============================================================================ ASIX AX88178 USB 2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Network Adapter ASIX AX88772 USB 2.0 Fast Ethernet Network Adapter ASIX AX88772A USB 2.0 Fast Ethernet Network Adapter ASIX AX88760 USB 2.0 MTT HUB and USB 2.0 to Fast Ethernet Combo Controller ASIX AX88772B USB 2.0 Fast Ethernet Network Adapter Driver Compilation & Configuration on the Linux ============================================================================ This driver has been verified on kernel versions from 2.6.14 to 2.6.32. ================== Revision History : ================== Version 3.2.0 June. 03, 2010 * Fixups for compilation issues in kernel version 2.6.15. Version 3.1.0 May. 18, 2010 * Corrected procedures of reading EEPROM data. Version 3.0.0 May. 11, 2010 * Added to support AX88772B. * Corrected initialization of Realtek PHY. * Added to support MAC address replacement. Version 2.6.0 Dec. 18, 2009 * Added AX88772A Power Saving Setting by EEPROM offset 17h support. * Added AX88772 Default Power Saving function support. Version 2.5.0 Dec. 01, 2009 * Corrected Realtek PHY reset function. Version 2.4.0 Nov. 26, 2009 * Added to reset Realtek PHY via GPIO2 at initialization stage. * Added to print information of driver version at initialization stage. * Fixups for compilation issues in kernel version 2.6.30. Version 2.3.0 Oct. 14, 2009 * Corrected LED setting for Realtek 8211CL PHY. Version 2.2.0 Sep. 18, 2009 * Fixups for compilation issues in kernel version 2.6.19 or earlier. * Increased AX88178 receive buffer size for performance improvement. Version 2.1.0 Sep. 14, 2009 * Added Realtek PHY support. * Added EDIMAX LED support. Version 2.0.0 July. 02, 2009 * Modified PHY power process routine from common work queue to the driver specific work queue. * Fixups for compilation issues in kernel version 2.6.20. Version 1.9.0 May. 14, 2009 * Fixups for packet transmission on big-endian platform. Version 1.8.0 Apr. 27, 2009 * Chenged number rule from Major.Special.Minor to Major.Minor.Special . * Fixups PHY power down and power up sequence. Version 1.0.7 Mar. 17, 2009 * Added PHY power down and power up sequence. Version 1.0.6 Nov. 06, 2008 * Fixups for compilation issues in kernel versions 2.6.25 and later. Version 1.0.5 Sep. 26, 2007 * Added to support AX88772A * Fixups for compilation issues in kernel version 2.6.22. Version 1.0.4 Sep. 03, 2007 * Corrected the default value of receive filter. * Corrected the value of IPG register. Version 1.0.3 Oct. 23, 2006 * Fixed broken initialization on big-endian. Version 1.0.2 Sep. 22, 2006 * Fixed bug in function set_media. Version 1.0.1 Sep. 20, 2006 * Fixups for compilation issues in newest kernel version 2.6.16. * External PHY support. Version 1.0.0 Dec. 20, 2005 * New release. ================ Prerequisites ================ Prepare to build the driver, you need the Linux kernel sources installed on the build machine, and make sure that the version of the running kernel must match the installed kernel sources. If you don't have the kernel sources, you can get it from www.kernel.org or contact to your Linux distributor. If you don't know how to do, please refer to KERNEL-HOWTO. Note1: Please make sure the kernel is built with one of the "Support for Host-side, EHCI, OHCI, or UHCI" option support. Note2: Please make sure the kernel is built with "Multi-purpose USB Networking Framework" option support. Note3: Check the necessary header file "usbnet.h" for building this driver. Without this file, the driver compilation will fail and encounter hundreds of errors all throuhout the souces. This file was located in different directory according to your kernel version: 1. Linux kernel versions from 2.6.14 to 2.6.21 /Path-to-your-Linux-kernel-sources/drivers/usb/net/usbnet.h 2. Linux kernel versions from 2.6.22 to 2.6.24 /Path-to-your-Linux-kernel-sources/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.h 3. Linux kernel versions from 2.6.25 and later /Path-to-your-Linux-kernel-sources/include/linux/usb/usbnet.h ================ Getting Start ================ 1. Extract the compressed driver source file to your template directory by the following command: [root@localhost template]# tar -xf DRIVER_SOURCE_PACKAGE.tar.bz2 2. Now, the driver source files should be extracted under the current directory. Executing the following command to compile the driver: [root@localhost template]# make 3. If the compilation is well, the asix.ko will be created under the current directory. 4. If you want to use modprobe command to mount the driver, executing the following command to install the driver into your Linux: [root@localhost template]# make install ================ Usage ================ 1. If you want to load the driver manually, go to the driver directory and execute the following commands: [root@localhost anywhere]# modprobe usbnet [root@localhost template]# insmod asix.ko 2. If you had installed the driver during driver compilation, then you can use the following command to load the driver automatically. [root@localhost anywhere]# modprobe asix If you want to unload the driver, just executing the following command: [root@localhost anywhere]# rmmod asix [root@localhost anywhere]# rmmod usbnet