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IDT(4)			     Kernel Interfaces Manual			  IDT(4)

NAME
     idt -- device driver for IDT NICStAR-based ATM interfaces

SYNOPSIS
     device idt
     device atm

DESCRIPTION
     The idt device driver supports ATM network interfaces based on the IDT NIC-
     StAR  77211  controller,  including  the  FORE  Systems ForeRunner LE25 and
     LE155.  For configuring the card for IP see natmip(4).

     ATM CBR connections are supported, and bandwidth is allocated in  slots  of
     64k each.	Three VBR queues handle traffic for VBR and UBR.  Two UBR queues
     prioritize UBR traffic.  ILMI and signalling get the higher priority queue,
     as  well  as  UBR	traffic  that specifies a peak cell rate.  All other UBR
     traffic goes into the lower queue.

     The following sysctls are recognized by the driver:

     hw.idt.log_bufstat
	     Print statistics about buffer use to the system log periodically.

     hw.idt.log_vcs
	     Print information about VC opens, closes, and other events  to  the
	     system log.

     hw.idt.bufs_large
	     Set or print the maximum size of the 2KB buffer queue.

     hw.idt.bufs_small
	     Set or print the maximum size of the mbuf queue.

     hw.idt.cur_large
	     Print the current size of the 2KB buffer queue.

     hw.idt.cur_small
	     Print the current size of the mbuf queue.

     hw.idt.qptr_hold
	     Optimize the TX queue buffer for lowest overhead.

SEE ALSO
     natm(4), natmip(4), ifconfig(8), route(8)

AUTHORS
     Richard  Hodges,  based  on  the  original  driver  for FreeBSD 2.2 by Mark
     Tinguely.	Bruce M. Simpson wrote this manual page and backported the  dri-
     ver to FreeBSD 4.9.

FreeBSD 5.4			  June 3, 2003				  IDT(4)

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