AXGE(4) 						   BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual 						   AXGE(4)

NAME

     axge -- ASIX Electronics AX88178A/AX88179 USB Gigabit Ethernet driver

SYNOPSIS

     To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file:

	   device xhci
	   device ehci
	   device uhci
	   device ohci
	   device usb
	   device miibus
	   device axge

     Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):

	   if_axge_load="YES"

DESCRIPTION

     The axge driver provides support for USB Gigabit Ethernet adapters based on the ASIX Electronics AX88179 USB 3.0 and AX88178A USB 2.0
     chipsets.

     The AX88179 and AX88178A contain a 10/100/1000 Ethernet MAC with a GMII interface for interfacing with the Gigabit Ethernet PHY.

     These devices will operate with both USB 1.x and USB 2.0 controllers, and the AX88179 will operate with USB 3.0 controllers.  Packets are
     received and transmitted over separate USB bulk transfer endpoints.

     The axge driver supports the following media types:

     autoselect   Enable autoselection of the media type and options.  The user can manually override the autoselected mode by adding media
		  options to rc.conf(5).

     10baseT/UTP  Set 10Mbps operation.  The ifconfig(8) mediaopt option can also be used to select either full-duplex or half-duplex modes.

     100baseTX	  Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation.  The ifconfig(8) mediaopt option can also be used to select either full-duplex or
		  half-duplex modes.

     1000baseT	  Set 1000Mbps (Gigabit Ethernet) operation (AX88178 only).  The ifconfig(8) mediaopt option can also be used to select either
		  full-duplex or half-duplex modes.

     The axge driver supports the following media options:

     full-duplex  Force full duplex operation.

     half-duplex  Force half duplex operation.

     For more information on configuring this device, see ifconfig(8).

SEE ALSO

     altq(4), arp(4), miibus(4), netintro(4), ng_ether(4), rgephy(4), vlan(4), ifconfig(8)

HISTORY

     The axge device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 10.1.

AUTHORS

     The axge driver was written by Kevin Lo <kevlo@FreeBSD.org> and Li-Wen Hsu <lwhsu@FreeBSD.org>.  This manual page was adapted by Mark
     Johnston <markj@FreeBSD.org> from the axe(4) manual page.

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