EA(4)

📦 version 11.0, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 NAME 💖

okay bestie, welcome to EA(4) — the manual page for the Atomwide “Ether3” Ethernet driver. yes, that's the whole vibe: it's an Ethernet driver, and it's here to slay on your podulebus. 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

ea* at podulebus0 slot ?

that's the whole incantation, no cap. 🫶

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so the ea driver gives you access to a 10 Mb/s Ethernet network through a card based on the SEEQ 8005 Advanced Ethernet Data Link Controller. iconic hardware behavior, honestly. 💅

the cards supported by this driver are generally those supported by the “Ether3” driver under RISC OS. these include:

  • Atomwide A-1005
  • Atomwide A-1006
  • Atomwide A-1007
  • Acorn AEH54

media selection on these cards? it's done through links on the board, so there are no media options available through the driver. like, the driver is not the main character for media choosing here — the board links are. periodt. 🦋

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

go check out these besties for more context:

iykyk, the whole Unix networking friend group is right there. 💜

💀 BUGS 💀

bestie, real talk: the driver doesn't support 8-bit cards like the A-1009, A-1010, A-1011 and A-1012. not me finding out the hard way 😭

mwah, that's the page 💖 — from Debian, dated April 6, 2001. slay and stay cozy, bestie! 🎀✨

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