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Devices                                                  skfp(7D)



NAME
     skfp - SysKonnect FDDI PCI device driver

SYNOPSIS
     /dev/skfp


DESCRIPTION
     The skfp FDDI driver is a  multi-threaded,  loadable,  clon-
     able,  STREAMS hardware driver supporting the connectionless
     Data Link Provider Interface (DLPI) over a  SysKonnect  FDDI
     PCI  adapter. The driver supports multiple installed SysKon-
     nect FDDI PCI adapters. Functions include  chip  initializa-
     tion,  frame  transit and receive, multicast and promiscuous
     support, and error recovery and reporting.


     The skfp driver supports  all  SysKonnect  SK-NET  FDDI  PCI
     adapters  (SK-55xx  (32-bit) and SK-58xx (64-bit) series) on
     32-bit systems, and  the SK-58xx series on 64-bit systems.

APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE
     The skfp driver provides the  /dev/skfp  cloning  character-
     special  device  that  accesses all SK-NET FDDI PCI adapters
     using Data Link Service (DLS)  Style  2.  It  also  provides
     per-adapter  character-special  devices /dev/skfpx, (where x
     represents the device instance number) that access a special
     NIC using DLS Style 1.

  skfp and DLPI
     The skfp driver is a Style 1 and Style 2 DLS  provider.  All
     M_PROTO  and M_PCPROTO type messages are interpreted as DLPI
     primitives.  Valid   DLPI    primitives   are   defined   in
     . See dlpi(7P).


     An explicit DL_ATTACH_REQ message by the user is required to
     associate  the opened Stream with a particular device (ppa).
     This is unnecessary and invalid for DLPI Style 1. The ppa ID
     is  interpreted  as an unsigned long data type and indicates
     the corresponding device instance (unit)  number.  An  error
     (DL_ERROR_ACK)  is  returned  by the driver if the ppa field
     value does not correspond to a valid device instance  number
     for the system.


     The device is initialized on first attach and de-initialized
     (stopped)  upon  last  detach.  Valid device numbers for all
     detected adapters are displayed on  the  console  at  driver
     startup time and written to the /var/adm/messages log file.





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Devices                                                  skfp(7D)



     The values returned in the DL_INFO_ACK primitive in response
     to the DL_INFO_REQ request are:

         o    Maximum SDU is 4470.

         o    Minimum SDU is 0.

         o    DSLAP address length is 8 bytes.

         o    MAC type is DL_FDDI.

         o     SAP length  value  is  -2,  meaning  the  physical
              address  component  is followed immediately by a 2-
              byte SAP component within the DLSAP address.

         o    Service mode is DL_CLDLS.

         o    Optional quality of service (QOS)  support  is  not
              included; as a result, the QOS field values are 0.

         o    Provider style is DL_STYLE2.

         o    Version is DL_VERSION_2.

OPTIONS
     Options are not required for normal  operation.  In  special
     cases, FDDI Station Management (SMT) parameters can be modi-
     fied by using the /usr/bin/smtpara utility (see  the  driver
     README  files).  The  smtpara utility should be used only by
     those very familiar with FDDI.

DIAGNOSTICS
     If multiple NICs are installed in the system, the  following
     message   may   appear   on   the   console   and   in   the
     /var/adm/messages log file:


     skfp: DMA memory allocation failed !


     You can avoid this message by tuning the  lomempages  kernel
     parameter.  By  default,  the  value of this parameter is 36
     pages. Each SK-FDDI PCI  adapter  requires  nine  pages,  so
     increase the value of the lomempages parameter in increments
     of nine pages until all NICs in the system run correctly.


     To modify the value of this parameter to 45 pages, you  can,
     for  example,  append  the  set  lomempages=45  line  to the
     /etc/system file and reboot the system.





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Devices                                                  skfp(7D)



FILES
     /dev/skfp                 Character special device


     /dev/skfpx                Per-adapter character special dev-
                               ice, where x is the adapter ppa


     /kernel/drv/skfp          ELF kernel module


     /kernel/drv/skfp.conf     Driver configuration file


     /usr/bin/smtpara          SMT parameter utility


     /etc/fddi.cfg             smtpara configuration file


                   DLPI definitions


ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:



     ____________________________________________________________
    | ATTRIBUTE TYPE                ATTRIBUTE VALUE             |
    | Architecture                  IA, SPARC                   |
    |___________________________________________________________|


SEE ALSO
     ifconfig(1M), netstat(1M), attributes(5), dlpi(7P)


     skfp.txt README file - Included in  the  driver  package  or
     available from www.syskonnect.com.














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