.\"	$OpenBSD: pcn.4,v 1.6 2006/02/26 13:56:35 martin Exp $
.\"	$NetBSD: pcn.4,v 1.3 2001/09/11 22:52:53 wiz Exp $
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.Dd August 27, 2001
.Dt PCN 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm pcn
.Nd AMD PCnet-PCI Ethernet family driver
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Cd "pcn* at pci?"
.Cd "lxtphy* at mii?"
.Cd "nsphy* at mii?"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
device driver supports Ethernet interfaces based on the AMD
PCnet-PCI family of Ethernet chips.
The chips supported by the
.Nm
driver include:
.Bl -bullet
.It
Am79c970 PCnet-PCI Single-Chip Ethernet Controller for PCI
Local Bus
.It
Am79c970A PCnet-PCI II Single-Chip Full-Duplex Ethernet Controller
for PCI Local Bus
.It
Am79c971 PCnet-FAST Single-Chip Full-Duplex 10/100Mbps
Ethernet Controller for PCI Local Bus
.It
Am79c972 PCnet-FAST+ Enhanced 10/100Mbps PCI Ethernet Controller
with OnNow Support
.It
Am79c973/Am79c975 PCnet-FAST III Single-Chip 10/100Mbps PCI
Ethernet Controller with Integrated PHY
.El
.Pp
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.
.Pp
The
.Nm
driver also supports the emulated PCnet-PCI interface provided
by VMware.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr arp 4 ,
.Xr ifmedia 4 ,
.Xr lxtphy 4 ,
.Xr mii 4 ,
.Xr netintro 4 ,
.Xr nsphy 4 ,
.Xr pci 4 ,
.Xr ifconfig 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
driver first appeared in
.Nx 1.6 .
.Ox
support was added in
.Ox 3.8 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.An -nosplit
The
.Nm
driver was written by
.An Jason R. Thorpe Aq thorpej@wasabisystems.com
and ported to
.Ox
by
.An Brad Smith Aq brad@openbsd.org .