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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. 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). HARDWARE The axge driver supports the following USB Gigabit Ethernet controllers: * ASIX Electronics AX88179A * ASIX Electronics AX88179 * ASIX Electronics AX88178A 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 ports 15.quarterly May 25, 2025 AXGE(4)
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