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<table class="head">
<tr>
<td class="head-ltitle">AXE(4)</td>
<td class="head-vol">Device Drivers Manual</td>
<td class="head-rtitle">AXE(4)</td>
</tr>
</table>
<div class="manual-text">
<section class="Sh">
<h1 class="Sh" id="NAME"><a class="permalink" href="#NAME">NAME</a></h1>
<p class="Pp"><code class="Nm">axe</code> — <span class="Nd">ASIX
Electronics AX88x7x/760 USB Ethernet driver</span></p>
</section>
<section class="Sh">
<h1 class="Sh" id="SYNOPSIS"><a class="permalink" href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></h1>
<p class="Pp">To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines
in your kernel configuration file:</p>
<div class="Bd Pp Bd-indent"><code class="Cd">device ehci</code>
<br/>
<code class="Cd">device uhci</code>
<br/>
<code class="Cd">device ohci</code>
<br/>
<code class="Cd">device usb</code>
<br/>
<code class="Cd">device miibus</code>
<br/>
<code class="Cd">device uether</code>
<br/>
<code class="Cd">device axe</code></div>
<p class="Pp">Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place
the following line in <a class="Xr">loader.conf(5)</a>:</p>
<div class="Bd Pp Bd-indent Li">
<pre>if_axe_load="YES"</pre>
</div>
</section>
<section class="Sh">
<h1 class="Sh" id="DESCRIPTION"><a class="permalink" href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></h1>
<p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">axe</code> driver provides support for USB
Ethernet adapters based on the ASIX Electronics AX88172, AX88178, AX88772,
AX88772A, AX88772B and AX88760 USB 2.0 chipsets.</p>
<p class="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.</p>
<p class="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.</p>
<p class="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.</p>
<p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">axe</code> driver supports the following
media types:</p>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
<dt id="autoselect"><a class="permalink" href="#autoselect"><code class="Cm">autoselect</code></a></dt>
<dd>Enable autoselection of the media type and options. The user can manually
override the autoselected mode by adding media options to
<a class="Xr">rc.conf(5)</a>.</dd>
<dt id="10baseT/UTP"><a class="permalink" href="#10baseT/UTP"><code class="Cm">10baseT/UTP</code></a></dt>
<dd>Set 10Mbps operation. The <a class="Xr">ifconfig(8)</a>
<code class="Cm">mediaopt</code> option can also be used to select either
<code class="Cm">full-duplex</code> or <code class="Cm">half-duplex</code>
modes.</dd>
<dt id="100baseTX"><a class="permalink" href="#100baseTX"><code class="Cm">100baseTX</code></a></dt>
<dd>Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation. The <a class="Xr">ifconfig(8)</a>
<code class="Cm">mediaopt</code> option can also be used to select either
<code class="Cm">full-duplex</code> or <code class="Cm">half-duplex</code>
modes.</dd>
<dt id="1000baseT"><a class="permalink" href="#1000baseT"><code class="Cm">1000baseT</code></a></dt>
<dd>Set 1000Mbps (Gigabit Ethernet) operation (AX88178 only). The
<a class="Xr">ifconfig(8)</a> <code class="Cm">mediaopt</code> option can
also be used to select either <code class="Cm">full-duplex</code> or
<code class="Cm">half-duplex</code> modes.</dd>
</dl>
<p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">axe</code> driver supports the following
media options:</p>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
<dt id="full-duplex"><a class="permalink" href="#full-duplex"><code class="Cm">full-duplex</code></a></dt>
<dd>Force full duplex operation.</dd>
