el(4)

el4

3com etherlink (3c501) ethernet device

Usage

el0 at isa? port 0x300 irq 9

Overview

The el device driver supports 3Com EtherLink (3C501) Ethernet cards.

For more information on configuring this device, see ifconfig(8). To view a list of media types and options supported by your card try “ifconfig <device> media”. For example, “ifconfig el0 media”.

Diagnostics

el0: device timeout

The device has stopped responding to the network, or there is a problem with the network connection (cable).

el0: invalid packet size N; dropping

A packet of an invalid length (less than size of Ethernet header or greater than maximum size of Ethernet frame) was received and dropped.

Releases

54 releases since OpenBSD 2.8; the text changed 7 times.

  1. 2.8–3.1
  2. 3.2–3.7
  3. 3.8–3.9
  4. 4.0–4.1
  5. 4.2–4.3
  6. 4.4
  7. 4.5–5.3
  8. 5.4–8.0

From man 8.0-current-20261101 in OpenBSD 8.0-current (2026-11-01). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.