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@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd January 16, 2011
+.Dd July 14, 2011
.Dt AXE 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm axe
-.Nd "ASIX Electronics AX88172/178/772 USB Ethernet driver"
+.Nd "ASIX Electronics AX88x7x/760 USB Ethernet driver"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
To compile this driver into the kernel,
place the following lines in your
@@ -59,12 +59,14 @@ if_axe_load="YES"
The
.Nm
driver provides support for USB Ethernet adapters based on the ASIX
-Electronics AX88172, AX88178 and AX88772 USB 2.0 chipsets.
+Electronics AX88172, AX88178, AX88772, AX88772A, AX88772B and AX88760
+USB 2.0 chipsets.
.Pp
-The AX88172 and AX88178 are USB 2.0 devices that contain a 10/100
+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 AX88772 will additionally support 10/100/1000 MACs.
+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
@@ -85,43 +87,48 @@ driver supports the following media types:
.It Cm autoselect
Enable autoselection of the media type and options.
The user can manually override
-the autoselected mode by adding media options to the
-.Pa /etc/rc.conf
-file.
+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 enable
-.Cm full-duplex
-operation.
-Not specifying
+option can also be used to select either
.Cm full-duplex
-implies
+or
.Cm half-duplex
-mode.
+modes.
.It Cm 100baseTX
Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation.
The
+.Xr ifconfig 8
.Cm mediaopt
-option can also be used to enable
+option can also be used to select either
.Cm full-duplex
-operation.
-Not specifying
+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
-implies
+or
.Cm half-duplex
-mode.
+modes.
.El
.Pp
The
.Nm
driver supports the following media options:
-.Bl -tag -width ".Cm 10baseT/UTP"
+.Bl -tag -width ".Cm full-duplex"
.It Cm full-duplex
Force full duplex operation.
-The interface will operate in
-half duplex mode if this media option is not specified.
+.It Cm half-duplex
+Force half duplex operation.
.El
.Pp
For more information on configuring this device, see
@@ -129,8 +136,8 @@ For more information on configuring this device, see
.Sh HARDWARE
The
.Nm
-driver supports ASIX Electronics AX88172/AX88178/AX88772 based USB Ethernet
-adapters including:
+driver supports ASIX Electronics AX88172/AX88178/AX88772/AX88772A/AX88772B/AX88760
+based USB Ethernet adapters including:
.Pp
AX88172:
.Bl -bullet -compact
@@ -139,6 +146,8 @@ AboCom UF200
.It
Acer Communications EP1427X2
.It
+ASIX AX88172
+.It
ATen UC210T
.It
Billionton SnapPort
@@ -167,6 +176,8 @@ System TALKS Inc.\& SGC-X2UL
AX88178:
.Bl -bullet -compact
.It
+ASIX AX88178
+.It
Belkin F5D5055
.It
Logitec LAN-GTJ/U2A
@@ -181,9 +192,9 @@ Sitecom Europe LN-028
AX88772:
.Bl -bullet -compact
.It
-Buffalo (Melco Inc.) LUA3-U2-ATX
+ASIX AX88772
.It
-Cisco-Linksys USB200Mv2
+Buffalo (Melco Inc.) LUA3-U2-ATX
.It
D-Link DUBE100B1
.It
@@ -191,6 +202,26 @@ 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
+.El
+.Pp
+AX88760:
+.Bl -bullet -compact
+.It
+ASIX AX88760
+.El
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
.Bl -diag
.It "axe%d: watchdog timeout"
@@ -209,7 +240,7 @@ The driver failed to allocate an mbuf for the receiver ring.
.Xr rgephy 4 ,
.Xr ifconfig 8
.Rs
-.%T "ASIX AX88172 AX88178 and AX88772 data sheets"
+.%T "ASIX AX88x7x and AX88760 data sheets"
.%U http://www.asix.com.tw
.Re
.Sh HISTORY
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