tc575_cb

3C575_CB(4)                                                        3C575_CB(4)



NAME
       3c575_cb - 3Com 3c575 Etherlink XL 10/100 CardBus device driver


SYNOPSIS
       insmod  3c575_cb.o  [debug=n]  [rx_copybreak=n]  [max_interrupt_work=n]
       [use_hw_csums=n] [down_poll_rate=n] [auto_polarity=n]


DESCRIPTION
       3c575_cb is the low-level Card  Services  driver  for  the  3Com  3c575
       EtherLink  XL  CardBus  series  ethernet adapters.  When this driver is
       attached to a card, it allocates the  next  available  ethernet  device
       (eth0..eth#).   This  information for this card will be reported in the
       kernel log file, and the device name passed on to cardmgr(8).

       The driver uses the N-Way autonegotiating transceiver to negotiate  the
       speed  and  duplex  of  the network link.  If the link partner does not
       support negotiation only the link speed is detected.

       If the on-card EEPROM is programmed for a full-duplex (FD)  link,  only
       FD  media  types  are  advertised  and  the link is assumed to be full-
       duplex.


PARAMETERS
       rx_copybreak=n
              Set the breakpoint for copying  incoming  frames  into  reduced-
              sized packet buffers.  The default value of 200 bytes is reason-
              able for most systems.

       max_interrupt_work=n
              This option selects the maximum amount of  work  handled  during
              each  interrupt.   Each  received  packet  counts as one unit of
              work, as does updating statistics counters and handling  errors.
              The default value of 32 should only need to be increased on very
              slow machines.  An occasional "too much work in interrupt"  mes-
              sage is not a problem.

       use_hw_csums=n
              Controls  use of an adapter's on-board TCP/IP checksum verifica-
              tion for incoming packets.  This is on by default; setting to  0
              disables  hardware checksums.  It may be useful to disable hard-
              ware checksums if it is suspected that something  is  corrupting
              data on its way from the card to the CPU.

       down_poll_rate=n
              For  Cyclone and Tornado chipsets, this is the rate at which the
              card polls the transmit ring for new packets.  The value  is  in
              units  of 320 ns; a value of 0 disables polling.  The default is
              20 (6.4 us), and the maximum allowed value is 127.   Polling  is
              more  efficient  but can consume a significant amount of PCI bus
              bandwidth.

       This flag can be used to control the transceiver's auto polarity
              detection capability.  Some Cisco Catalyst switches are known to
              interact  badly  with this feature in 10baseT mode.  It defaults
              to 1 (enabled).


AUTHOR
       This driver: Donald Becker - becker@scyld.com

       Linux PC Card control software:  David  Hinds  -  dahinds@users.source-
       forge.net et al.


SEE ALSO
       cardmgr(8), pcmcia(5).




pcmcia-cs                     2001/06/22 01:12:38                  3C575_CB(4)