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authorSam Leffler <sam@FreeBSD.org>2008-01-21 04:13:00 +0000
committerSam Leffler <sam@FreeBSD.org>2008-01-21 04:13:00 +0000
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updates for additional chip support
Submitted by: "J.R. Oldroyd" <jr@opal.com> MFC after: 2 weeks
Notes
Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=175519
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diff --git a/share/man/man4/axe.4 b/share/man/man4/axe.4
index 63b2c2c9926b..b33112692e28 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/axe.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/axe.4
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd June 6, 2007
+.Dd January 20, 2008
.Dt AXE 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm axe
-.Nd "ASIX Electronics AX88172 USB Ethernet driver"
+.Nd "ASIX Electronics AX88172/178/772 USB Ethernet driver"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
To compile this driver into the kernel,
place the following lines in your
@@ -59,19 +59,21 @@ if_axe_load="YES"
The
.Nm
driver provides support for USB Ethernet adapters based on the ASIX
-Electronics AX88172 USB 2.0 chipset.
+Electronics AX88172, AX88178 and AX88772 USB 2.0 chipsets.
.Pp
-The AX88172 is a USB 2.0 device which contains a 10/100
-Ethernet MAC with MII interface and is designed to work with both
+The AX88172 and AX88178 are USB 2.0 devices that contain a 10/100
+Ethernet MAC with MII interface and are designed to work with both
Ethernet and HomePNA transceivers.
-The AX88172 will operate with
+The AX88772 will additionally support 10/100/1000 MACs.
+.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.
.Pp
-The AX88172 supports a 64-bit multicast hash table, single perfect
+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.
@@ -127,14 +129,31 @@ For more information on configuring this device, see
.Sh HARDWARE
The
.Nm
-driver supports ASIX Electronics AX88172 based USB Ethernet
+driver supports ASIX Electronics AX88172/AX88178/AX88772 based USB Ethernet
adapters including:
.Pp
+AX88172:
.Bl -bullet -compact
.It
+AboCom UF200
+.It
+Acer Communications EP1427X2
+.It
+ATen UC210T
+.It
+Billionton SnapPort
+.It
+Billionton USB2AR
+.It
Buffalo (Melco Inc.) LUA-U2-KTX
.It
-D-Link DUB-E100, revision A
+Corega USB2_TX
+.It
+D-Link DUBE100
+.It
+Goodway GWUSB2E
+.It
+JVC MP_PRX1
.It
LinkSys USB200M
.It
@@ -144,6 +163,24 @@ Sitecom LN-029
.It
System TALKS Inc.\& SGC-X2UL
.El
+.Pp
+AX88178:
+.Bl -bullet -compact
+.It
+Belkin F5D5055
+.It
+Planex Communications GU1000T
+.It
+Sitecom Europe LN-028
+.El
+.Pp
+AX88772:
+.Bl -bullet -compact
+.It
+Cisco-Linksys USB200Mv2
+.It
+D-Link DUBE100B1
+.El
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
.Bl -diag
.It "axe%d: watchdog timeout"
@@ -161,7 +198,7 @@ The driver failed to allocate an mbuf for the receiver ring.
.Xr ng_ether 4 ,
.Xr ifconfig 8
.Rs
-.%T "ASIX AX88172 data sheet"
+.%T "ASIX AX88172 AX88178 and AX88772 data sheets"
.%O http://www.asix.com.tw
.Re
.Sh HISTORY