1.\" $NetBSD: axe.4,v 1.6 2010/01/15 19:24:49 joerg 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.\" 18.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS 19.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED 20.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 21.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS 22.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 23.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 24.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 25.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 26.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 27.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 28.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 29.\" 30.Dd October 23, 2004 31.Dt AXE 4 32.Os 33.Sh NAME 34.Nm axe 35.Nd ASIX AX88172 USB Ethernet driver 36.Sh SYNOPSIS 37.Cd "axe* at uhub?" 38.Cd "XXphy* at mii?" 39.Sh HARDWARE 40The 41.Nm 42driver supports the following adapters: 43.Pp 44.Bl -tag -width Dv -offset indent -compact 45.It Tn Corega FEther USB2-TX 46.It Tn D-Link DUB-E100 47.It Tn Linksys USB 200M 48.It Tn Melco LUA-U2-KTX 49.It Tn Netgear FA120 50.It Tn Sitecom LN029 51.It Tn Systemtalks SGCX2UL 52.El 53.Sh DESCRIPTION 54The 55.Nm 56driver provides support for USB (2.0) 57.Tn Ethernet 58adapters based on the ASIX AX88172 chip. 59.Pp 60The chip contains a 10/100 61.Tn Ethernet 62MAC with MII interface and is designed to work with both 63.Tn Ethernet 64and HomePNA transceivers. 65The chip also supports USB 2.0, thereby accommodating 100 Mb/s data rates. 66.Pp 67The 68.Nm 69driver supports the following media types: 70.Pp 71.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 72.It autoselect 73Enable automatic selection of the media type and options. 74.It 10baseT/UTP 75Set 10Mbps operation. 76The 77.Ar mediaopt 78option can also be used to enable 79.Ar full-duplex 80operation. 81Not specifying 82.Ar full duplex 83implies 84.Ar half-duplex 85mode. 86.It 100baseTX 87Set 100Mbps (fast 88.Tn Ethernet ) 89operation. 90The 91.Ar mediaopt 92option can also be used to enable 93.Ar full-duplex 94operation. 95Not specifying 96.Ar full duplex 97implies 98.Ar half-duplex 99mode. 100.El 101.Pp 102The 103.Nm 104driver supports the following media options: 105.Pp 106.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 107.It full-duplex 108Force full duplex operation. 109The interface will operate in half duplex mode 110if this media option is not specified. 111.El 112.Pp 113For more information on configuring this device, see 114.Xr ifconfig 8 . 115.Sh SEE ALSO 116.Xr arp 4 , 117.Xr netintro 4 , 118.Xr usb 4 , 119.Xr ifconfig 8 120.Rs 121.%T ASIX AX88172 data sheet 122.%U http://www.asix.com.tw 123.Re 124.Sh HISTORY 125The 126.Nm 127device driver first appeared in 128.Fx 129and was ported to 130.Nx 3.0 . 131It replaces the 132.Nx 133uax driver. 134