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IPv4/IPv6 checksum offloading and VLAN tag insertion/stripping. Since uether doesn't provide a way to announce driver specific offload capabilities to upper stack, checksum offloading support needs more work and will be done in the future. Special thanks to Hayes Wang from RealTek who gave input.
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.\" Copyright (c) 2015 Kevin Lo <kevlo@FreeBSD.org>
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd December 1, 2015
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.Dt URE 4
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm ure
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.Nd "RealTek RTL8152 USB to Fast Ethernet controller driver"
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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To compile this driver into the kernel,
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place the following lines in your
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kernel configuration file:
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.Bd -ragged -offset indent
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.Cd "device uhci"
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.Cd "device ohci"
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.Cd "device usb"
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.Cd "device miibus"
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.Cd "device uether"
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.Cd "device ure"
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.Ed
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.Pp
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Alternatively, to load the driver as a
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module at boot time, place the following line in
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.Xr loader.conf 5 :
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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if_ure_load="YES"
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.Ed
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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driver provides support for USB Ethernet adapters based on the RealTek
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RTL8152 USB to Fast Ethernet controller chip.
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.Pp
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The RTL8152 contains an integrated Fast Ethernet MAC, which supports
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both 10 and 100Mbps speeds in either full or half duplex.
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.Pp
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The
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.Nm
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driver supports the following media types:
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.Bl -tag -width ".Cm 10baseT/UTP"
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.It Cm autoselect
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Enable auto selection of the media type and options.
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The user can manually override
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the auto selected mode by adding media options to the
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.Pa /etc/rc.conf
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file.
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.It Cm 10baseT/UTP
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Set 10Mbps operation.
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The
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.Cm mediaopt
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option can also be used to select either
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.Cm full-duplex
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or
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.Cm half-duplex
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modes.
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.It Cm 100baseTX
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Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation.
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The
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.Cm mediaopt
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option can also be used to select either
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.Cm full-duplex
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or
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.Cm half-duplex
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modes.
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.El
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.Pp
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The
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.Nm
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driver supports the following media options:
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.Bl -tag -width ".Cm 10baseT/UTP"
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.It Cm full-duplex
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Force full duplex operation.
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.It Cm half-duplex
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Force half duplex operation.
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.El
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.Pp
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For more information on configuring this device, see
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.Xr ifconfig 8 .
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.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
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.Bl -diag
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.It "ure%d: watchdog timeout"
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A packet was queued for transmission and a transmit command was
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issued, however the device failed to acknowledge the transmission
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before a timeout expired.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr arp 4 ,
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.Xr miibus 4 ,
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.Xr netintro 4 ,
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.Xr ng_ether 4 ,
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.Xr ifconfig 8
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.Sh AUTHORS
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The
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.Nm
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driver was written by
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.An Kevin Lo Aq Mt kevlo@FreeBSD.org .
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