Platform Notes: The hme FastEthernet Device Driver
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Introduction to the hme Fast Ethernet Device Driver

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This book describes how to configure the hme driver for the Sun(TM) Ultra(TM) 1 Series systems, the Sun Ultra 2 Series system, the Ultra(TM) Enterprise(TM) 3000, 4000, 5000, and 6000 systems, the SunSwift(TM) SBus Adapter, and the SunFastEthernet(TM) Adapter 2.0. To configure the hme driver you can use the ndd utility to set the parameters. If you use the ndd utility, the parameter values are effective until you reboot the system. To keep the values in effect even after rebooting the system, enter the parameter values into the /etc/system file or the hme.conf file in the /kernel/drv directory.
Chapter 2 describes the hme device driver and includes topics such as operating speeds and modes, auto-negotiation, the internal transceiver, and the external transceiver. Chapter 3 describes the parameters and settings for the hme device driver. Chapter 4 describes how to set the hme device driver parameter values using the ndd utility and also in the /etc/system and hme.conf files.

Related Documentation

The following related books provide an overview of the hme driver and the FEPS ASIC, give more information on the Ethernet standard, and list man pages for the hme driver.
  • SMCC SPARC Hardware Platform Guide: Provides an overview of the hme driver and the Fast Ethernet Parallel Port SCSI (FEPS) ASIC
  • IEEE 802.3u Ethernet Standard: Provides additional information about the Ethernet standard
  • Solaris Reference Manual for SMCC-Specific Software: Explains the following man pages:

    · ndd (1M) man page summarizes information on how to use the ndd utility

    · prtconf (1M), system (4), and driver.conf (4) man pages describe information about entering parameter values into the /etc/system file and the hme.conf file

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