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38 .Nd "ASIX Electronics AX88x7x/760 USB Ethernet driver"
40 To compile this driver into the kernel,
41 place the following lines in your
42 kernel configuration file:
43 .Bd -ragged -offset indent
53 Alternatively, to load the driver as a
54 module at boot time, place the following line in
56 .Bd -literal -offset indent
62 driver provides support for USB Ethernet adapters based on the ASIX
63 Electronics AX88172, AX88178, AX88772, AX88772A, AX88772B and AX88760
66 The AX88172, AX88772, AX88772A, AX88772B and AX88760 contain a 10/100
67 Ethernet MAC with MII interface and are designed to work with both
68 Ethernet and HomePNA transceivers.
69 The AX88178 has a 10/100/1000 Ethernet MAC with GMII/RGMII interface
70 for interfacing with Gigabit Ethernet PHY.
72 These devices will operate with
73 both USB 1.x and USB 2.0 controllers, however performance with 1.x
74 controllers will be limited since the USB 1.x standard specifies a
75 maximum transfer speed of 12Mbps.
76 Users with USB 1.x controllers should therefore not expect to actually
77 achieve 100Mbps speeds with these devices.
79 All chipsets support a 64-bit multicast hash table, single perfect
80 filter entry for the station address, all-multicast mode and promiscuous mode.
82 received and transmitted over separate USB bulk transfer endpoints.
86 driver supports the following media types:
87 .Bl -tag -width ".Cm 10baseT/UTP"
89 Enable autoselection of the media type and options.
90 The user can manually override
91 the autoselected mode by adding media options to
98 option can also be used to select either
104 Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation.
108 option can also be used to select either
114 Set 1000Mbps (Gigabit Ethernet) operation (AX88178 only).
118 option can also be used to select either
127 driver supports the following media options:
128 .Bl -tag -width ".Cm full-duplex"
130 Force full duplex operation.
132 Force half duplex operation.
135 For more information on configuring this device, see
140 driver supports ASIX Electronics AX88172/AX88178/AX88772/AX88772A/AX88772B/AX88760
141 based USB Ethernet adapters including:
148 Acer Communications EP1427X2
158 Buffalo (Melco Inc.) LUA-U2-KTX
174 System TALKS Inc.\& SGC-X2UL
186 Buffalo (Melco Inc.) LUA3-U2-AGT
188 Planex Communications GU1000T
190 Sitecom Europe LN-028
198 Buffalo (Melco Inc.) LUA3-U2-ATX
212 Cisco-Linksys USB200Mv2
220 Lenovo USB 2.0 Ethernet
230 .It "axe%d: watchdog timeout"
231 A packet was queued for transmission and a transmit command was
232 issued, however the device failed to acknowledge the transmission
233 before a timeout expired.
234 .It "axe%d: no memory for rx list"
235 The driver failed to allocate an mbuf for the receiver ring.
247 .%T "ASIX AX88x7x and AX88760 data sheets"
248 .%U http://www.asix.com.tw
253 device driver first appeared in
258 driver was written by
259 .An Bill Paul Aq wpaul@windriver.com .