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Tableb4 parameters defining lance_mode and ipg0, Operational mode parameters, Tableb5 operational mode parameters – Sun Microsystems Sun Quad User Manual

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Appendix B

Configuring the Quad FastEthernet Device Driver Parameters

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TABLE B-4

defines the

lance_mode

and

ipg0

parameters.

Operational Mode Parameters

TABLE B-5

describes the operational mode parameters and their default values.

TABLE B-4

Parameters Defining

lance_mode

and

ipg0

Parameter

Values

Description

lance_mode

0
1

lance_mode

disabled

lance_mode

enabled (default)

ipg0

0-31

1

1. The default value is 16 nibble-times, which is 6.4 microseconds for 10 Mbps and 0.64 microseconds

for 100 Mbps.

Additional IPG before transmitting a packet
(after receiving a packet)

TABLE B-5

Operational Mode Parameters

Parameter

Values

Description

adv_autoneg_cap

0
1

Local transceiver capability advertised by the hardware
= Forced mode
= Auto-negotiation (default)

adv_100fdx_cap

1

0

1

Local transceiver capability advertised by the hardware;
read/write parameter
= Not 100Mbit/sec full-duplex capable (default in the Solaris
2.5 and 2.5.1 software environments)
= 100Mbit/sec full-duplex capable (default in the Solaris 2.6
software environment)

adv_100hdx_cap

1

0
1

Local transceiver capability advertised by the hardware;
read/write parameter
= Not 100Mbit/sec half-duplex capable
= 100Mbit/sec half-duplex capable (default)

adv_10fdx_cap

1

0
1

Local transceiver capability advertised by the hardware;
read/write parameter
= Not 10Mbit/sec full-duplex capable (default)
= 10Mbit/sec full-duplex capable

adv_10hdx_cap

1

1. The priority (in descending order) for these parameters is:

adv_100fdx_cap

,

adv_100hdx_cap

,

adv_10fdx_cap

, and

adv_10hdx_cap.

0
1

Local transceiver capability advertised by the hardware;
read/write parameter
= Not 10Mbit/sec half-duplex capable
= 10Mbit/sec half-duplex capable (default)