UDAV(4)

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version 15.1 · 3 versions
, in freebsd 14.5, freebsd 15.1, nixpkgs unstable

🦋 UDAV(4) 🦋

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel Interfaces Manual — this is the page for udav, and it's literally the Davicom DM9601 USB Ethernet driver. yes. networking. over USB. we love to see it 💅

✨ NAME ✨

udav — Davicom DM9601 USB Ethernet driver 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

so to compile this driver into the kernel (yes, all up in there, main character energy), you place the following lines in your kernel configuration file:

device ehci
device uhci
device ohci
device usb
device miibus
device uether
device udav

alternatively — and ngl this is the lowkey easier route — to load the driver as a module at boot time, you place the following line in loader.conf(5):

if_udav_load="YES"

slay. that's it. ✨

🎀 HARDWARE 🎀

the udav driver supports the following adapters, bestie:

  • Corega FEther USB-TXC
  • ShanTou ST268 USB NIC

those two. that's the list. iconic of them honestly 👑

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

the udav driver provides support for USB Ethernet adapters based on the Davicom DM9601 chipset. like, that's its whole thing and it's serving.

for more information on configuring this device, see ifconfig(8). go read it, i'll wait 🧚

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

also! the Davicom DM9601 data sheet, right here:

http://ptm2.cc.utu.fi/ftp/network/cards/DM9601/From_NET/DM9601-DS-P01-930914.pdf
it's giving "i read the primary source" energy and honestly? obsessed 📄💜

⭐ HISTORY ⭐

the udav device driver first appeared in NetBSD 2.0. a whole era. we stan a legacy 💀✨

👑 AUTHORS 👑

the udav driver was written by Shingo WATANABE <nabe@nabechan.org>. thank you Shingo, fr fr 🫶🌸

and that's the whole page bestie, no cap, every single detail preserved 💅🎀

Debian 🦋 November 24, 2015 🦋 UDAV(4) — mwah, go configure your ethernet, ily, bye 💖✨

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