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

# vte(4)

RDC R6040 10/100 Ethernet device

## NAME

**vte** – RDC R6040 10/100 Ethernet device

## SYNOPSIS

**vte\* at pci?** **rdcphy\* at mii?**

## DESCRIPTION

The **vte** driver provides support for Ethernet interfaces based on the RDC R6040 Ethernet chipset which is commonly found on Vortex86 System On a Chip (SoC).

The **vte** driver supports interrupt moderation mechanism, a 64-bit multicast hash filter.

The following *media* types are supported:

- **autoselect**

  Enable autoselection of the media type and options.

- **10baseT**

  Set 10Mbps operation.

- **100baseTX**

  Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation.

For more information on configuring this device, see [ifconfig(8)](/ifconfig/8.md). To view a list of media types and options supported by the card, try **ifconfig** **\<device\>** **media**. For example, **ifconfig** **vte0** **media**.

## SEE ALSO

[arp(4)](/arp/4.md), [ifmedia(4)](/ifmedia/4.md), [intro(4)](/intro/4.md), [netintro(4)](/netintro/4.md), [pci(4)](/pci/4.md), [rdcphy(4)](/rdcphy/4.md), [hostname.if(5)](/hostname.if/5.md), [ifconfig(8)](/ifconfig/8.md)

## HISTORY

The **vte** device driver first appeared in OpenBSD 4.9.

## AUTHORS

The **vte** driver was written by Pyun YongHyeon for FreeBSD and ported to OpenBSD by Kevin Lo ⟨*kevlo@openbsd.org*⟩.