NAME
nep – Sun Neptune 10Gb Ethernet device
SYNOPSIS
nep* at pci? brgphy* at mii?
DESCRIPTION
The nep driver provides support for various NICs based on the Sun Neptune Ethernet controller chips, including the following:
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Sun Quad GbE UTP x8 PCI Express Card
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Sun Quad GbE UTP x8 PCIe ExpressModule
It uses an internal or external PHY or an external 10-bit interface.
The nep driver supports several media types, which are selected via the ifconfig(8) command. The supported media types are:
- media autoselect
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Attempt to autoselect the media type (default)
- media 1000baseT mediaopt full-duplex
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Use 1000baseT on copper, full duplex
- media 1000baseT mediaopt half-duplex
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Use 1000baseT on copper, half duplex
- media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex
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Use 100baseTX, full duplex
- media 100baseTX mediaopt half-duplex
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Use 100baseTX, half duplex
SEE ALSO
arp(4), brgphy(4), ifmedia(4), inet(4), intro(4), netintro(4), hostname.if(5), ifconfig(8)
HISTORY
OpenBSD support for nep first appeared in OpenBSD 5.7.
AUTHORS
The nep driver was written by Mark Kettenis ⟨[email protected]⟩.
BUGS
The nep driver currently only supports 1Gb Ethernet NICs. It also does not yet use many of the advanced features the Neptune chip offers.