DWGE(4)

💖 DWGE(4) 💖

okay so this is a page from the Kernel Interfaces Manual, and the main character is dwge — the Synopsys DesignWare GMAC 10/100/1Gb Ethernet device. she's iconic, and she's ready to vibe check your media settings 🌈

✨ NAME ✨

dwge — Synopsys DesignWare GMAC 10/100/1Gb Ethernet device

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

dwge* at fdt?
rgephy* at mii?

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

The dwge driver provides support for various Ethernet controllers based on the Synopsys DesignWare GMAC core. no cap, these controllers are typically found on SoCs — like the Allwinner A20/A31 and Rockchip RK3288/RK3399 ARM SoCs, bestie 💅

The dwge driver supports several media types, which are selected via the ifconfig(8) command. The supported media types are:

• media autoselect — attempt to autoselect the media type (default) ✨
• media 1000baseT mediaopt full-duplex — use 1000baseT on copper, full duplex 💖
• media 1000baseT mediaopt half-duplex — use 1000baseT on copper, half duplex 💖
• media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex — use 100baseTX, full duplex 💖
• media 100baseTX mediaopt half-duplex — use 100baseTX, half duplex 💖

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

go read these too, iykyk:

• arp(4)
• ifmedia(4)
• inet(4)
• intro(4)
• netintro(4)
• rgephy(4)
• hostname.if(5)
• ifconfig(8)

💜 HISTORY 💜

The dwge driver first appeared in NetBSD 7.0. It was ported to OpenBSD 6.1 and rewritten for OpenBSD 6.6. the timeline ate, honestly ⭐

👑 AUTHORS 👑

The dwge driver was written by Matt Thomas and Martin Husemann for NetBSD and rewritten by Mark Kettenis <kettenis@openbsd.org> and Patrick Wildt <patrick@openbsd.org>. iconic behavior from everyone involved 🫶

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okay that's the whole page, bestie 💅 — this is the Debian version, dated April 4, 2023, and the manual is DWGE(4). bye and slay 🎀