TRA(4)

📦 version 11.0, in nixpkgs unstable

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so bestie, this is TRA(4) from the Kernel Interfaces Manual, and it's literally the Fujitsu MB86950 based Tiara Ethernet cards driver. iconic, no cap. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

tra* at mca? slot ?

that's the whole config vibe. short, sweet, slay. 🎀

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

The tra driver supports Tiara MCA bus Ethernet adapters and clones, based on the Fujitsu MB86950 Ethernet controller. Supported boards include:

  • Tiara LANCard/E Ethernet Adapter
  • Standard MicroSystems 3016/MC Ethernet

those are the boards, periodt. 🦋

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

go peek at these if you wanna go deeper, iykyk. ✨

🎀 HISTORY 🎀

The tra driver appeared in NetBSD 4.0. a whole era, honestly. 👑

👑 AUTHORS 👑

The tra driver has been written by Dave Barnes ⟨djb_pizza@ieee.org⟩. give them their flowers, fr fr. 💐

💀 BUGS 💀

Multicast is not supported. There is no hardware support for multicast, and the driver does not implement a software-only solution. so yeah, multicast is a no-go — that's the tea. ☕

🫶 Debian · March 3, 2005 · TRA(4) — mwah, bye bestie! 🫶
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