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eepro100-diag(8)


NAME

   eepro100-diag   -   EEPROM  setup  and  diagnostic  program  for  Intel
   EtherExpress Pro100B, and EEPro PCI 10+ ethernet cards.

SYNOPSIS

   eepro100-diag [options]

DESCRIPTION

   eepro100-diag is a program that you can use to diagnose  problems  with
   ethernet  cards  based  the "Speedo3" chip series: the i82557, '558 and
   '559.  These chips are used on the EtherExpress Pro100B, and EEPro  PCI
   10+.

OPTIONS

   These  programs  follow  the  usual  GNU command line syntax, with long
   options starting with two  dashes  (`-').   A  summary  of  options  is
   included below.

   -h, --help
          Show summary of options.

   -V, --version
          Show version of program.

   -v, --verbose
          Verbose mode.

   -q, --quiet
          Be very unverbose.

   -# <cardnum>, --card_num <cardnum>
          Use card number <cardnum>.

   -a, --show_all_registers
          Print all registers.

   -e, --show-eeprom
          Dump EEPROM contents to stdout.

   -E, --emergency-rewrite
          Re-write a corrupted EEPROM.

   -p, --port-base <port>
          Specify port to use.

   -A, --Advertise <mediaype>
          Advertise  media  type.  Valid  Options are: 10baseT, 100baseT4,
          100baseTx, 100baseTx-FD, 100baseTx-HD, 10baseT-FD and 10baseHD.

   -F, --new-interface <interface>
          Interface number. Options that make sense are: 10baseT, 10base2,
          AUI,    100baseTx,    10baseT-FDX,   100baseTx-FDX,   100baseT4,
          100baseFx, 100baseFx-FDX, MII and Autosense.

   -H, --new-hwaddress <address>
          Set card to a new hardware address.

   -m, --show-mii
          Dump MII management registers.

   -R, --reset
          Reset the transceiver.

   -T, --test
          Do register and SRAM test.

   -w, --write-EEPROM <values>
          Write to the EEPROMS with the specified values. Do not use this,
          if you do not know what you do!

   -f, --force-detection
          Try to identify the card, even if it is active.

   -t, --chip-type <card>
          Explicitly   set  the  chip.  To  get  all  valid  numbers,  run
          eepro100-diag with the options '-t -1'.

SEE ALSO

   mii-diag(8)

AUTHOR

   eepro100-diag was written and is  still  maintained  by  Donald  Becker
   <becker@scyld.com>.   This  manual  page was written by Alain Schroeder
   <alain@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by
   others).

                           February 18, 2002              EEPRO100-DIAG(8)



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