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28.\" $FreeBSD$
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30.Dd November 24, 2015
31.Dt SMSC 4
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm smsc
35.Nd "USB SMSC LAN9xxx Fast Ethernet driver"
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37To load the driver as a module at boot time, place the
38following line in
39.Xr loader.conf 5 :
40.Bd -literal -offset indent
41if_smsc_load="YES"
42.Ed
43.Pp
44Alternatively, to compile this driver into the kernel, place the
45following lines in your kernel configuration file:
46.Bd -ragged -offset indent
47.Cd "device uhci"
48.Cd "device ohci"
49.Cd "device usb"
50.Cd "device miibus"
51.Cd "device uether"
52.Cd "device smsc"
53.Ed
54.Sh DESCRIPTION
55The
56.Nm
57device driver provides support for USB Fast Ethernet adapters based
58on the SMSC LAN9xxx chipsets.
59.Pp
60For more information on configuring this device, see
61.Xr ifconfig 8 .
62.Sh HARDWARE
63The following devices are supported by the
64.Nm
65driver:
66.Pp
67.Bl -bullet -compact
68.It
69SMSC LAN9500, LAN9500A, LAN9505 and LAN9505A based Ethernet adapters
70.It
71SMSC LAN89530, LAN9530 and LAN9730 based Ethernet adapters
72.It
73SMSC LAN951x Ethernet adapters with integrated USB hub
74.El
75.Sh SEE ALSO
76.Xr arp 4 ,
77.Xr intro 4 ,
78.Xr miibus 4 ,
79.Xr netintro 4 ,
80.Xr usb 4 ,
81.Xr ifconfig 8
82.Sh HISTORY
83The
84.Nm
85device driver first appeared in
86.Fx 10.0 .
87.Sh AUTHORS
88.An -nosplit
89The
90.Nm
91driver was written by
92.An Ben Gray Aq Mt bgray@FreeBSD.org .
93