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MXFE(7D)							      MXFE(7D)

NAME
       mxfe - MXFE Fast Ethernet device driver

SYNOPSIS
       /dev/mxfe*

DESCRIPTION
       The  mxfe is a Solaris STREAMS hardware driver supporting the Data Link
       Provider Interface (dlpi(7P)) over the Macronix 98715 family (including
       the Lite-On PNIC-II) of Fast Ethernet controllers.

DLPI SPECIFICATIONS
       The  mxfe  driver supports both style 1 and style 2 modes of operation.
       Physical points of attachment (PPAs) are interpreted  as	 the  instance
       number of the  mxfe controller as assigned by the operating system.

       The  relevant  fields  returned	as part of a DL_INFO_ACK response are:

	   o	  Maximum SDU is 1500.

	   o	  Minimum SDU is 0.

	   o	  DLSAP address length is 8.

	   o	  MAC type is DL_ETHER.

	   o	  SAP  length value is -2, meaning the physical address compo‐
		  nent is followed  immediately	 by  a	2-byte	SAP  component
		  within the DLSAP address.

	   o	  Service mode is DL_CLDLS.

	   o	  Broadcast  address  value is the 6-byte Ethernet/IEEE broad‐
		  cast address (ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff).

       If the SAP provided is zero, IEEE 802.3 mode is	assumed	 and  outbound
       frames  will  have the frame payload length written into the type field
       Likewise, inbound  frames with a SAP between zero and 1500  are	inter‐
       preted as IEEE 802.3 frames and delivered to streams that have bound to
       SAP zero (the 802.3 SAP).

FILES
       /dev/mxfe*
				   Special character device

       /kernel/drv/mxfe
				   32-bit driver binary (x86).

       /kernel/drv/amd64/mxfe
				   64-bit ELF kernel module (x86).

       /kernel/drv/sparcv9/mxfe
				   Driver binary (SPARC).

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for a description of the following attributes:

       ┌───────────────┬─────────────────┐
       │ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
       ├───────────────┼─────────────────┤
       │Architecture   │ SPARC, x86	 │
       └───────────────┴─────────────────┘

SEE ALSO
       ifconfig(1M), ndd(1M), attributes(5), dlpi(7P)

       IEEE 802.3 — Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2002

				 Aug 31, 2007			      MXFE(7D)
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