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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
52 Alternatively, to load the driver as a
53 module at boot time, place the following line in
55 .Bd -literal -offset indent
61 driver provides support for USB Ethernet adapters based on the ASIX
62 Electronics AX88172, AX88178, AX88772, AX88772A, AX88772B and AX88760
65 The AX88172, AX88772, AX88772A, AX88772B and AX88760 contain a 10/100
66 Ethernet MAC with MII interface and are designed to work with both
67 Ethernet and HomePNA transceivers.
68 The AX88178 has a 10/100/1000 Ethernet MAC with GMII/RGMII interface
69 for interfacing with Gigabit Ethernet PHY.
71 These devices will operate with
72 both USB 1.x and USB 2.0 controllers, however performance with 1.x
73 controllers will be limited since the USB 1.x standard specifies a
74 maximum transfer speed of 12Mbps.
75 Users with USB 1.x controllers should therefore not expect to actually
76 achieve 100Mbps speeds with these devices.
78 All chipsets support a 64-bit multicast hash table, single perfect
79 filter entry for the station address, all-multicast mode and promiscuous mode.
81 received and transmitted over separate USB bulk transfer endpoints.
85 driver supports the following media types:
86 .Bl -tag -width ".Cm 10baseT/UTP"
88 Enable autoselection of the media type and options.
89 The user can manually override
90 the autoselected mode by adding media options to
97 option can also be used to select either
103 Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation.
107 option can also be used to select either
113 Set 1000Mbps (Gigabit Ethernet) operation (AX88178 only).
117 option can also be used to select either
126 driver supports the following media options:
127 .Bl -tag -width ".Cm full-duplex"
129 Force full duplex operation.
131 Force half duplex operation.
134 For more information on configuring this device, see
139 driver supports ASIX Electronics AX88172/AX88178/AX88772/AX88772A/AX88772B/AX88760
140 based USB Ethernet adapters including:
147 Acer Communications EP1427X2
157 Buffalo (Melco Inc.) LUA-U2-KTX
173 System TALKS Inc.\& SGC-X2UL
185 Buffalo (Melco Inc.) LUA3-U2-AGT
187 Planex Communications GU1000T
189 Sitecom Europe LN-028
197 Buffalo (Melco Inc.) LUA3-U2-ATX
211 Cisco-Linksys USB200Mv2
219 Lenovo USB 2.0 Ethernet
229 .It "axe%d: watchdog timeout"
230 A packet was queued for transmission and a transmit command was
231 issued, however the device failed to acknowledge the transmission
232 before a timeout expired.
233 .It "axe%d: no memory for rx list"
234 The driver failed to allocate an mbuf for the receiver ring.
246 .%T "ASIX AX88x7x and AX88760 data sheets"
247 .%U http://www.asix.com.tw
252 device driver first appeared in
257 driver was written by
258 .An Bill Paul Aq wpaul@windriver.com .