ELMC(4)

📦 version 11.0, in nixpkgs unstable

🌸 ELMC(4) 🌸

ok so you found the man page for elmc — it's from the Kernel Interfaces Manual bestie, this is legit kernel-interface lore, welcome 💅

✨ NAME ✨

elmc — the 3Com EtherLink/MC (3c523) MCA Ethernet driver. that's it, that's the vibe. 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

elmc* at mca? slot ?

that's the whole thing. look at her. short, sweet, slaying ✨

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so the elmc driver is the one that supports the 3Com EtherLink/MC (3c523) — a 10Mb/s Ethernet NIC — and that card is built on the Intel 82586 Ethernet chip. so like, if you've got that specific card in your machine, this is your girl 🫶

no cap, it's that simple. 10Mb/s, MCA slot, Intel 82586 inside. iconic little combo honestly 💅

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go read those too, they're the friend group 😭

👑 AUTHORS 👑

the driver was written by Jaromir Dolecek ⟨jdolecek@NetBSD.org⟩ — thank you king, we appreciate you 🔥

ok that's the page, you're all caught up bestie 💜

cute little sign-off: this beauty comes from the Debian edition of the page, dated March 2, 2001, and yeah the header says ELMC(4) — that's the one. ngl a 2001 date is giving vintage and i'm obsessed 🍓✨
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