EF(4)

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version 11.0 · 2 versions
, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 EF(4) — the 3c507 driver, bestie edition 🎀

okay so real talk, this is the manual page for ef, section 4 of the Kernel Interfaces Manual. yes we're reading a manpage for fun now, that's the vibe, don't @ me ✨

✨ NAME ✨

ef — the 3Com EtherLink 16 (3c507) ISA Ethernet driver. that's it, that's the whole name section, she's concise 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

ef0 at isa? port 0x360 iomem 0xd0000 irq 7

literally just drop that line in your kernel config and the card shows up. copy it exactly bestie, character for character, no freestyling 🙈

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so the ef driver is the one that supports the 3Com EtherLink II (3c507) 10Mb/s Ethernet NIC — and the whole thing is built on the Intel 82586 Ethernet chip 👑

10 Mb/s!! in this economy!! she's vintage, she's iconic, she's an ISA card, and honestly we stan a legacy queen 🫶

ngl it's a 10 megabit card from the ISA era — respect the history, but maybe don't expect her to keep up with your gigabit wifi, iykyk 💀

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

the whole friend group, in alphabetical-ish order:

go read them, they're all main characters too ⭐

👑 AUTHORS 👑

Rafal K. Boni — say thank you to Rafal fr fr, this whole driver is their era 💖

and that's the page!! slay 🌈 this delightful little document came to you from Debian, dated June 4, 1999 — yes, 1999, which is lowkey ancient history but she's still serving 💅🦋 mwah, go configure a kernel bestie 🎀

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