AWGE(4) Device Drivers Manual AWGE(4)

awgeDesignWare Gigabit Ethernet

awge* at fdt?

The awge driver provides support for the DesignWare GMAC Ethernet.

It supports VLAN-sized frames. It does not presently provide hardware-based checksumming.

arp(4), ifmedia(4), mii(4), netintro(4), ifconfig(8)

DesignWare Ethernet GMAC IP, https://www.synopsys.com/dw/ipdir.php?ds=dwc_ether_mac10_100_1000_unive, Synopsys, April, 2019.

The awge driver first appeared in NetBSD 7.0. The name awge was chosen due to the hardware appearing in Allwinner boards, but awge is in use in boards by other manufacturers, e.g., Rockchip.

Matt Thomas <gimpy@NetBSD.org>
Martin Husemann <martin@NetBSD.org>

June 10, 2026 NetBSD 11.99