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Appendix B Configuring the Quad FastEthernet Device Driver Parameters 27
TABLE B-4
defines the
lance_mode
and
ipg0
parameters.
Operational Mode Parameters
TABLE B-5
describes the operational mode parameters and their default values.
TABLE B-4
Parameters Defining
lance_mode
and
ipg0
Parameter Values Description
lance_mode
0
1
lance_mode
disabled
lance_mode
enabled (default)
ipg0
0-31
1
1. The default value is 16 nibble-times, which is 6.4 microseconds for 10 Mbps and 0.64 microseconds
for 100 Mbps.
Additional IPG before transmitting a packet
(after receiving a packet)
TABLE B-5
Operational Mode Parameters
Parameter Values Description
adv_autoneg_cap
0
1
Local transceiver capability advertised by the hardware
= Forced mode
= Auto-negotiation (default)
adv_100fdx_cap
1
0
1
Local transceiver capability advertised by the hardware;
read/write parameter
= Not 100Mbit/sec full-duplex capable (default in the Solaris
2.5 and 2.5.1 software environments)
= 100Mbit/sec full-duplex capable (default in the Solaris 2.6
software environment)
adv_100hdx_cap
1
0
1
Local transceiver capability advertised by the hardware;
read/write parameter
= Not 100Mbit/sec half-duplex capable
= 100Mbit/sec half-duplex capable (default)
adv_10fdx_cap
1
0
1
Local transceiver capability advertised by the hardware;
read/write parameter
= Not 10Mbit/sec full-duplex capable (default)
= 10Mbit/sec full-duplex capable
adv_10hdx_cap
1
1. The priority (in descending order) for these parameters is:
adv_100fdx_cap
,
adv_100hdx_cap
,
adv_10fdx_cap
, and
adv_10hdx_cap.
0
1
Local transceiver capability advertised by the hardware;
read/write parameter
= Not 10Mbit/sec half-duplex capable
= 10Mbit/sec half-duplex capable (default)