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URE(4) BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual URE(4)

NAME

ure — RealTek RTL8152 USB to Fast Ethernet controller driver

SYNOPSIS

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.conf(5):

if_ure_load="YES"

DESCRIPTION

The ure 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 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.

The ure 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.

SEE ALSO

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

AUTHORS

The ure driver was written by Kevin Lo 〈kevlo AT FreeBSD DOT org〉.

BSD December 1, 2015 BSD

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