---
name: "hme"
section: "4"
platform: "linux"
package: "freebsd-manpages"
version: "6.0-5"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux", "openbsd"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/hme"
---

# hme(4)

Sun Microelectronics STP2002-STQ Ethernet interfaces device driver

## NAME

**hme** – Sun Microelectronics STP2002-STQ Ethernet interfaces device driver

## SYNOPSIS

To compile support for the

**hme** driver into your kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file:

**device miibus** **device hme**

Alternatively, to load the

**hme** driver at boot time, place the following line in [loader.conf(5)](/loader.conf/5.md):

```
if_hme_load="YES"
```

## DESCRIPTION

The **hme** driver supports Sun Microelectronics STP2002-STQ Fast Ethernet interfaces.

## HARDWARE

The **hme** driver supports the on-board Ethernet interfaces of many Sun UltraSPARC workstation and server models.

Cards supported by the **hme** driver include:

- Sun PCI SunSwift Adapter (“SUNW,hme”)

- Sun SBus SunSwift Adapter “(hme” and “SUNW,hme”)

- Sun PCI Sun100BaseT Adapter 2.0 (“SUNW,hme”)

- Sun SBus Sun100BaseT 2.0 (“SUNW,hme”)

- Sun PCI Quad FastEthernet Controller (“SUNW,qfe”)

- Sun SBus Quad FastEthernet Controller (“SUNW,qfe”)

## NOTES

On sparc64 the **hme** driver respects the *local-mac-address?* system configuration variable which can be set in the Open Firmware boot monitor using the **setenv** command or by [eeprom(8)](/eeprom/8.md). If set to “false” (the default), the **hme** driver will use the system's default MAC address for all of its devices. If set to “true”, the unique MAC address of each interface is used if present rather than the system's default MAC address.

Supported interfaces having their own MAC address include on-board versions on boards equipped with more than one Ethernet interface and all add-on cards except the single-port SBus versions.

## SEE ALSO

[gem(4)](/gem/4.md), [intro(4)](/intro/4.md), [miibus(4)](/miibus/4.md), [netintro(4)](/netintro/4.md), [eeprom(8)](/eeprom/8.md), [ifconfig(8)](/ifconfig/8.md) Sun Microelectronics, *STP2002QFP Fast Ethernet, Parallel Port, SCSI (FEPS) User's Guide*, April 1996, http://www.sun.com/oem/products/manuals/STP2002QFP-UG.pdf.

## HISTORY

The **hme** driver first appeared in NetBSD 1.5. The first FreeBSD version to include it was FreeBSD 5.0.

## AUTHORS

The **hme** driver was written by Paul Kranenburg ⟨pk@NetBSD.org⟩.