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IN NO EVENT SHALL Bill Paul OR THE VOICES IN HIS HEAD .\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR .\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF .\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS .\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN .\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) .\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF .\" THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" $Id: ax.4,v 1.3 1999/02/23 01:52:42 wpaul Exp $ .\" .Dd January 2, 1999 .Dt AX 4 i386 .Os FreeBSD .Sh NAME .Nm ax .Nd ASIX Electronics AX88140A and AX88141 fast ethernet device driver .Sh SYNOPSIS .Cd "device ax0" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm driver provides support for PCI ethernet adapters and embedded controllers based on the ASIX AX88140A and AX88141 fast ethernet controller chips, including the Alfa Inc. GFC2204 and the CNet Pro110B. The AX88141 is a new version of the AX88140A with power management and magic packet support. .Pp The ASIX chip uses bus master DMA and is designed to be a DEC 21x4x workalike. The only major difference between the DEC and ASIX parts is that the ASIX receiver filter is programmed using two special registers where as the DEC chip is programmed by uploading a special setup frame via the transmit DMA engine. The ASIX receive filter can only be programmed with a single perfect filter entry for the local station address and a 64-bit multicast hash table; the DEC filter has supports several other options. The ASIX fast ethernet controller supports both 10 and 100Mbps speeds in either full or half duplex using an external MII transceiver. .Pp The .Nm driver supports the following media types: .Pp .Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx .It autoselect Enable autoselection of the media type and options. The user can manually override the autoselected mode by adding media options to the .Pa /etc/rc.conf file. .It 10baseT/UTP Set 10Mbps operation. The .Ar mediaopt option can also be used to select either .Ar full-duplex or .Ar half-duplex modes. .It 100baseTX Set 100Mbps (fast ethernet) operation. The .Ar mediaopt option can also be used to select either .Ar full-duplex or .Ar half-duplex modes. .El .Pp The .Nm driver supports the following media options: .Pp .Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx .It full-duplex Force full duplex operation .It half-duplex Force half duplex operation. .El .Pp For more information on configuring this device, see .Xr ifconfig 8 . .Sh DIAGNOSTICS .Bl -diag .It "ax%d: couldn't map memory" A fatal initialization error has occurred. .It "ax%d: couldn't map interrupt" A fatal initialization error has occurred. .It "ax%d: watchdog timeout" The device has stopped responding to the network, or there is a problem with the network connection (cable). .It "ax%d: no memory for rx list" The driver failed to allocate an mbuf for the receiver ring. .It "ax%d: no memory for tx list" The driver failed to allocate an mbuf for the transmitter ring when allocating a pad buffer or collapsing an mbuf chain into a cluster. .It "ax%d: chip is in D3 power state -- setting to D0" This message applies only to adapters which support power management. Some operating systems place the controller in low power mode when shutting down, and some PCI BIOSes fail to bring the chip out of this state before configuring it. The controller loses all of its PCI configuration in the D3 state, so if the BIOS does not set it back to full power mode in time, it won't be able to configure it correctly. The driver tries to detect this condition and bring the adapter back to the D0 (full power) state, but this may not be enough to return the driver to a fully operational condition. If you see this message at boot time and the driver fails to attach the device as a network interface, you will have to perform second warm boot to have the device properly configured. .Pp Note that this condition only occurs when warm booting from another operating system. If you power down your system prior to booting .Fx , the card should be configured correctly. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr arp 4 , .Xr netintro 4 , .Xr ifconfig 8 .Rs .%T ASIX AX81140A data sheet .%O http://www.asix.com.tw .Re .Sh HISTORY The .Nm device driver first appeared in .Fx 3.0 . .Sh AUTHOR The .Nm driver was written by .An Bill Paul Aq wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu .