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Link to X1 main page [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:X1 X1 main page] (with standard features list)
 
Link to X1 main page [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:X1 X1 main page] (with standard features list)
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== USB ethernet dongle U2L100P-Y1 ==
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This is the dongle that Lenovo ships with the X1. The device is seen by dmesg as
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AX88772B
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Make menuconfig and enable the following:
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:    Device Drivers  --->
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:[*] Network device support  --->
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:      USB Network Adapters  --->
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:<M> Multi-purpose USB Networking Framework
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:<M>  ASIX AX88xxx Based USB 2.0 Ethernet Adapters
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Get the driver from
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http://www.asix.com.tw/download.php?sub=driverdetail&PItemID=105 (need v4.4.1)
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Unzip, edit asix.c and add the device id 0x17ef:0x7203 if it's missing
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:static const struct usb_device_id    products [] = {
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:    USB_DEVICE (0x04f1, 0x3008),
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:    .driver_info = (unsigned long) &ax8817x_info,
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: }, {
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:    // Lenovo 10/100
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:    USB_DEVICE (0x17ef, 0x7203),
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:    .driver_info = (unsigned long) &ax88772_info,
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:}, {
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:    // ASIX AX88772B 10/100
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:    USB_DEVICE (0x0b95, 0x772b),
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:    .driver_info = (unsigned long) &ax88772_info,
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Then
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: make && make install
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: modprobe asix

Revision as of 23:07, 10 January 2013

Specific installation notes for Gentoo on the ThinkPad X1.

Link to X1 main page X1 main page (with standard features list)

USB ethernet dongle U2L100P-Y1

This is the dongle that Lenovo ships with the X1. The device is seen by dmesg as AX88772B

Make menuconfig and enable the following:

Device Drivers --->
[*] Network device support --->
USB Network Adapters --->
<M> Multi-purpose USB Networking Framework
<M> ASIX AX88xxx Based USB 2.0 Ethernet Adapters

Get the driver from http://www.asix.com.tw/download.php?sub=driverdetail&PItemID=105 (need v4.4.1)

Unzip, edit asix.c and add the device id 0x17ef:0x7203 if it's missing

static const struct usb_device_id products [] = {
USB_DEVICE (0x04f1, 0x3008),
.driver_info = (unsigned long) &ax8817x_info,
}, {
// Lenovo 10/100
USB_DEVICE (0x17ef, 0x7203),
.driver_info = (unsigned long) &ax88772_info,
}, {
// ASIX AX88772B 10/100
USB_DEVICE (0x0b95, 0x772b),
.driver_info = (unsigned long) &ax88772_info,


Then

make && make install
modprobe asix
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