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AXGE(4)			    Kernel Interfaces Manual		       AXGE(4)

NAME
       axge -- ASIX Electronics	AX88178A/179/179A 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 uether
	     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/AX88179A USB 3.0 and AX88178A USB
       2.0 chipsets.

       The AX88179, AX88179A 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/AX88179A	will operate with USB 3.0 controllers.	 Pack-
       ets  are	 received and transmitted over separate	USB bulk transfer end-
       points.

       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.

FreeBSD	14.3			October	4, 2023			       AXGE(4)

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