CS(4)

📦 version 11.0, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 CS(4) — the Cirrus Logic Crystal CS89x0 Ethernet driver, bestie edition 💖

okay so this is the cs manual page, from the Kernel Interfaces Manual, and honestly? it's giving vintage network card realness. it's a short one, so grab your iced coffee and let's go 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

cs — the Cirrus Logic Crystal CS89x0 Ethernet driver 💅

like, that's her. that's the driver. the way she just exists to make your Ethernet happen 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

here's how you summon her, in all her config-file glory — copy these exactly, no cap:

cs0 at isa? port 0x300 iomem ? irq ? drq ?
cs* at ofisa?
cs* at isapnp?
cs* at pcmcia? function ?
cs0 at mainbus0
(PM/PPC port)

so yeah, she can show up on isa? with port 0x300 and the iomem ?, irq ? and drq ? question marks (very "we'll figure it out together" energy), or on ofisa?, or on isapnp?, or on pcmcia? with a function ?, and she also lives at cs0 at mainbus0 — that last one is the PM/PPC port, iykyk 😌

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so the cs driver supports Ethernet interfaces that are based on the Cirrus Logic Crystal CS8900, 8920 and 8920M — those are ISA bus Ethernet controllers, bestie. all three of them. she's not picky, she's just iconic 👑

that's it. that's the description. short and slay ✨

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

the friend group 🫶 go read these too:

and if you wanna go straight to the source (literally), there's Cirrus Logic: https://www.cirrus.com/ 🌈

🔥 HISTORY 🔥

the cs driver showed up in NetBSD 1.4. she's been around. she's got lore. respect her 💀✨

fr fr: every flag, every ?, every path above is exactly as written — do not get creative with the config, bestie, just type it like it says 🙈

mwah 💋 that's the whole page! this little cutie is a Debian joint from June 4, 1999 — yeah, she's retro, she's vintage, she's a whole Y2K moment, and she ate 🎀💖⭐

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