etherswitch(4)

etherswitch4

Ethernet switch framework

Usage

To compile the framework into the kernel, place the following lines in the kernel configuration file:

device etherswitch device miiproxy device iicbus

Overview

The etherswitch driver provides a framework for Ethernet switch devices.

Files

/dev/etherswitch?

etherswitch device nodes

Releases

28 releases since FreeBSD 10.2-RELEASE; the text changed 16 times.

  1. 10.2
  2. 10.3
  3. 10.4
  4. 11.0
  5. 11.1
  6. 11.2
  7. 11.3
  8. 11.4
  9. 12.0
  10. 12.1
  11. 12.2
  12. 12.3
  13. 12.4
  14. 13.0–13.2
  15. 13.3–14.2
  16. 14.3–14.5
  17. 15.0–16.0

History

The etherswitch framework first appeared in FreeBSD 10.0.

Authors

Stefan Bethke

From base 16.0-CURRENT-20261027-61c70dc16a79 in FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT (2026-10-27). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.