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<table class="head">
  <tr>
    <td class="head-ltitle">ALE(4)</td>
    <td class="head-vol">Device Drivers Manual</td>
    <td class="head-rtitle">ALE(4)</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<div class="manual-text">
<section class="Sh">
<h1 class="Sh" id="NAME"><a class="permalink" href="#NAME">NAME</a></h1>
<p class="Pp"><code class="Nm">ale</code> &#x2014; <span class="Nd">Atheros
    AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 10/100/Gigabit Ethernet device</span></p>
</section>
<section class="Sh">
<h1 class="Sh" id="SYNOPSIS"><a class="permalink" href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></h1>
<p class="Pp"><code class="Cd">ale* at pci?</code>
  <br/>
  <code class="Cd">atphy* at mii?</code></p>
</section>
<section class="Sh">
<h1 class="Sh" id="DESCRIPTION"><a class="permalink" href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></h1>
<p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">ale</code> driver provides support for
    Ethernet interfaces based on the Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 Ethernet
    chipset, also known as the Attansic L1E.</p>
<p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">ale</code> driver supports IPv4 receive
    IP/TCP/UDP checksum offload and VLAN tag insertion and stripping.</p>
<p class="Pp">The following <var class="Ar">media</var> types are supported:</p>
<p class="Pp"></p>
<dl class="Bl-tag Bl-compact">
  <dt id="autoselect"><a class="permalink" href="#autoselect"><code class="Cm">autoselect</code></a></dt>
  <dd>Enable autoselection of the media type and options.</dd>
  <dt id="10baseT"><a class="permalink" href="#10baseT"><code class="Cm">10baseT</code></a></dt>
  <dd>Set 10Mbps operation.</dd>
  <dt id="100baseTX"><a class="permalink" href="#100baseTX"><code class="Cm">100baseTX</code></a></dt>
  <dd>Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation.</dd>
  <dt id="1000baseT"><a class="permalink" href="#1000baseT"><code class="Cm">1000baseT</code></a></dt>
  <dd>Set 1000Mbps (Gigabit Ethernet) operation.</dd>
</dl>
<p class="Pp">For more information on configuring this device, see
    <a class="Xr">ifconfig(8)</a>. To view a list of media types and options
    supported by the card, try <code class="Ic">ifconfig</code>
    <code class="Fl">-m</code> &#x27E8;<code class="Ic">device</code>&#x27E9;.
    For example, <code class="Ic">ifconfig</code> <code class="Fl">-m</code>
    <code class="Ic">ale0</code>.</p>
</section>
<section class="Sh">
<h1 class="Sh" id="SEE_ALSO"><a class="permalink" href="#SEE_ALSO">SEE
  ALSO</a></h1>
<p class="Pp"><a class="Xr">arp(4)</a>, <a class="Xr">atphy(4)</a>,
    <a class="Xr">ifmedia(4)</a>, <a class="Xr">intro(4)</a>,
    <a class="Xr">netintro(4)</a>, <a class="Xr">pci(4)</a>,
    <a class="Xr">ifconfig(8)</a></p>
</section>
<section class="Sh">
<h1 class="Sh" id="HISTORY"><a class="permalink" href="#HISTORY">HISTORY</a></h1>
<p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">ale</code> device driver first appeared in
    <span class="Ux">OpenBSD 4.5</span>. It was then ported to
    <span class="Ux">NetBSD 5.1</span>.</p>
</section>
<section class="Sh">
<h1 class="Sh" id="AUTHORS"><a class="permalink" href="#AUTHORS">AUTHORS</a></h1>
<p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">ale</code> driver was written by
    <span class="An">Pyun YongHyeon</span> for <span class="Ux">FreeBSD</span>
    and ported to <span class="Ux">OpenBSD</span> by <span class="An">Kevin
    Lo</span> &#x27E8;kevlo@OpenBSD.org&#x27E9; then ported to
    <span class="Ux">NetBSD</span> by <span class="An">Christoph Egger</span>
    &#x27E8;cegger@NetBSD.org&#x27E9; and Kevin Lahey.</p>
</section>
</div>
<table class="foot">
  <tr>
    <td class="foot-date">May 5, 2009</td>
    <td class="foot-os">NetBSD 10.1</td>
  </tr>
</table>