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EL(4)                FreeBSD/i386 Kernel Interfaces Manual               EL(4)

NAME
     el -- Ethernet driver for 3Com Etherlink 3C501 devices

SYNOPSIS
     device el

     In /boot/device.hints:
     hint.el.0.at="isa"
     hint.el.0.port="0x300"
     hint.el.0.irq="9"

DESCRIPTION
     This device driver is deprecated and will be removed in FreeBSD 7.0.

     The el interface provides support for the 3Com 3c501 8bit ISA Ethernet
     card.  The 3c501 card is known to be quite slow, and a different Ethernet
     card should be used if possible.  However, they allow inexpensive access
     to 10 Mb/s Ethernet networks.

     The valid I/O ports are in the range 0x280-0x3f0.

HARDWARE
     The el driver supports the 3Com 3c501 8bit ISA Ethernet card.

SEE ALSO
     ed(4), ep(4), ie(4), intro(4), ng_ether(4), ifconfig(8)

BUGS
     The driver assumes the card is configured for the same IRQ as the kernel.
     No probing or checking is done to determine if this is the case.

     Does not currently support DMA.

     Does not currently support multicasts.

FreeBSD 6.2                    September 5, 2004                   FreeBSD 6.2
NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | HARDWARE | SEE ALSO | BUGS

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