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+Firmware is required for this device: http://accessrunner.sourceforge.net/
+
+While it is capable of managing/maintaining the ADSL connection without the
+module loaded, the device will sometimes stop responding after unloading the
+driver and it is necessary to unplug/remove power to the device to fix this.
+
+Detected devices will appear as ATM devices named "cxacru". In /sys/class/atm/
+these are directories named cxacruN where N is the device number. A symlink
+named device points to the USB interface device's directory which contains
+several sysfs attribute files for retrieving device statistics:
+
+* adsl_controller_version
+
+* adsl_headend
+* adsl_headend_environment
+       Information about the remote headend.
+
+* downstream_attenuation (dB)
+* downstream_bits_per_frame
+* downstream_rate (kbps)
+* downstream_snr_margin (dB)
+       Downstream stats.
+
+* upstream_attenuation (dB)
+* upstream_bits_per_frame
+* upstream_rate (kbps)
+* upstream_snr_margin (dB)
+* transmitter_power (dBm/Hz)
+       Upstream stats.
+
+* downstream_crc_errors
+* downstream_fec_errors
+* downstream_hec_errors
+* upstream_crc_errors
+* upstream_fec_errors
+* upstream_hec_errors
+       Error counts.
+
+* line_startable
+       Indicates that ADSL support on the device
+       is/can be enabled, see adsl_start.
+
+* line_status
+       "initialising"
+       "down"
+       "attempting to activate"
+       "training"
+       "channel analysis"
+       "exchange"
+       "waiting"
+       "up"
+
+       Changes between "down" and "attempting to activate"
+       if there is no signal.
+
+* link_status
+       "not connected"
+       "connected"
+       "lost"
+
+* mac_address
+
+* modulation
+       "ANSI T1.413"
+       "ITU-T G.992.1 (G.DMT)"
+       "ITU-T G.992.2 (G.LITE)"
+
+* startup_attempts
+       Count of total attempts to initialise ADSL.
+
+To enable/disable ADSL, the following can be written to the adsl_state file:
+       "start"
+       "stop
+       "restart" (stops, waits 1.5s, then starts)
+       "poll" (used to resume status polling if it was disabled due to failure)
+
+Changes in adsl/line state are reported via kernel log messages:
+       [4942145.150704] ATM dev 0: ADSL state: running
+       [4942243.663766] ATM dev 0: ADSL line: down
+       [4942249.665075] ATM dev 0: ADSL line: attempting to activate
+       [4942253.654954] ATM dev 0: ADSL line: training
+       [4942255.666387] ATM dev 0: ADSL line: channel analysis
+       [4942259.656262] ATM dev 0: ADSL line: exchange
+       [2635357.696901] ATM dev 0: ADSL line: up (8128 kb/s down | 832 kb/s up)