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NAME¶
xe — Xircom PCMCIA Ethernet device driverSYNOPSIS¶
To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following line in your kernel configuration file:device xe
Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following
line in loader.conf(5):
if_xe_load="YES"
DESCRIPTION¶
The xe driver supports PCMCIA Ethernet adapters based on Xircom CE2- and CE3-class hardware. This includes devices made by Xircom along with various OEM manufacturers. Please note that the xe driver only supports PCMCIA cards and their Ethernet functions. xe does not support the on-board modem device located on some version of the Ethernet/modem combo cards. In particular, Xircom RealPort2 cards are not supported by this driver. The xe driver supports the following media types:- autoselect
- Enable autoselection of media type and options.
- 10Base2/BNC
- Select 10Mbps operation on a BNC coaxial connector.
- 10BaseT/UTP
- Select 10Mbps operation on a RJ-45 connector.
- 100BaseTX
- Select 100Mbps operation.
HARDWARE¶
The xe driver supports the following cards:- Xircom CreditCard Ethernet (PS-CE2-10)
- Xircom CreditCard Ethernet + Modem 28 (PS-CEM-28)
- Xircom CreditCard Ethernet + Modem 33 (CEM33)
- Xircom CreditCard 10/100 (CE3, CE3B)
- Xircom CreditCard Ethernet 10/100 + Modem 56 (CEM56)
- Xircom RealPort Ethernet 10 (RE10)
- Xircom RealPort Ethernet 10/100 (RE100)
- Xircom RealPort Ethernet 10/100 + Modem 56 (REM56, REM56G)
- Accton Fast EtherCard-16 (EN2226)
- Compaq Microcom CPQ550 Ethernet/Modem PC Card
- Compaq Netelligent 10/100 PC Card (CPQ-10/100)
- Intel EtherExpress Pro/100 PC Card Mobile Adapter 16 (Pro/100 M16A)
- Intel EtherExpress Pro/100 LAN/Modem PC Card Adapter (Pro/100 M16B)
DIAGNOSTICS¶
- xe%d: Cannot allocate ioport
- xe%d: Cannot allocate irq
- A fatal initialization error occurred while attempting to allocate system resources for the card.
- xe%d: Unable to fix your %s combo card
- A fatal initialization error occurred while attempting to attach an Ethernet/modem combo card.
- xe%d: watchdog timeout: resetting card
- The card failed to generate an interrupt acknowledging a transmitted packet. May indicate a PCMCIA configuration problem.
- xe%d: no carrier
- The card has lost all contact with the network; this usually indicates a cable problem.
SEE ALSO¶
pccard(4), ifconfig(8)HISTORY¶
The xe driver first appeared in FreeBSD 3.3.AUTHORS¶
The xe device driver was written by Scott Mitchell ⟨rsm@FreeBSD.org⟩. This manual page was written by Scott Mitchell ⟨rsm@FreeBSD.org⟩, and Tom Rhodes ⟨trhodes@FreeBSD.org⟩.BUGS¶
Supported devices will fail to attach on some machines using the NEWCARD PC Card framework. Automatic media selection is usually unreliable.July 16, 2005 | Debian |