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IE(4)			  i386 Kernel Interfaces Manual 		   IE(4)

NAME
     ie -- ethernet device driver

SYNOPSIS
     device ie0 at isa? port 0x360 irq 7 iomem 0xd0000

DESCRIPTION
     The  ie driver provides support for 8 and 16bit ISA ethernet cards that are
     based on the Intel i82586 chip.  It supports the AT&T Starlan 10 and  Star-
     lan  Fiber,  the  EN100,  the Intel EtherExpress 16, the 3COM 3C507 and the
     RACAL Interlan NI5210.

DIAGNOSTICS
     ie%d: unknown board type code %d  An i82586 chip was found, but the  driver
     was unable to determine the actual board type during the probe.

     ie%d:  kernel  configured maddr %x doesn't match board configured maddr %x
     The device probe detected a different maddr than the one specified  in  the
     kernel configuration file.

     ie%d:  can't  find  shared  memory    The device probe could not access the
     shared memory to determine its size.

     ie%d: kernel configured msize %d doesn't match board configured msize  %d
     The  device probe found a different size for the shared memory than the one
     specified in the kernel configuration file.

     ie%d: kernel configured irq %d doesn't match board configured irq %d    The
     device  probe  detected that the board is configured for a different inter-
     rupt than the one specified in the kernel configuration file.

     ie%d: reset  The Intel i82586 had to be reset by the driver.

     ie%d: transceiver problem	The driver has detected a problem with the  eth-
     ernet  transceiver.   This  is usually due to a loose or broken transceiver
     cable when using an external transceiver.	When you experience this problem
     with an on-card transceiver your card may be incorrectly  jumpered  for  to
     use  an  external transceiver.  Worst case your on-board transceiver may be
     broken.

     ie%d: TDR detected an open %d clocks away	The driver detected an open cir-
     cuit in the ethernet cable.  Check your coax cable  and  terminator  resis-
     tors.

     ie%d: TDR detected a short %d clocks away	The driver detected a short cir-
     cuit  in  the  ethernet cable.  Check your coax cable and terminator resis-
     tors.

     ie%d: TDR returned unknown status %x  The driver got an unknown status from
     the card during the ethernet cable test.

     ie%d: multicast address setup command failed  The card  could  not  be  put
     into multicast mode.

     ie%d:  configure command failed  The card refused to respond correctly dur-
     ing configuration.

     ie%d: individual address setup command failed  The programming of the  Eth-
     ernet (MAC) address failed.

CAVEATS
     The  Racal Interlan NI5210 comes in variants with 8 and 16 kbytes of shared
     memory.  It is strongly advisable to use the 16 kbyte variant.  You can up-
     grade your 8 kbyte card to 16 kbyte by adding an additional RAM chip.

SEE ALSO
     arp(4), netintro(4), ng_ether(4), ifconfig(8)

AUTHORS
     The ie device driver was written by Garrett A. Wollman, based  on	code  by
     William  F.  Jolitz  and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories.  3C507 support was
     written by Charles M. Hannum.  This manual page was  written  by  Wilko  C.
     Bulte.

FreeBSD 4.5		       September 23, 1994			   IE(4)
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