FXP(4)

NAME
fxp - Intel EtherExpress Pro/100B ethernet device driver

SYNOPSIS
device fxp0

DESCRIPTION
The fxp driver provides support for the EtherExpress Pro/10 and Pro/100B PCI Fast Ethernet adapters based on the Intel i82557 ethernet chip.

The fxp driver supports the following media types:

autoselect
    Enable autoselection of the media type and options

10baseT/UTP
    Set 10Mbps operation

100baseTX
    Set 100Mbps (fast ethernet) operation

The fxp driver supports the following media options:

full-duplex
    Set full duplex operation

Note that 100baseTX media type is only available on the Pro/100B. For further information on configuring this device, see ifconfig(8).

DIAGNOSTICS

fxp%d: couldn't map memory A fatal initialization error has occurred.

fxp%d: couldn't map interrupt A fatal initialization error has occurred.

fxp%d: Failed to malloc memory There are not enough mbuf's available for allocation.

fxp%d: device timeout The device has stopped responding to the network, or there is a problem with the network connection (cable).

SEE ALSO
arp(4), netintro(4), ifconfig(8)

HISTORY
The fxp device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 2.1.

AUTHORS
The fxp device driver was written by David Greenman. This manual page was written by David E. O'Brien.