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MII(4)							   BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual 						    MII(4)

NAME

     mii -- IEEE 802.3 Media Independent Interface network bus

SYNOPSIS

     acphy*    at mii? phy ?	   # Altima AC101 10/100 PHY
     amhphy*   at mii? phy ?	   # AMD 79c901 PHY (10BASE-T part)
     bmtphy*   at mii? phy ?	   # Broadcom BCM5201/5202 PHYs
     brgphy*   at mii? phy ?	   # Broadcom BCM5400/5401 Gig-E PHYs
     ciphy*    at mii? phy ?	   # Cicada CS8201 Gig-E PHYs
     dmphy*    at mii? phy ?	   # Davicom DM9101 PHYs
     exphy*    at mii? phy ?	   # 3Com internal PHYs
     gentbi*   at mii? phy ?	   # Generic ten-bit 1000BASE-X PHYs
     glxtphy*  at mii? phy ?	   # Level One LXT-1000 Gig-E PHYs
     gphyter*  at mii? phy ?	   # NatSemi DP83861 Gig-E PHYs
     icsphy*   at mii? phy ?	   # Integrated Circuit Systems ICS1890 PHYs
     ikphy*    at mii? phy ?	   # Intel 82563 PHYs
     inphy*    at mii? phy ?	   # Intel 82555 PHYs
     iophy*    at mii? phy ?	   # Intel 82553 PHYs
     lxtphy*   at mii? phy ?	   # Level One LXT-970 PHYs
     makphy*   at mii? phy ?	   # Marvel 88E1000 Gig-E PHYs
     nsphy*    at mii? phy ?	   # NatSemi DP83840 PHYs
     nsphyter* at mii? phy ?	   # NatSemi DP83843/DP83815 PHYs
     pnaphy*   at mii? phy ?	   # Generic HomePNA PHYs
     qsphy*    at mii? phy ?	   # Quality Semiconductor QS6612 PHYs
     rgephy*   at mii? phy ?	   # Realtek 8169S/8110S internal PHYs
     rlphy*    at mii? phy ?	   # Realtek 8139/8201L PHYs
     sqphy*    at mii? phy ?	   # Seeq 80220/80221/80223/80225 PHYs
     tlphy*    at mii? phy ?	   # ThunderLAN internal PHYs
     tqphy*    at mii? phy ?	   # TSC Semiconductor 78Q2120 PHYs
     ukphy*    at mii? phy ?	   # Generic/unknown PHYs
     urlphy*   at mii? phy ?	   # Realtek RTL8150L internal PHYs

     options MIIVERBOSE

DESCRIPTION

     Media Independent Interface is an IEEE standard serial bus for connecting MACs (network controllers) to PHYs (physical media interfaces).
     The mii layer allows network device drivers to share support code for various PHY models, and allows unused support for PHYs which are not
     present in a system to be removed from the kernel.

     Network device drivers which use the mii layer carry the ``mii'' autoconfiguration attribute.  This allows kernel configuration files to sim-
     ply specify PHYs as described above in the synopsis.

     The following is an example of the messages displayed when a network interface with an attached PHY is detected by the kernel:

	   epic0 at pci0 dev 12 function 0: SMC EPIC/100 Fast Ethernet
	   epic0: interrupting at kn20aa irq 4
	   epic0: SMC9432TX, Ethernet address 00:e0:29:07:17:c4
	   qsphy0 at epic0 phy 3: QS6612 10/100 media interface, rev. 1
	   qsphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto

     All PHY drivers display the media types supported by the PHY when it is detected by the kernel.  These media types are valid media keywords
     for use with the ifconfig(8) program.

SEE ALSO

     acphy(4), amhphy(4), bmtphy(4), brgphy(4), ciphy(4), dmphy(4), exphy(4), gentbi(4), glxtphy(4), gphyter(4), icsphy(4), ifmedia(4), ikphy(4),
     inphy(4), iophy(4), lxtphy(4), makphy(4), nsphy(4), nsphyter(4), pnaphy(4), qsphy(4), rgephy(4), rlphy(4), sqphy(4), tlphy(4), tqphy(4),
     ukphy(4), urlphy(4), ifconfig(8)

     The OUI assignments list can be found at:
	   http://standards.ieee.org/regauth/oui/index.shtml

BSD
								 October 13, 2006							       BSD

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DE(4)							   BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual 						     DE(4)

NAME

     de -- DECchip 21040, 21140, 21141, 21142, and 21143 PCI Ethernet interface driver

SYNOPSIS

     de* at pci? dev ? function ?

     Configuration of PHYs may also be necessary.  See mii(4).

DESCRIPTION

     The de driver supports Ethernet and Fast Ethernet interfaces based on the Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21040, 21140, 21141, 21142,
     and 21143 model controllers for PCI bus.

     21040   10BASE-T and AUI/BNC
     21140   10BASE-T and 100BASE-TX
     21141   10BASE-T and 100BASE-TX
     21142   10BASE-T and 100BASE-TX
     21143   10BASE-T and 100BASE-TX

     Supported Network Interface Cards (NIC) include, but are not limited to:

     Accton EN1207i
     Cogent EM100
     Asante AsanteFAST
     DEC DE435
     DEC DE450
     DEC DE500
     SMC 9332
     Znyx NetBlaster ZX340 series (345, 348, 346)

     Generally, if the NIC is for PCI bus, and the major controller chip has the DIGITAL logo on it, with one of the model numbers above, the de
     driver should recognize and control it.  Beware, however, that many NIC manufacturers change the Ethernet controller chip without changing
     the product model number, and a physical inspection of the NIC, or a probe of the NIC with a PCI diagnostic tool is the only way to tell if a
     real DEC TULIP controller is present.

     Multi-port interfaces are typically configured as a PCI-PCI bridge with multiple de instances on the PCI bus on the other side of the bridge.

     DEC sold its semiconductor division to Intel.  In addition, there are many "knock-offs" of the DEC TULIP Ethernet controller chips; NICs
     based on these chips are handled by the tlp(4) driver.

     This de driver should not be confused with the NetBSD VAX de driver for the DEC DEUNA/DELUA Ethernet controller for UniBus.

SEE ALSO

     ifmedia(4), intro(4), mii(4), pci(4), tlp(4), ifconfig(8)

     http://www.adaptec.com/, http://www.asante.com/, http://www.smc.com/, http://www.znyx.com/

HISTORY

     The de driver first appeared in NetBSD 1.1

AUTHORS

     Matt Thomas <matt@3am-software.com>.

BSD
								 February 11, 2000							       BSD

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