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devn-rtl8150.so

Driver for Realtek 8150 Ethernet dongle

Syntax:

io-pkt-variant -d rtl8150 [option[,option ...]] ...

where variant is one of v4, v4-hc, or v6-hc.

Runs on:

Neutrino

Options:

Note: Use commas, not spaces, to separate the options.
busnum=0xXX
The USB bus number.
devnum=0xXX
The USB device number.
did=0xXXXX
The USB device ID.
duplex=0|1
Half (0) or full (1) duplex mode.
iftype=num
The interface type (from <net/if_types.h>). The default is IFT_ETHER.
lan=num
The LAN number. The default is 0.
Note: On the SH platform, the lan= option gets overridden. As a workaround, fully specify the vendor ID, device ID, bus number, and device number to the driver when starting (e.g. vid=0x0bda,did=0x8150,busnum=1,devnum=2,lan=2).
mac=XXXXXXXXXXXX
The MAC address of the adapter. The default is automatically detected on supported hardware.
media=num
The media type (from <hw/nicinfo.h>). The default is NIC_MEDIA_802_3.
mru=num
The maximum receive unit. The default is 1514.
mtu=X
The maximum transmission unit. The default (1514) is automatically detected on supported hardware.
nomulticast
Disable multicast support. By default, multicast is enabled.
path=name
The device name. The default is /dev/usbenet0.
phy=num
The address of the connected PHY device.
priority=N
The priority of the driver-event thread. The default is 21.
promiscuous
Enable promiscuous mode. The default is off.
receive=num
Set the number of receive descriptors. The default is 5.
speed=10|100
The media data rate (10Mbit or 100Mbit operation). The default is automatically detected on supported hardware. If you specify speed, specify duplex as well; if you specify the speed alone, the speed is correctly set, but duplex defaults to half (0).
transmit=num
Set the number of tx descriptors. The default is 10.
uptype=name
The interface name. The default is “en”.
verbose
verbose=num
Be verbose. Specify num for more verbosity (num can be 1-4, the higher the number, the more detailed the output). The default is 0. The output goes to slogger; invoke sloginfo to view it.
vid=0xXXXX
The USB vendor ID of the adapter. The default is automatically detected on supported hardware.
wait=num
Wait num seconds for the USB stack. The default is 60 seconds.

Description:

The devn-rtl8150.so driver controls the Realtek 8150 Ethernet dongle, which is included in SMC2208 USB/Ethernet adapters. This is a legacy io-net driver; its interface names are in the form enX, where X is an integer.

Note:
  • If the device enumerators (see enum-devices) don't recognize your device, try explicitly specifying the device ID with the did option when you start the driver.
  • This driver doesn't support multicast and promiscuous modes.

Some devices support hardware checksums, although some might do so in only one direction; to determine if your device does, type:

ifconfig enX

and look for the following in the list of supported options:

You can then use ifconfig to enable or disable whichever of these options your device supports.

Examples:

Start io-pkt-v6-hc using the Realtek driver: 

io-pkt-v6-hc -drtl8150 verbose &
ifconfig en0 10.1.0.184

Files:

/dev/io-net
The directory where, by default, drivers and protocol modules add entries. For more information, see the documentation for io-pkt*.

See also:

devn-*, devnp-*, ifconfig, io-pkt*, nicinfo

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