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IN NO EVENT SHALL Bill Paul OR THE VOICES IN HIS HEAD .\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR .\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF .\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS .\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN .\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) .\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF .\" THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man4/axe.4 252186 2013-06-25 00:29:13Z yongari $ .\" .Dd May 27, 2021 .Dt AXE 4 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm axe .Nd "ASIX Electronics AX88x7x/760 USB Ethernet driver" .Sh SYNOPSIS To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file: .Bd -ragged -offset indent .Cd "device ehci" .Cd "device uhci" .Cd "device ohci" .Cd "device usb" .Cd "device miibus" .Cd "device uether" .Cd "device axe" .Ed .Pp Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in .Xr loader.conf 5 : .Bd -literal -offset indent if_axe_load="YES" .Ed .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm driver provides support for USB Ethernet adapters based on the ASIX Electronics AX88172, AX88178, AX88772, AX88772A, AX88772B and AX88760 USB 2.0 chipsets. .Pp The AX88172, AX88772, AX88772A, AX88772B and AX88760 contain a 10/100 Ethernet MAC with MII interface and are designed to work with both Ethernet and HomePNA transceivers. The AX88178 has a 10/100/1000 Ethernet MAC with GMII/RGMII interface for interfacing with Gigabit Ethernet PHY. .Pp These devices will operate with both USB 1.x and USB 2.0 controllers, however performance with 1.x controllers will be limited since the USB 1.x standard specifies a maximum transfer speed of 12Mbps. Users with USB 1.x controllers should therefore not expect to actually achieve 100Mbps speeds with these devices. .Pp All chipsets support a 64-bit multicast hash table, single perfect filter entry for the station address, all-multicast mode and promiscuous mode. Packets are received and transmitted over separate USB bulk transfer endpoints. .Pp The .Nm driver supports the following media types: .Bl -tag -width ".Cm 10baseT/UTP" .It Cm autoselect Enable autoselection of the media type and options. The user can manually override the autoselected mode by adding media options to .Xr rc.conf 5 . .It Cm 10baseT/UTP Set 10Mbps operation. The .Xr ifconfig 8 .Cm mediaopt option can also be used to select either .Cm full-duplex or .Cm half-duplex modes. .It Cm 100baseTX Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation. The .Xr ifconfig 8 .Cm mediaopt option can also be used to select either .Cm full-duplex or .Cm half-duplex modes. .It Cm 1000baseT Set 1000Mbps (Gigabit Ethernet) operation (AX88178 only). The .Xr ifconfig 8 .Cm mediaopt option can also be used to select either .Cm full-duplex or .Cm half-duplex modes. .El .Pp The .Nm driver supports the following media options: .Bl -tag -width ".Cm full-duplex" .It Cm full-duplex Force full duplex operation. .It Cm half-duplex Force half duplex operation. .El .Pp For more information on configuring this device, see .Xr ifconfig 8 . .Sh HARDWARE The .Nm driver supports ASIX Electronics AX88172/AX88178/AX88772/AX88772A/AX88772B/AX88760 based USB Ethernet adapters including: .Pp AX88172: .Bl -bullet -compact .It AboCom UF200 .It Acer Communications EP1427X2 .It ASIX AX88172 .It ATen UC210T .It Billionton SnapPort .It Billionton USB2AR .It Buffalo (Melco Inc.) LUA-U2-KTX .It Corega USB2_TX .It D-Link DUBE100 .It Goodway GWUSB2E .It JVC MP_PRX1 .It LinkSys USB200M .It Netgear FA120 .It Sitecom LN-029 .It System TALKS Inc.\& SGC-X2UL .El .Pp AX88178: .Bl -bullet -compact .It ASIX AX88178 .It Belkin F5D5055 .It Logitec LAN-GTJ/U2A .It Buffalo (Melco Inc.) LUA3-U2-AGT .It Planex Communications GU1000T .It Sitecom Europe LN-028 .El .Pp AX88772: .Bl -bullet -compact .It ASIX AX88772 .It Buffalo (Melco Inc.) LUA3-U2-ATX .It D-Link DUBE100B1 .It Planex UE-200TX-G .It Planex UE-200TX-G2 .El .Pp AX88772A: .Bl -bullet -compact .It ASIX AX88772A .It Cisco-Linksys USB200Mv2 .El .Pp AX88772B: .Bl -bullet -compact .It ASIX AX88772B .It Lenovo USB 2.0 Ethernet .El .Pp AX88760: .Bl -bullet -compact .It ASIX AX88760 .El .Sh DIAGNOSTICS .Bl -diag .It "axe%d: watchdog timeout" A packet was queued for transmission and a transmit command was issued, however the device failed to acknowledge the transmission before a timeout expired. .It "axe%d: no memory for rx list" The driver failed to allocate an mbuf for the receiver ring. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr altq 4 , .Xr arp 4 , .Xr ifmedia 4 , .Xr miibus 4 , .Xr netintro 4 , .Xr ng_ether 4 , .Xr rgephy 4 , .Xr usb 4 , .Xr vlan 4 , .Xr ifconfig 8 .Rs .%T "ASIX AX88x7x and AX88760 data sheets" .%U http://www.asix.com.tw .Re .Sh HISTORY The .Nm device driver first appeared in .Fx 5.0 . .Sh AUTHORS The .Nm driver was written by .An Bill Paul Aq Mt wpaul@windriver.com .