NAME
netdock —
Ethernet driver for Asante
NetDock and Newer Ether MicroDock
SYNOPSIS
netdock* at nubus?
DESCRIPTION
The
netdock interface provides access to a 10 Mb/s Ethernet
network via the Asante NetDock and Newer Ether MicroDock, for PowerBook Duo
series.
Each of the host's network addresses is specified at boot time with an
SIOCSIFADDR
ioctl(2). The
netdock interface employs the address resolution protocol
described in
arp(4) to
dynamically map between Internet and Ethernet addresses on the local network.
HARDWARE
The
netdock interface is currently known to support the
following interfaces for PowerBook Duo series:
- Asante NetDock
- Newer Ether MicroDock
DIAGNOSTICS
- netdock%d
at nubus%d: address %s, type %s %dKB memory.
- This is a normal autoconfiguration message noting the 6
byte physical Ethernet address of the adapter, its manufacturer, and how
much buffer memory it has.
SEE ALSO
arp(4),
inet(4),
netintro(4),
ifconfig(8)
HISTORY
The
netdock interface first appeared in
NetBSD 2.0.