EL(4) Device Drivers Manual EL(4)

el — 3Com EtherLink (3C501) Ethernet device

el0 at isa? port 0x300 irq 9

The el device driver supports 3Com EtherLink (3C501) Ethernet cards.

For more information on configuring this device, see ifconfig(8). To view a list of media types and options supported by your card try “ifconfig <device> media”. For example, “ifconfig el0 media”.

el0: device timeout
The device has stopped responding to the network, or there is a problem with the network connection (cable).
el0: invalid packet size N; dropping
A packet of an invalid length (less than size of Ethernet header or greater than maximum size of Ethernet frame) was received and dropped.

ifmedia(4), intro(4), isa(4), hostname.if(5), ifconfig(8)

OpenBSD 7.8 June 2, 2013 EL(4)