ex4
Ethernet device driver for the intel etherexpress pro/10 and pro/10+
Usage
To compile support for the
ex driver into your kernel, place the following line in your kernel configuration file:
device ex
Alternatively, to load the
ex driver at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):
if_ex_load="YES"
Overview
The ex driver provides support for Ethernet adapters based on the Intel i82595 chip.
The card will be searched for in the I/O address range 0x200 - 0x3a0. If the IRQ will be read from the EEPROM on the card. For correct operation on newer cards the Plug-N-Play support should be disabled.
Hardware
The ex driver supports the following Ethernet adapters:
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Intel EtherExpress Pro/10
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Intel EtherExpress Pro/10+
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The Olicom OC2220
Diagnostics
- ex%d: Intel EtherExpress Pro/10, address %6D, connector %s
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The device probe found an installed card, and was able to correctly install the device driver.
- ex%d: WARNING: board's EEPROM is configured for IRQ %d, using %d
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The device probe detected that the board is configured for a different interrupt than the one specified in the kernel configuration file.
- ex%d: invalid IRQ.
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The device probe detected an invalid IRQ setting.