1.\" $NetBSD: axe.4,v 1.2 2004/10/24 16:43:21 wiz Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 2003-2004 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. 4.\" All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation 7.\" by Lennart Augustsson. 8.\" 9.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 10.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 11.\" are met: 12.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 13.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 14.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 15.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 16.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 17.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 18.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 19.\" This product includes software developed by the NetBSD 20.\" Foundation, Inc. and its contributors. 21.\" 4. Neither the name of The NetBSD Foundation nor the names of its 22.\" contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived 23.\" from this software without specific prior written permission. 24.\" 25.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS 26.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED 27.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 28.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS 29.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 30.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 31.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 32.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 33.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 34.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 35.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 36.\" 37.Dd October 23, 2004 38.Dt AXE 4 39.Os 40.Sh NAME 41.Nm axe 42.Nd ASIX AX88172 USB Ethernet driver 43.Sh SYNOPSIS 44.Cd "axe* at uhub?" 45.Cd "XXphy* at mii?" 46.Sh HARDWARE 47The 48.Nm 49driver supports the following adapters: 50.Pp 51.Bl -tag -width Dv -offset indent -compact 52.It Tn Corega FEther USB2-TX 53.It Tn D-Link DUB-E100 54.It Tn Linksys USB 200M 55.It Tn Melco LUA-U2-KTX 56.It Tn Netgear FA120 57.It Tn Sitecom LN029 58.It Tn Systemtalks SGCX2UL 59.El 60.Sh DESCRIPTION 61The 62.Nm 63driver provides support for USB (2.0) 64.Tn Ethernet 65adapters based on the ASIX AX88172 chip. 66.Pp 67The chip contains a 10/100 68.Tn Ethernet 69MAC with MII interface and is designed to work with both 70.Tn Ethernet 71and HomePNA transceivers. 72The chip support USB 2.0 so it can handle 100 Mb/s data. 73.Pp 74The 75.Nm 76driver supports the following media types: 77.Pp 78.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 79.It autoselect 80Enable automatic selection of the media type and options. 81.It 10baseT/UTP 82Set 10Mbps operation. 83The 84.Ar mediaopt 85option can also be used to enable 86.Ar full-duplex 87operation. 88Not specifying 89.Ar full duplex 90implies 91.Ar half-duplex 92mode. 93.It 100baseTX 94Set 100Mbps (fast 95.Tn Ethernet ) 96operation. 97The 98.Ar mediaopt 99option can also be used to enable 100.Ar full-duplex 101operation. 102Not specifying 103.Ar full duplex 104implies 105.Ar half-duplex 106mode. 107.El 108.Pp 109The 110.Nm 111driver supports the following media options: 112.Pp 113.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 114.It full-duplex 115Force full duplex operation. 116The interface will operate in half duplex mode 117if this media option is not specified. 118.El 119.Pp 120For more information on configuring this device, see 121.Xr ifconfig 8 . 122.Sh SEE ALSO 123.Xr arp 4 , 124.Xr netintro 4 , 125.Xr usb 4 , 126.Xr ifconfig 8 127.Rs 128.%T ASIX AX88172 data sheet 129.%O http://www.asix.com.tw 130.Re 131.Sh HISTORY 132The 133.Nm 134device driver first appeared in 135.Fx 136and was port to 137.Nx 2.1 . 138It replaces the 139.Nx 140uax driver. 141