NAME
xi —
Xircom CreditCard Ethernet device
driver
SYNOPSIS
xi* at xirc?
Configuration of PHYs may also be necessary. See
mii(4).
DESCRIPTION
The
xi driver provides support for the Xircom CreditCard
family of PCMCIA Ethernet adapters. Supported cards include:
- Xircom CreditCard Ethernet
II
- Xircom CreditCard 10/100
Ethernet
- Xircom RealPort 10/100
Ethernet + Modem (Ethernet function only)
- Intel EtherExpress
Pro/100
- Compaq Netelligent 10/100
Cards which should work, but have not been confirmed include:
- Xircom RealPort Ethernet
- Xircom RealPort 10/100
Ethernet
Some Xircom Ethernet products are supported by the
tlp(4) driver.
Media selection is done using
ifconfig(8) using the standard
ifmedia(4) mechanism. Refer to
those manual pages for more information.
SEE ALSO
ifmedia(4),
mii(4),
netintro(4),
pcmcia(4),
tlp(4),
xirc(4),
ifconfig(8)
HISTORY
The
xi device driver appeared in
NetBSD
1.5.
BUGS
The driver suffers from poor performance. Even with the 10/100 cards, do not
expect more than ~450KB/s. Some 10/100 cards may not autonegotiate reliably
and require manual media selection.
The Xircom multifunction cards which contain both Ethernet and modem interfaces
are known to have problems. This is due to the card not reporting itself
correctly as a multifunction card.