Intel 82558 Manuale Utente

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This document is intended for use as a software technical reference manual for the Intel

®

 10/100 

Mbps Fast Ethernet controller family, which includes the 82557, 82558, 82559, 82550, and 82551, 

as well as the 82562 Platform LAN Connect device. It also contains information for several PCI 
LAN adapters based on these devices: Intel

®

 EtherExpress

™

 PRO/100+, Intel

®

 EtherExpress

™

 

PRO/100B Wake on LAN (WOL), Intel

®

 EtherExpress

™

 PRO/100B, and Intel

®

 EtherExpress

™

 

PRO/10+.

This manual is intended to be used as a technical reference for software and test engineers 
developing device drivers or related software for adapters or systems using the Intel

®

 82557, 

82558, 82559, 82550, or 82551 Fast Ethernet controllers or the Intel

®

 82562 Platform LAN 

Connect (PLC) device. It contains reference information about the controllers as well as other 
information that may be required by software developers (such as PHY information, EEPROM 

contents, PCI scanning, etc.). Since this document uses many examples and contains sample code 

fragments, it is assumed that the reader has a fundamental understanding of device driver 
programming and a working knowledge of both C programming language and x86 assembler 

programming language. Familiarity with at least one industry standard network operating system 

(NOS) device driver interface (for example, Network Driver Interface Specification [NDIS] or 
ODI) is also helpful.

The Intel

®

 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet Controller Family includes the following devices in 

successive order. 

In general, the Intel family of Fast Ethernet controllers are similar. All family members share the 

same core hardware and software interface. The later generation components have a higher 

integration and include support for miscellaneous features (for example, manageability). Since the 
different generations of Fast Ethernet controllers are highly similar, this manual documents the 

functionality of all devices and details the differences between the devices. It is intended to be used 

as a tool to maintain and develop software for all devices in the Intel family of Fast Ethernet 
controllers.

82557

First generation Intel® 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet Controller (includes MAC unit only)

82558

Second generation Intel® 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet Controller (includes MAC and an integrated 
PHY unit)

82559

Third generation Intel® 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet Controller (includes both a MAC and PHY unit)

82550

Intel® 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet Controller (includes both MAC and PHY)

82551

Intel® 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet Controller (includes both MAC and PHY)