NAME

ure — Realtek RTL8152/RTL8153/RTL8156 USB Ethernet driver

SYNOPSIS

To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file:

Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):

if_ure_load="YES"

DESCRIPTION

The ure driver supports the Realtek USB Ethernet Controller family.

The ure driver supports the following media types:

autoselect

Enable auto selection of the media type and options. The user can manually override the auto selected mode by adding media options to the /etc/rc.conf file.

10baseT/UTP

Set 10Mbps operation. The mediaopt option can also be used to select either full-duplex or half-duplex modes.

100baseTX

Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation. The mediaopt option can also be used to select either full-duplex or half-duplex modes.

1000baseTX

Set 1000baseTX (Gigabit Ethernet) operation over twisted pair. The Realtek gigE chips support 1000Mbps in full-duplex mode only.

2500base-T

Set 2500Base-T operation over twisted pair. The Realtek 8156/8156B chips support 2500Mbps in full-duplex mode only.

The ure driver supports the following media options for 10/100 operation:

full-duplex

Force full-duplex operation.

half-duplex

Force half-duplex operation.

For more information on configuring this device, see ifconfig(8).

HARDWARE

The ure driver supports the following USB Ethernet controllers:

DIAGNOSTICS

ure%d: watchdog timeout

A packet was queued for transmission and a transmit command was issued, however the device failed to acknowledge the transmission before a timeout expired.

SEE ALSO

arp(4), miibus(4), netintro(4), ng_ether(4), ifconfig(8)

AUTHORS

The ure driver was written by Kevin Lo <kevlo@FreeBSD.org>.