Sun Microsystems Ethernet Device Driver none - Manual (Page 9)

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Introduction to the hme Fast
Ethernet Device Driver 1
This book describes how to configure the hme driver for the Sun

Ultra

1
Series systems, the Sun Ultra 2 Series system, the Ultra

Enterprise

3000,
4000, 5000, and 6000 systems, the SunSwift

SBus Adapter, and the
SunFastEthernet

Adapter 2.0. To configure the hme driver you can use the
ndd utility to set the parameters. If you use the ndd utility, the parameter
values are effective until you reboot the system. To keep the values in effect
even after rebooting the system, enter the parameter values into the
/etc/system file or the hme.conf file in the /kernel/drv directory.
Chapter 2 describes the hme device driver and includes topics such as
operating speeds and modes, auto-negotiation, the internal transceiver, and the
external transceiver. Chapter 3 describes the parameters and settings for the
hme device driver. Chapter 4 describes how to set the hme device driver
parameter values using the ndd utility and also in the /etc/system and
hme.conf files.
Related Documentation
The following related books provide an overview of the hme driver and the
FEPS ASIC, give more information on the Ethernet standard, and list man
pages for the
hme driver.
• SMCC SPARC Hardware Platform Guide: Provides an overview of the hme
driver and the Fast Ethernet Parallel Port SCSI (FEPS) ASIC
• IEEE 802.3u Ethernet Standard: Provides additional information about the
Ethernet standard