Sun Microsystems Sun Quad - Manual (Page 46)

32 Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • August 1997
Using the ndd Utility in Non-Interactive Mode
This section describes how to modify and to display parameter values.
● To modify a parameter value, use the -set option.
If you invoke the ndd utility with the -set option, the utility passes value, which
must be specified down to the named /dev/qfe driver instance, and assigns it to
the parameter:
● To display the value of a parameter, specify the parameter name (and omit the
value).
When you omit the -set option, a query operation is assumed and the utility
queries the named driver instance, retrieves the value associated with the specified
parameter, and prints it:
Using the ndd Utility in Interactive Mode
● To modify a parameter value in interactive mode, specify ndd /dev/qfe , as
shown below.
The ndd utility then prompts you for the name of the parameter:
After entering the parameter name, the ndd utility prompts you for the parameter
value (see TABLE B-1 through TABLE B-8 ).
# ndd -set /dev/qfe parameter value
# ndd /dev/qfe parameter
# ndd /dev/qfe
name to get/set? (Enter the parameter name or ? to view all parameters)