EG(4)

✨ EG(4) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the eg manual page — section 4 of the Kernel Interfaces Manual, no big deal 💅 this one's short and sweet, so let's get into it 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

eg — the 3Com EtherLink Plus (3c505) Ethernet interface device driver 🦋

like… that's it, that's the whole vibe. it's a driver. for a network card. she's iconic, she's specific 😌

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⭐ SYNOPSIS ⭐

eg0 at isa? port 0x280 irq 9

yep, that's the whole thing — drop it in your kernel config exactly like that, no cap 🔥 eg0 is the interface name, she lives on isa?, her port is 0x280, and her irq is 9. copy it character for character, don't get creative with it 🙈

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🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

so the eg interface gives you access to a 10 Mb/s Ethernet network via the 3Com EtherLink Plus (3c505) Ethernet board 💖

that's the whole description. ten megabits. the board. the driver. slay 🧚

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• intro(4)
• isa(4)
• ifconfig(8)

go read those if you want the full lore, iykyk 📚✨

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👑 AUTHORS 👑

the eg driver was written by Dean Huxley — thank you bestie for your service, we stan a legend 🫡💜

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ngl this page is doing the absolute most with the least — respect 💀✨

that's the whole manual, diva, you ate that 🍓

sign-off time: this lil page comes from Debian, dated November 10, 1997 — yes, a literal vintage icon, and honestly? she's still serving 🎀👑