<dt id="half-duplex"><a class="permalink" href="#half-duplex"><code class="Cm">half-duplex</code></a></dt>
<dd>Force half duplex operation.</dd>
</dl>
<p class="Pp">For more information on configuring this device, see
<a class="Xr">ifconfig(8)</a>.</p>
</section>
<section class="Sh">
<h1 class="Sh" id="HARDWARE"><a class="permalink" href="#HARDWARE">HARDWARE</a></h1>
<p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">axe</code> driver supports ASIX Electronics
AX88172/AX88178/AX88772/AX88772A/AX88772B/AX88760 based USB Ethernet
adapters including:</p>
<p class="Pp">AX88172:</p>
<ul class="Bl-bullet Bl-compact">
<li>AboCom UF200</li>
<li>Acer Communications EP1427X2</li>
<li>ASIX AX88172</li>
<li>ATen UC210T</li>
<li>Billionton SnapPort</li>
<li>Billionton USB2AR</li>
<li>Buffalo (Melco Inc.) LUA-U2-KTX</li>
<li>Corega USB2_TX</li>
<li>D-Link DUBE100</li>
<li>Goodway GWUSB2E</li>
<li>JVC MP_PRX1</li>
<li>LinkSys USB200M</li>
<li>Netgear FA120</li>
<li>Sitecom LN-029</li>
<li>System TALKS Inc. SGC-X2UL</li>
</ul>
<p class="Pp">AX88178:</p>
<ul class="Bl-bullet Bl-compact">
<li>ASIX AX88178</li>
<li>Belkin F5D5055</li>
<li>Logitec LAN-GTJ/U2A</li>
<li>Buffalo (Melco Inc.) LUA3-U2-AGT</li>
<li>Planex Communications GU1000T</li>
<li>Sitecom Europe LN-028</li>
</ul>
<p class="Pp">AX88772:</p>
<ul class="Bl-bullet Bl-compact">
<li>ASIX AX88772</li>
<li>Buffalo (Melco Inc.) LUA3-U2-ATX</li>
<li>D-Link DUBE100B1</li>
<li>Planex UE-200TX-G</li>
<li>Planex UE-200TX-G2</li>
</ul>
<p class="Pp">AX88772A:</p>
<ul class="Bl-bullet Bl-compact">
<li>ASIX AX88772A</li>
<li>Cisco-Linksys USB200Mv2</li>
</ul>
<p class="Pp">AX88772B:</p>
<ul class="Bl-bullet Bl-compact">
<li>ASIX AX88772B</li>
<li>Lenovo USB 2.0 Ethernet</li>
</ul>
<p class="Pp">AX88760:</p>
<ul class="Bl-bullet Bl-compact">
<li>ASIX AX88760</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section class="Sh">
<h1 class="Sh" id="DIAGNOSTICS"><a class="permalink" href="#DIAGNOSTICS">DIAGNOSTICS</a></h1>
<dl class="Bl-diag">
<dt>axe%d: watchdog timeout</dt>
<dd>A packet was queued for transmission and a transmit command was issued,
however the device failed to acknowledge the transmission before a timeout
expired.</dd>
<dt>axe%d: no memory for rx list</dt>
<dd>The driver failed to allocate an mbuf for the receiver ring.</dd>
</dl>
</section>
<section class="Sh">
<h1 class="Sh" id="SEE_ALSO"><a class="permalink" href="#SEE_ALSO">SEE
ALSO</a></h1>
<p class="Pp"><a class="Xr">altq(4)</a>, <a class="Xr">arp(4)</a>,
<a class="Xr">miibus(4)</a>, <a class="Xr">netintro(4)</a>,
<a class="Xr">ng_ether(4)</a>, <a class="Xr">rgephy(4)</a>,
<a class="Xr">vlan(4)</a>, <a class="Xr">ifconfig(8)</a></p>
<p class="Pp"><cite class="Rs"><span class="RsT">ASIX AX88x7x and AX88760 data
sheets</span>,
<a class="RsU" href="http://www.asix.com.tw">http://www.asix.com.tw</a>.</cite></p>
</section>
<section class="Sh">
<h1 class="Sh" id="HISTORY"><a class="permalink" href="#HISTORY">HISTORY</a></h1>
<p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">axe</code> device driver first appeared in
<span class="Ux">FreeBSD 5.0</span>.</p>
</section>
<section class="Sh">
<h1 class="Sh" id="AUTHORS"><a class="permalink" href="#AUTHORS">AUTHORS</a></h1>
<p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">axe</code> driver was written by
<span class="An">Bill Paul</span>
<<a class="Mt" href="mailto:wpaul@windriver.com">wpaul@windriver.com</a>>.</p>
</section>
</div>
<table class="foot">
<tr>
<td class="foot-date">November 24, 2015</td>
<td class="foot-os">FreeBSD 15.0</td>
</tr>
</table>
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