if_ure (4)
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NAME
ure - RealTek RTL8152 USB to Fast Ethernet controller driverSYNOPSIS
To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file:device uhci device ohci device usb device miibus device uether device ure
Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf5:
if_ure_load="YES"
DESCRIPTION
The driver provides support for USB Ethernet adapters based on the RealTek RTL8152 USB to Fast Ethernet controller chip.The RTL8152 contains an integrated Fast Ethernet MAC, which supports both 10 and 100Mbps speeds in either full or half duplex.
The 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.
The 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).
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.