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  28. .Dd July 16, 2005
  29. .Dt XE 4
  30. .Os
  31. .Sh NAME
  32. .Nm xe
  33. .Nd "Xircom PCMCIA Ethernet device driver"
  34. .Sh SYNOPSIS
  35. To compile this driver into the kernel,
  36. place the following line in your
  37. kernel configuration file:
  38. .Bd -ragged -offset indent
  39. .Cd "device xe"
  40. .Ed
  41. .Pp
  42. Alternatively, to load the driver as a
  43. module at boot time, place the following line in
  44. .Xr loader.conf 5 :
  45. .Bd -literal -offset indent
  46. if_xe_load="YES"
  47. .Ed
  48. .Sh DESCRIPTION
  49. The
  50. .Nm
  51. driver supports
  52. .Tn PCMCIA
  53. Ethernet adapters based on Xircom CE2- and CE3-class hardware.
  54. This includes devices made by Xircom along with
  55. various
  56. .Tn OEM
  57. manufacturers.
  58. .Pp
  59. Please note that the
  60. .Nm
  61. driver only supports
  62. .Tn PCMCIA
  63. cards and their Ethernet functions.
  64. .Nm
  65. does not support the on-board modem device located on some
  66. version of the Ethernet/modem combo cards.
  67. In particular, Xircom RealPort2 cards are not supported by this driver.
  68. .Pp
  69. The
  70. .Nm
  71. driver supports the following media types:
  72. .Bl -tag -width ".Cm autoselect"
  73. .It Cm autoselect
  74. Enable autoselection of media type and options.
  75. .It Cm 10Base2/BNC
  76. Select 10Mbps operation on a BNC coaxial connector.
  77. .It Cm 10BaseT/UTP
  78. Select 10Mbps operation on a RJ-45 connector.
  79. .It Cm 100BaseTX
  80. Select 100Mbps operation.
  81. .El
  82. .Pp
  83. Note that 100BaseTX operation is not available on CE2-class cards,
  84. while the 10Base2/BNC mode is only available on CE2-class cards.
  85. Full-duplex
  86. operation is currently not supported.
  87. For more information on configuring network interface devices,
  88. see
  89. .Xr ifconfig 8 .
  90. .Sh HARDWARE
  91. The
  92. .Nm
  93. driver supports the following cards:
  94. .Pp
  95. .Bl -bullet -compact
  96. .It
  97. Xircom CreditCard Ethernet (PS-CE2-10)
  98. .It
  99. Xircom CreditCard Ethernet + Modem 28 (PS-CEM-28)
  100. .It
  101. Xircom CreditCard Ethernet + Modem 33 (CEM33)
  102. .It
  103. Xircom CreditCard 10/100 (CE3, CE3B)
  104. .It
  105. Xircom CreditCard Ethernet 10/100 + Modem 56 (CEM56)
  106. .It
  107. Xircom RealPort Ethernet 10 (RE10)
  108. .It
  109. Xircom RealPort Ethernet 10/100 (RE100)
  110. .It
  111. Xircom RealPort Ethernet 10/100 + Modem 56 (REM56, REM56G)
  112. .It
  113. Accton Fast EtherCard-16 (EN2226)
  114. .It
  115. Compaq Microcom CPQ550 Ethernet/Modem PC Card
  116. .It
  117. Compaq Netelligent 10/100 PC Card (CPQ-10/100)
  118. .It
  119. Intel EtherExpress Pro/100 PC Card Mobile Adapter 16 (Pro/100 M16A)
  120. .It
  121. Intel EtherExpress Pro/100 LAN/Modem PC Card Adapter (Pro/100 M16B)
  122. .El
  123. .Pp
  124. Other similar devices using the same hardware may also be supported.
  125. .Sh DIAGNOSTICS
  126. .Bl -diag
  127. .It "xe%d: Cannot allocate ioport"
  128. .It "xe%d: Cannot allocate irq"
  129. A fatal initialization error occurred while attempting to allocate
  130. system resources for the card.
  131. .It "xe%d: Unable to fix your %s combo card"
  132. A fatal initialization error occurred while attempting to attach an
  133. Ethernet/modem combo card.
  134. .It "xe%d: watchdog timeout: resetting card"
  135. The card failed to generate an interrupt acknowledging a
  136. transmitted packet.
  137. May indicate a
  138. .Tn PCMCIA
  139. configuration problem.
  140. .It "xe%d: no carrier"
  141. The card has lost all contact with the network; this
  142. usually indicates a cable problem.
  143. .El
  144. .Sh SEE ALSO
  145. .Xr pccard 4 ,
  146. .Xr ifconfig 8
  147. .Sh HISTORY
  148. The
  149. .Nm
  150. driver first appeared in
  151. .Fx 3.3 .
  152. .Sh AUTHORS
  153. .An -nosplit
  154. The
  155. .Nm
  156. device driver was written by
  157. .An Scott Mitchell Aq rsm@FreeBSD.org .
  158. This manual page was written by
  159. .An Scott Mitchell Aq rsm@FreeBSD.org ,
  160. and
  161. .An Tom Rhodes Aq trhodes@FreeBSD.org .
  162. .Sh BUGS
  163. Supported devices will fail to attach on some machines using the
  164. .Tn NEWCARD
  165. .Tn PC
  166. Card framework.
  167. .Pp
  168. Automatic media selection is usually unreliable.