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30.Dd September 26, 2014
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 smsc"
52.Ed
53.Sh DESCRIPTION
54The
55.Nm
56device driver provides support for USB Fast Ethernet adapters based
57on the SMSC LAN9xxx chipsets.
58.Pp
59For more information on configuring this device, see
60.Xr ifconfig 8 .
61.Sh HARDWARE
62The following devices are supported by the
63.Nm
64driver:
65.Pp
66.Bl -bullet -compact
67.It
68SMSC LAN9500, LAN9500A, LAN9505 and LAN9505A based Ethernet adapters
69.It
70SMSC LAN89530, LAN9530 and LAN9730 based Ethernet adapters
71.It
72SMSC LAN951x Ethernet adapters with integrated USB hub
73.El
74.Sh SEE ALSO
75.Xr arp 4 ,
76.Xr intro 4 ,
77.Xr miibus 4 ,
78.Xr netintro 4 ,
79.Xr usb 4 ,
80.Xr ifconfig 8
81.Sh HISTORY
82The
83.Nm
84device driver first appeared in
85.Fx 10.0 .
86.Sh AUTHORS
87.An -nosplit
88The
89.Nm
90driver was written by
91.An Ben Gray Aq Mt bgray@FreeBSD.org .
92