ex4freebsd
Ethernet device driver for the intel etherexpress pro/10 and pro/10+
Usage
To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following line in your kernel configuration file:
device ex
Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):
if_ex_load="YES"
Deprecation notice
The ex driver is not present in FreeBSD 13.0 and later. See https://github.com/freebsd/fcp/blob/master/fcp-0101.md for more information.
Overview
The ex driver provides support for Ethernet adapters based on the Intel i82595 chip.
On the ISA bus, the card will be searched for in the I/O address range 0x200 - 0x3a0. The IRQ will be read from the EEPROM on the card. For correct operation Plug-N-Play support should be disabled.
On the PC Card bus, the card will be automatically recognized and configured.
Hardware
The ex driver supports the following Ethernet adapters:
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Intel EtherExpress Pro/10 ISA
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Intel EtherExpress Pro/10+ ISA
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Olicom OC2220 Ethernet PC Card
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Olicom OC2232 Ethernet/Modem PC Card
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Silicom Ethernet LAN PC Card
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Silicom EtherSerial LAN PC Card
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.
Releases
9 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 6 times.