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1.1     ! root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1986 Regents of the University of California.
        !             2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
        !             3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
        !             4: .\"
        !             5: .\"    @(#)ex.4        6.3 (Berkeley) 5/16/86
        !             6: .\"
        !             7: .TH EX 4 "May 16, 1986"
        !             8: .UC 5
        !             9: .SH NAME
        !            10: ex \- Excelan 10 Mb/s Ethernet interface
        !            11: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            12: .B "device ex0 at uba0 csr 164000 vector excdint"
        !            13: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            14: The
        !            15: .I ex
        !            16: interface provides access to a 10 Mb/s Ethernet network through
        !            17: an Excelan controller used as a link-layer interface.
        !            18: .PP
        !            19: Each of the host's network addresses
        !            20: is specified at boot time with an SIOCSIFADDR
        !            21: ioctl.  The
        !            22: .I ex
        !            23: interface employs the address resolution protocol described in
        !            24: .IR arp (4P)
        !            25: to dynamically map between Internet and Ethernet addresses on the local
        !            26: network.
        !            27: .PP
        !            28: The interface normally tries to use a ``trailer'' encapsulation
        !            29: to minimize copying data on input and output.
        !            30: The use of trailers is negotiated with ARP.
        !            31: This negotiation may be disabled, on a per-interface basis,
        !            32: by setting the IFF_NOTRAILERS
        !            33: flag with an SIOCSIFFLAGS ioctl.
        !            34: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
        !            35: \fBex%d: HW %c.%c, NX %c.%c, hardware address %s\fP.
        !            36: This provides firmware revisions levels, and is expected during
        !            37: autoconfiguration.
        !            38: .PP
        !            39: \fBex%d: can't initialize\fP.
        !            40: There was a failure in allocating unibus resources for the device.
        !            41: .PP
        !            42: \fBex%d: configuration failed; cc = %x\fP.
        !            43: The hardware indicated an error when trying to initalize itself.
        !            44: The error code returned is described at length in the device
        !            45: Reference Manual.
        !            46: .PP
        !            47: \fBex%d: receive error %b\fP.  The hardware indicated an error
        !            48: in reading a packet from the cable.
        !            49: Specific Error bits are provided
        !            50: .PP
        !            51: \fBex%d: transmit error %b\fP.  The hardware indicated an error
        !            52: in transmitting a packet to the cable or an illegally sized packet.
        !            53: Specific Error bits are provided
        !            54: .PP
        !            55: \fBex%d: can't handle af%d\fP.  The interface was handed
        !            56: a message with addresses formatted in an unsuitable address
        !            57: family; the packet was dropped.
        !            58: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            59: intro(4N), inet(4F), arp(4P)

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