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PCN(4)                       Device Drivers Manual                      PCN(4)

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
     arp(4), ifmedia(4), mii(4), netintro(4), pci(4), ifconfig(8)

HISTORY
     The pcn driver first appeared in NetBSD 1.6.

AUTHORS
     The pcn driver was written by Jason R. Thorpe
     <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>.

NetBSD 10.99                    August 27, 2001                   NetBSD 10.99