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NAME

       il - Interlan NI1010 10 Mb/s Ethernet interface

SYNOPSIS

       /sys/conf/SYSTEM:
	    NIL  il_controllers # Interlan Ethernet

DESCRIPTION

       The il interface provides access to a 10 Mb/s Ethernet network through an Interlan 1010 or 1010A controller.

       Each  of the host's network addresses is specified at boot time with an SIOCSIFADDR ioctl.  The il interface employs the address resolution
       protocol described in arp(4P) to dynamically map between Internet and Ethernet addresses on the local network.

       The interface normally tries to use a ``trailer'' encapsulation to minimize copying data on input and output.  The use of trailers is nego-
       tiated  with  ARP.   This  negotiation  may  be disabled, on a per-interface basis, by setting the IFF_NOTRAILERS flag with an SIOCSIFFLAGS
       ioctl.

DIAGNOSTICS

       il%d: input error.  The hardware indicated an error in reading a packet off the cable or an illegally sized packet.

       il%d: can't handle af%d.  The interface was handed a message with addresses formatted in an  unsuitable	address  family;  the  packet  was
       dropped.

       il%d: setaddr didn't work.  The interface was unable to reprogram its physical ethernet address.  This may happen with very early models of
       the interface.  This facility is used only when the controller is not the first network interface configured for XNS.  The oldest interface
       tested (2.7.1.0.1.45) has never failed in this way.

       The  following  messages  indicate a probable hardware error performing the indicated operation during autoconfiguration or initialization.
       The status field in the control and status register (the low-order four bits) should indicate the nature of the failure.  See the  hardware
       manual for details.

       il%d: reset failed, csr=%b.

       il%d: status failed, csr=%b.

       il%d: hardware diag failed, csr=%b.

       il%d: verifying setaddr, csr=%b.

       il%d: stray xmit interrupt, csr=%b.

       il%d: can't initialize.

SEE ALSO

       intro(4N), inet(4F), arp(4P)

3rd Berkeley Distribution					  August 20, 1987							     IL(4)