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38 .Nd "ASIX Electronics AX88178A/AX88179 USB Gigabit Ethernet driver"
40 To compile this driver into the kernel,
41 place the following lines in your
42 kernel configuration file:
43 .Bd -ragged -offset indent
54 Alternatively, to load the driver as a
55 module at boot time, place the following line in
57 .Bd -literal -offset indent
63 driver provides support for USB Gigabit Ethernet adapters based on the ASIX
64 Electronics AX88179 USB 3.0 and AX88178A USB 2.0 chipsets.
66 The AX88179 and AX88178A contain a 10/100/1000 Ethernet MAC with a GMII
67 interface for interfacing with the Gigabit Ethernet PHY.
69 These devices will operate with both USB 1.x and USB 2.0 controllers, and the
70 AX88179 will operate with USB 3.0 controllers.
71 Packets are received and transmitted over separate USB bulk transfer endpoints.
75 driver supports the following media types:
76 .Bl -tag -width ".Cm 10baseT/UTP"
78 Enable autoselection of the media type and options.
79 The user can manually override
80 the autoselected mode by adding media options to
87 option can also be used to select either
93 Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation.
97 option can also be used to select either
103 Set 1000Mbps (Gigabit Ethernet) operation (AX88178 only).
107 option can also be used to select either
116 driver supports the following media options:
117 .Bl -tag -width ".Cm full-duplex"
119 Force full duplex operation.
121 Force half duplex operation.
124 For more information on configuring this device, see
140 device driver first appeared in
146 driver was written by
147 .An Kevin Lo Aq Mt kevlo@FreeBSD.org
149 .An Li-Wen Hsu Aq Mt lwhsu@FreeBSD.org .
150 This manual page was adapted by
151 .An Mark Johnston Aq Mt markj@FreeBSD.org