18Driver-Specific Parameters | Sun Microsystems 4000 manual

TABLE 3-17

TABLE 3-17Read-Only Link Partner Capabilities (Continued)

Parameter	Description		Stable or Unstable

lp-cap-10hdx	0	= No 10 Mbps half-duplex transmission	Stable
	1	= 10 Mbps half-duplex
lp-cap-asm-pause	0	= Not asymmetric pause capable	Stable
	1	= Asymmetric pause towards link partner
	capability (See “Flow Control Parameters” on
	page 27)
lp-cap-pause	0	= Not symmetric pause capable	Stable
	1	= Symmetric pause capable (See “Flow

Control Parameters” on page 27)

If the link partner is not capable of autonegotiation (when lp-cap-autonegis 0),

the remaining information described in is not relevant and the parameter value is 0.

If the link partner is capable of autonegotiation (when lp-cap-autonegis 1), then the speed and mode information is displayed when you use autonegotiation and the link partner capabilities.

TABLE 3-18describes the driver-specific parameters.

TABLE 3-18Driver-Specific Parameters

Parameter	Description	Stable or Unstable

lb-mode	Copy of the loopback mode the device is in, if	Unstable
	any.
promisc	When enabled, the device is in promiscuous	Unstable
	mode. When disabled, the device is not in
	promiscuous mode.
Ethernet Transmit Counters
tx-wsrv	Count of the number of times the transmit ring	Unstable
	is full.

tx-msgdup-fail tx-allocb-fail tx-queue0

Attempt to duplicate packet failure.	Unstable
Attempt to allocate memory failure.	Unstable
Number of packets queued for transmission on	Unstable
the first hardware transmit queue.

tx-queue1	Number of packets queued for transmission on	Unstable
	the second hardware transmit queue.
tx-queue2	Number of packets queued for transmission on	Unstable
	the third hardware transmit queue.

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TABLE 3-17Read-Only Link Partner Capabilities (Continued)

TABLE 3-18Driver-Specific Parameters

Ethernet Transmit Counters

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