devnp-rtl8169.so

Driver for Realtek 8169 Gigabit Ethernet controllers

Syntax:

io-pkt-variant -d rtl8169 [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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did=0xXXXX

The PCI device ID.

duplex=0|1

Half (0) or full (1) duplex mode. The default is automatically detected on supported hardware. If you specify duplex, specify speed as well; if duplex alone is specified, it is ignored and both speed and duplex are autonegotiated.

iftype=num

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

iorange=0xXXXXXXXX

The I/O base address.

irq=num

The IRQ of the interface.

lan=num

The LAN number. The default is 0.

mac=XXXXXXXXXXXX

The interface address of the controller. 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=num

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

nomulticast

Disable multicast support. By default, multicast is enabled.

pci=0xXXXX

The PCI index of the controller.

phy=num

The address of the connected PHY device.

priority=N

The priority of the driver's event thread. The default is 21.

promiscuous

Enable the driver to pass all data packets received, regardless of the address. By default, promiscuous mode is disabled.

receive=num

The number of Rx buffers to internally cache. The default is 5.

speed=10|100|1000

The media data rate in megabits/second.

transmit=num

The number of Tx buffers to internally cache. The default is 10.

uptype=name

The interface name. The default is en.

verbose
verbose=N

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 PCI vendor ID.

Description:

The devnp-rtl8169.so driver controls Realtek 8169 Gigabit Ethernet controllers. This is a native io-pkt driver; its interface names are in the form rtX, 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-v4 using the Realtek driver:

io-pkt-v4 -d rtl8169
ifconfig rt0 10.184

See also:

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