PCN(4)

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💖 PCN(4) — AMD PCnet-PCI Ethernet family driver 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel Interfaces Manual page for pcn — it’s giving “I speak fluent Ethernet” and honestly? iconic. let’s get into it ✨

✨ NAME ✨

pcn — AMD PCnet-PCI Ethernet family driver

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

pcn* at pci? dev ? function ?

Configuration of PHYs may also be necessary. See mii(4).

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

The pcn device driver supports Ethernet interfaces based on the AMD PCnet-PCI family of Ethernet chips. The chips supported by the pcn driver include:

  • Am79c970 PCnet-PCI Single-Chip Ethernet Controller for PCI Local Bus
  • Am79c970A PCnet-PCI II Single-Chip Full-Duplex Ethernet Controller for PCI Local Bus
  • Am79c971 PCnet-FAST Single-Chip Full-Duplex 10/100Mbps Ethernet Controller for PCI Local Bus
  • Am79c972 PCnet-FAST+ Enhanced 10/100Mbps PCI Ethernet Controller with OnNow Support
  • Am79c973/Am79c975 PCnet-FAST III Single-Chip 10/100Mbps PCI Ethernet Controller with Integrated PHY

PCnet-PCI chips are found on some Hewlett-Packard PCI Ethernet boards, and on the Allied Telesyn AT-2700TX PCI Ethernet board. They are also found on some processor evaluation boards as an example peripheral 🫶

The pcn driver also supports the emulated PCnet-PCI interface provided by VMware.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

⭐ HISTORY ⭐

The pcn driver first appeared in NetBSD 1.6.

👑 AUTHORS 👑

The pcn driver was written by Jason R. Thorpe ⟨thorpej@wasabisystems.com⟩.

okay bestie, source/version check: this page is from Debian, dated August 27, 2001, and the manual tag is PCN(4). slay 💅✨

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