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This driver provides support for the SMC EtherPower II 10/100 Ethernet cards.</p> <p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">epic</code> supports several media types, which are selected via the <a class="Xr" href="/ifconfig.8" aria-label="ifconfig, section 8">ifconfig(8)</a> command. The supported media types are:</p> <div class="Bd-indent"> <dl class="Bl-tag"> <dt id="media"><a class="permalink" href="#media"><code class="Cm">media</code></a> <span class="No">autoselect</span></dt> <dd>Attempt to autoselect the media type (default)</dd> <dt id="media~2"><a class="permalink" href="#media~2"><code class="Cm">media</code></a> <span class="No">100baseFX</span> <code class="Cm">mediaopt</code> <span class="No">full-duplex</span></dt> <dd>Use 100baseFX (fiber), full duplex</dd> <dt id="media~3"><a class="permalink" href="#media~3"><code class="Cm">media</code></a> <span class="No">100baseFX</span> <code class="Cm">mediaopt</code> <span class="No">half-duplex</span></dt> <dd>Use 100baseFX (fiber), half duplex</dd> <dt id="media~4"><a class="permalink" href="#media~4"><code class="Cm">media</code></a> <span class="No">100baseTX</span> <code class="Cm">mediaopt</code> <span class="No">full-duplex</span></dt> <dd>Use 100baseTX, full duplex</dd> <dt id="media~5"><a class="permalink" href="#media~5"><code class="Cm">media</code></a> <span class="No">100baseTX</span> <code class="Cm">mediaopt</code> <span class="No">half-duplex</span></dt> <dd>Use 100baseTX, half duplex</dd> <dt id="media~6"><a class="permalink" href="#media~6"><code class="Cm">media</code></a> <span class="No">100baseTX</span> <code class="Cm">mediaopt</code> <span class="No">loopback</span></dt> <dd>Put the interface into loopback mode</dd> <dt id="media~7"><a class="permalink" href="#media~7"><code class="Cm">media</code></a> <span class="No">10baseT</span> <code class="Cm">mediaopt</code> <span class="No">full-duplex</span></dt> <dd>Use 10baseT, full duplex</dd> <dt id="media~8"><a class="permalink" href="#media~8"><code class="Cm">media</code></a> <span class="No">10baseT</span> <code class="Cm">mediaopt</code> <span class="No">half-duplex</span></dt> <dd>Use 10baseT, half duplex</dd> <dt id="media~9"><a class="permalink" href="#media~9"><code class="Cm">media</code></a> <span class="No">10baseT</span> <code class="Cm">mediaopt</code> <span class="No">loopback</span></dt> <dd>Put the interface into loopback mode</dd> </dl> </div> </section> <section class="Sh"> <h2 class="Sh" id="SEE_ALSO"><a class="permalink" href="#SEE_ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></h2> <p class="Pp"><a class="Xr" href="/acphy.4" aria-label="acphy, section 4">acphy(4)</a>, <a class="Xr" href="/arp.4" aria-label="arp, section 4">arp(4)</a>, <a class="Xr" href="/ifmedia.4" aria-label="ifmedia, section 4">ifmedia(4)</a>, <a class="Xr" href="/inet.4" aria-label="inet, section 4">inet(4)</a>, <a class="Xr" href="/intro.4" aria-label="intro, section 4">intro(4)</a>, <a class="Xr" href="/lxtphy.4" aria-label="lxtphy, section 4">lxtphy(4)</a>, <a class="Xr" href="/netintro.4" aria-label="netintro, section 4">netintro(4)</a>, <a class="Xr" href="/pci.4" aria-label="pci, section 4">pci(4)</a>, <a class="Xr" href="/qsphy.4" aria-label="qsphy, section 4">qsphy(4)</a>, <a class="Xr" href="/hostname.if.5" aria-label="hostname.if, section 5">hostname.if(5)</a>, <a class="Xr" href="/ifconfig.8" aria-label="ifconfig, section 8">ifconfig(8)</a></p> </section> <section class="Sh"> <h2 class="Sh" id="HISTORY"><a class="permalink" href="#HISTORY">HISTORY</a></h2> <p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">epic</code> device driver first appeared in <span class="Ux">NetBSD 1.4</span>. <span class="Ux">OpenBSD</span> support was added in <span class="Ux">OpenBSD 3.8</span>.</p> </section> <section class="Sh"> <h2 class="Sh" id="AUTHORS"><a class="permalink" href="#AUTHORS">AUTHORS</a></h2> <p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">epic</code> driver was written by <span class="An">Jason R. Thorpe</span> <<a class="Mt" href="mailto:thorpej@wasabisystems.com">thorpej@wasabisystems.com</a>> and ported to <span class="Ux">OpenBSD</span> by <span class="An">Brad Smith</span> <<a class="Mt" href="mailto:brad@openbsd.org">brad@openbsd.org</a>>.</p> </section> </main> <div class="foot" role="doc-pagefooter" aria-label="Manual footer line"><span class="foot-left"></span><span class="foot-date">March 21, 2022</span> <span class="foot-os">OpenBSD-current</span></div> </body> </html>