SM(4)

NAME
sm - device driver for SMC91C9x-based Ethernet interfaces

SYNOPSIS
sm0 at isa? port 0x300 irq 10
sm* at pcmcia? function ?

DESCRIPTION
The sm device driver supports SMC91C9x-based Ethernet interfaces.

The ISA attachment of the sm driver supports any SMC91C9x-based Ethernet interface on the ISA bus, including the EFA Info*Express SVC VLB interface, and the on-board SMC91C9x Ethernet found in many embedded PCs and laptop docking stations.

The PCMCIA attachment of the sm driver supports Megahertz X-JACK Ethernet cards.

MEDIA SELECTION
The SMC91C9x supports AUI and UTP media types.

To enable the AUI media, select the 10base5 or aui media type with ifconfig(8) 's ‘media’ directive. To select UTP, select the 10baseT or utp media type.

DIAGNOSTICS

sm0: unable to read MAC address from CIS This indicates that the Ethernet address, which is stored in the CIS information on the Megahertz X-JACK PCMCIA Ethernet card, is corrupted.

SEE ALSO
ifmedia(4), ifconfig(8), intro(4), isa(4), pcmcia(4)