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te(7)
NAME
  te - TGEC Ethernet interface

SYNOPSIS
  config_driver te

DESCRIPTION
  The te interface provides access to a 10 Mb/s Ethernet network through the
  TGEC controller.

  The host's Internet address is specified at boot time with an SIOCSIFADDR
  ioctl. The te interface employs the address resolution protocol described
  in arp(7) to map dynamically between Internet and Ethernet addresses on the
  local network.

  The SIOCSPHYSADDR ioctl can be used to change the physical address of the
  TGEC.	 The SIOCRPHYSADDR ioctl can be used to read the physical address of
  the TGEC.

  The SIOCADDMULTI and SIOCDELMULTI ioctls can be used to add or delete
  multicast addresses. The TGEC recognizes a maximum of 12 multicast
  addresses.

  The SIOCRDCTRS and SIOCRDZCTRS ioctls can be used to read or ``read and
  clear'' the Ethernet driver counters. The argument to these two ioctls is a
  pointer to a counter structure, ctrreq, found in <net/if.h>.

  The SIOCENABLBACK and SIOCDISABLBACK ioctls can be used to enable and
  disable the interface loopback mode respectively.

ERRORS
  The diagnostic error messages contain relevant information provided by the
  TGEC.

  [te%d: can't handle af%d]
      The interface was handed a message with addresses formatted in an
      unsuitable address family, and the packet was dropped.

  [te%d: cannot reset the TGEC chip]
      The TGEC hardware failed to reset itself properly.

  [te%d: buffer space not allocated or aligned properly
      The driver's attempt to allocate a buffer failed.

  [te%d: couldn't allcoate memory for buffer pointer.
      The driver's attempt to allocate a buffer failed.

  [te%d: SIOCADDMULTI fail, multicast list full
      Too many multicast requests have been made.

  [te%d: failed to get memory info]
      The shared memory block for the TGEC's local RAM buffer is missing from
      the CMOS configuration data.

EXAMPLES
  To obtain the physical address of the adapter, use the SIOCRPHYSADDR ioctl
  as in the following program example:

       #include <stdio.h>	       /* standard I/O */
       #include <errno.h>	       /* error numbers */
       #include <sys/socket.h>	       /* socket definitions */
       #include <sys/ioctl.h>	       /* ioctls */
       #include <net/if.h>	       /* generic interface structures */

       main() {
	 int s,i;
	 struct	 ifdevea  devea;
	 /* Get a socket */
	 s = socket(AF_INET,SOCK_DGRAM,0);
	 if (s < 0) {
	    perror("socket");
	    exit(1);
	 }
	 strcpy(devea.ifr_name,"te0");
	 if (ioctl(s,SIOCRPHYSADDR,&devea) < 0) {
	    perror(&devea.ifr_name[0]);
	    exit(1);
	 }
	 printf("Address is ");
	 for (i = 0; i < 6; i++)
	    printf("%X ", devea.default_pa[i] & 0xff);
	 printf("\n");
	 close(s);
       }

  To enable external loopback, use the SIOCENABLEBACK ioctl as in the
  following program example:

       #include <stdio.h>	       /* standard I/O */
       #include <errno.h>	       /* error numbers */
       #include <sys/socket.h>	       /* socket definitions */
       #include <sys/ioctl.h>	       /* ioctls */
       #include <net/if.h>	       /* generic interface structures */

       main() {
	 int s;
	 struct	 ifreq	data;
	 /* Get a socket */
	 s = socket(AF_INET,SOCK_DGRAM,0);
	 if (s < 0) {
	    perror("socket");
	    exit(1);
	 }
	 strcpy(data.ifr,"te0");
	 if (ioctl(s,SIOCENABLEBACK,&data) < 0) {
	    perror("SIOCENABLEBACK:");
	    exit(1);
	 }
	 close(s);
       }

SEE ALSO
  arp(7), inet(7), netintro(7)

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