ALE(4) | Device Drivers Manual | ALE(4)

# NAME

`ale` —
Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 10/100/Gigabit Ethernet device

# SYNOPSIS

`ale* at pci?`
`atphy* at mii?`

# DESCRIPTION

The `ale` driver provides support for Ethernet interfaces based on the Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 Ethernet chipset, also known as the Attansic L1E.

The `ale` driver supports IPv4 receive IP/TCP/UDP checksum offload and VLAN tag insertion and stripping.

The following media types are supported:

`autoselect`
  Enable autoselection of the media type and options.
`10baseT`
  Set 10Mbps operation.
`100baseTX`
  Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation.
`1000baseT`
  Set 1000Mbps (Gigabit Ethernet) operation.

For more information on configuring this device, see ifconfig(8). To view a list of media types and options supported by the card, try `ifconfig` `-m` ⟨`device`⟩. For example, `ifconfig` `-m` `ale0`.

# SEE ALSO

arp(4), atphy(4), ifmedia(4), intro(4), netintro(4), pci(4), ifconfig(8)

# HISTORY

The `ale` device driver first appeared in OpenBSD 4.5. It was then ported to NetBSD 5.1.

# AUTHORS

The `ale` driver was written by Pyun YongHyeon for FreeBSD and ported to OpenBSD by Kevin Lo ⟨kevlo@OpenBSD.org⟩ then ported to NetBSD by Christoph Egger ⟨cegger@NetBSD.org⟩ and Kevin Lahey.

May 5, 2009 | NetBSD 10.0