---
name: "hme"
section: "4"
platform: "openbsd"
package: "man"
version: "8.0-current-20261101"
release: "OpenBSD 8.0-current (2026-11-01)"
platforms: ["linux", "openbsd"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/hme"
---

# hme(4)

Sun Happy Meal 10/100 Ethernet device

## NAME

**hme** – Sun Happy Meal 10/100 Ethernet device

## SYNOPSIS

**hme\* at pci?** **hme\* at sbus?** **luphy\* at mii?** **nsphy\* at mii?** **qsphy\* at mii?**

## DESCRIPTION

The **hme** driver provides support for various NICs based on the Sun Happy Meal Ethernet controller chips, including the following:

- Sun FastEthernet PCI

- Sun FastEthernet SBus

- Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI

- Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus

- Sun SunSwift PCI

- Sun SunSwift SBus

The **hme** driver supports several media types, which are selected via the [ifconfig(8)](/ifconfig/8.md) command. The supported media types are:

- media autoselect

  Attempt to autoselect the media type (default)

- media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex

  Use 100baseTX, full duplex

- media 100baseTX

  Use 100baseTX, half duplex

- media 10baseT mediaopt full-duplex

  Use 10baseT, full duplex

- media 10baseT

  Use 10baseT, half duplex

## SEE ALSO

[arp(4)](/arp/4.md), [ifmedia(4)](/ifmedia/4.md), [inet(4)](/inet/4.md), [intro(4)](/intro/4.md), [luphy(4)](/luphy/4.md), [netintro(4)](/netintro/4.md), [nsphy(4)](/nsphy/4.md), [qsphy(4)](/qsphy/4.md), [sbus(4)](/sbus/4.md), [hostname.if(5)](/hostname.if/5.md), [ifconfig(8)](/ifconfig/8.md) Sun Microelectronics, *STP2002QFP Fast Ethernet, Parallel Port, SCSI (FEPS) User's Guide*, April 1996.

## HISTORY

OpenBSD support for the **hme** first appeared in OpenBSD 2.4.