- Sun Installation and User's Guide GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter

48 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • August 2004
In noninteractive mode, you invoke the utility to execute a specific command. Once
the command is executed, you exit the utility. In interactive mode, you can use the
utility to get or set more than one parameter value. Refer to the ndd(1M) man page
for more information.
▼ To Use the ndd Utility in Noninteractive Mode
This section describes how to modify and display parameter values.
● To modify a parameter value, use the -set option.
If you invoke the ndd utility with the -set option, the utility passes value, which
must be specified, down to the named /dev/ce driver instance, and assigns the
value to the parameter:
When you change any parameter, a message similar to the following appears:
● To display the value of a parameter, specify the parameter name and omit the
value.
When you omit the -set option, the utility queries the named driver instance,
retrieves the value associated with the specified parameter, and prints it:
▼ To Use the ndd Utility in Interactive Mode
● To modify a parameter value in interactive mode, specify ndd /dev/ce:
After you enter the parameter name, the ndd utility prompts you for the parameter
value (see
TABLE 4-1 through TABLE 4-12).
# ndd -set /dev/ce parameter value
ce0: xcvr addr:0x01 - link up 1000 Mbps full duplex
# ndd /dev/ce parameter
# ndd /dev/ce
name to get/set? (Enter the parameter name or ? to view all
parameters)