NE(4) | Device Drivers Manual | NE(4)

# NAME

`ne` — NE2000 and compatible Ethernet cards device driver

# SYNOPSIS

## ISA boards

`ne0 at isa? port 0x280 irq 9`
`ne1 at isa? port 0x300 irq 10`
`ne* at isapnp?`

## MCA boards

`ne* at mca? slot ?`

## PCI boards

`ne* at pci? dev ? function ?`

## PCMCIA

`ne* at pcmcia? function ?`

## acorn32

`ne* at podulebus?`

## amiga

`ne* at zbus0 # AriadneII`
`ne* at xsurfbus? # X-Surf`
`ne* at xshbus? # X-Surf 100`

## amigappc

`ne* at zbus0 # AriadneII`
`ne* at xsurfbus? # X-Surf`
`ne* at xshbus? # X-Surf 100`

## atari

`ne0 at mainbus0 # EtherNEC on Atari ROM cartridge slot`

## evbarm

`ne0 at obio? addr 0x0e000200 intr 5 # on-board Asix AX88796`

## evbsh3

`ne0 at mainbus? # Realtek RTL8019AS`

## x68k

`ne* at intio0 addr 0xece300 intr 249 # Nereid Ethernet`
`ne* at intio0 addr 0xeceb00 intr 248 # Nereid Ethernet`
`neptune0 at intio0 addr 0xece000 intr 249 # Neptune-X`
`neptune1 at intio0 addr 0xece400 intr 249 # Neptune-X at alt. addr.`
`ne* at neptune? addr 0x300`

# DESCRIPTION

The `ne` device driver supports NE2000 and compatible (including NE1000) Ethernet cards. While the original NE2000 is designed for ISA bus, the compatible Realtek 8019 chip is widely used on various local busses and `ne` driver also supports such devices on various machines.

# MEDIA SELECTION

The Realtek 8019 (ISA, ISAPnP, some PCMCIA) and Realtek 8029 (PCI) NE2000-compatible Ethernet chips include support for software media selection.

Some cards based on AX88x9x chips (like X-Surf 100) also support media selection and link auto negotiation through the mii(4) interface.

If one of the above chips is detected by the driver, the list of supported media will be displayed.

For all other chips supported by the `ne` driver, media selection must be performed either via card jumper settings or by vendor-supplied configuration programs.

# DIAGNOSTICS

ne0: where did the card go?
  The driver found the card, but was unable to make the card respond to complete the configuration sequence.

# SEE ALSO

ifmedia(4), intro(4), isa(4), isapnp(4), mca(4), pci(4), pcmcia(4), ifconfig(8)

August 14, 2013 | NetBSD 10.99