AW: axge0 and AX88179

[Hans Petter Selasky]

On 05/25/17 20:37, Tom Huerlimann wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have the problem, that I cannot reach more than 20-40Mbit/s when using the
> AX88179 chip (1Gbit/s NIC) on a USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Port (same on a 480Mbps
> High Speed USB v2.0-Port).
> 
> # usbconfig dump_device_desc
> (...)
> ugen0.7: <AX88179 ASIX Elec. Corp.> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=SUPER
> (5.0Gbps) pwr=ON (124mA)
> 
>    bLength = 0x0012
>    bDescriptorType = 0x0001
>    bcdUSB = 0x0300
>    bDeviceClass = 0x00ff  <Vendor specific>
>    bDeviceSubClass = 0x00ff
>    bDeviceProtocol = 0x0000
>    bMaxPacketSize0 = 0x0009
>    idVendor = 0x0b95
>    idProduct = 0x1790
>    bcdDevice = 0x0100
>    iManufacturer = 0x0001  <ASIX Elec. Corp.>
>    iProduct = 0x0002  <AX88179>
>    iSerialNumber = 0x0003  <00000000000001>
>    bNumConfigurations = 0x0001
> 
> plugged into this USB controller:
> 
> # dmesg | grep -i usb
> xhci0: <Intel BayTrail USB 3.0 controller> mem 0xd0800000-0xd080ffff irq 20
> at device 20.0 on pci0 usbus0 on xhci0
> ehci0: <Intel BayTrail USB 2.0 controller> mem 0xd0815000-0xd08153ff irq 23
> at device 29.0 on pci0
> usbus1: waiting for BIOS to give up control
> usbus1: timed out waiting for BIOS
> usbus1: EHCI version 1.0
> usbus1 on ehci0
> usbus0: 5.0Gbps Super Speed USB v3.0
> usbus1: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
> ugen1.1: <Intel> at usbus1
> uhub0: <Intel EHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus1
> ugen0.1: <0x8086> at usbus0
> uhub1: <0x8086 XHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 3.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus0
> ugen0.2: <Generic> at usbus0
> umass0: <Generic USB Storage, class 0/0, rev 2.00/94.51, addr 1> on usbus0
> ugen0.3: <vendor 0x05e3> at usbus0
> uhub2: <vendor 0x05e3 USB2.0 Hub, class 9/0, rev 2.00/85.36, addr 2> on
> usbus0
> ugen1.2: <vendor 0x8087> at usbus1
> uhub3: <vendor 0x8087 product 0x07e6, class 9/0, rev 2.00/0.14, addr 2> on
> usbus1
> ugen0.4: <pcasl> at usbus0
> ukbd0: <PCASL Remot Control> on usbus0
> uhid0: <PCASL Remot Control> on usbus0
> ugen0.5: <vendor 0x05e3> at usbus0
> uhub4: <vendor 0x05e3 USB2.0 Hub, class 9/0, rev 2.00/85.36, addr 4> on
> usbus0
> ugen0.6: <vendor 0x0461> at usbus0
> ukbd1: <vendor 0x0461 USB Wired Keyboard, class 0/0, rev 2.00/1.50, addr 5>
> on usbus0
> uhid1: <vendor 0x0461 USB Wired Keyboard, class 0/0, rev 2.00/1.50, addr 5>
> on usbus0
> ugen0.7: <ASIX Elec. Corp.> at usbus0
> axge0: <NetworkInterface> on usbus0
> ue0: <USB Ethernet> on axge0
> 
> # dmesg | grep -i axge
> axge0: <NetworkInterface> on usbus0
> miibus2: <MII bus> on axge0
> ue0: <USB Ethernet> on axge0
> axge0: at uhub1, port 7, addr 6 (disconnected)
> axge0: <NetworkInterface> on usbus0
> miibus2: <MII bus> on axge0
> ue0: <USB Ethernet> on axge0
> axge0: <NetworkInterface> on usbus0
> miibus2: <MII bus> on axge0
> ue0: <USB Ethernet> on axge0
> 
> I'm using FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE-p19.
> 
> Did someone of you ever managed to reach a higher bandwidth with axge driver
> and AX88179 chipset?

Yes, you can reach more than 100Mbit/s with USB 3.0.

What does ifconfig say about this device?

--HPS