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+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd June 25, 2013
+.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 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 miibus 4 ,
+.Xr netintro 4 ,
+.Xr ng_ether 4 ,
+.Xr rgephy 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 wpaul@windriver.com .
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