ip4csum, ip4csum-rx, ip4csum-tx
• tcp4csum, tcp4csum-rx, tcp4csum-tx
• tcp6csum, tcp6csum-rx, tcp6csum-tx
• udp4csum, udp4csum-rx, udp4csum-tx
• udp6csum, udp6csum-rx, udp6csum-tx

You can then use ifconfig to enable or disable whichever of these options your device supports.

Examples:

Start io-pkt-v6-hc using the Realtek driver:

io-pkt-v6-hc -drtl8150 verbose &
ifconfig en0 10.1.0.184

Files:

/dev/io-net

The directory where, by default, drivers and protocol modules add entries. For more information, see the documentation for io-pkt*.

See also:

devn-*, devnp-*, ifconfig, io-pkt*