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26.Dd July 16, 2005
27.Dt BFE 4
28.Os
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm bfe
31.Nd "Broadcom BCM4401 Ethernet Device Driver"
32.Sh SYNOPSIS
33To compile this driver into the kernel,
34place the following lines in your
35kernel configuration file:
36.Bd -ragged -offset indent
37.Cd "device miibus"
38.Cd "device bfe"
39.Ed
40.Pp
41Alternatively, to load the driver as a
42module at boot time, place the following line in
43.Xr loader.conf 5 :
44.Bd -literal -offset indent
45if_bfe_load="YES"
46.Ed
47.Sh DEPRECATION NOTICE
48The
49.Nm
50driver is unmaintained and may be removed from
51.Fx
52in a future release.
53.Fx .
54.Sh DESCRIPTION
55The
56.Nm
57driver provides support for Broadcom BCM4401 based Fast Ethernet adapters.
58.Pp
59The
60.Nm
61driver supports the following media types:
62.Bl -tag -width ".Cm 10baseT/UTP"
63.It Cm autoselect
64Enable autoselection of the media type and options.
65.It Cm 10baseT/UTP
66Set 10Mbps operation.
67.It Cm 100baseTX
68Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation.
69.El
70.Pp
71The
72.Nm
73driver supports the following media options:
74.Bl -tag -width ".Cm full-duplex"
75.It Cm full-duplex
76Set full duplex operation.
77.El
78.Pp
79For further information on configuring this device, see
80.Xr ifconfig 8 .
81.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
82.Bl -diag
83.It "bfe%d: couldn't map memory"
84A fatal initialization error has occurred.
85.It "bfe%d: couldn't map interrupt"
86A fatal initialization error has occurred.
87.It "bfe%d: failed to allocate DMA resources"
88There are not enough mbufs available for allocation.
89.It "bfe%d: watchdog timeout -- resetting"
90The device has stopped responding to the network, or there is a problem with
91the network connection (cable).
92.El
93.Sh SEE ALSO
94.Xr altq 4 ,
95.Xr arp 4 ,
96.Xr miibus 4 ,
97.Xr netintro 4 ,
98.Xr ng_ether 4 ,
99.Xr ifconfig 8
100.Sh HISTORY
101The
102.Nm
103device driver first appeared in
104.Fx 5.1 .
105.Sh AUTHORS
106.An -nosplit
107The
108.Nm
109device driver was written by
110.An Stuart Walsh
111and
112.An Duncan Barclay .
113This manual page was written by
114.An Stuart Walsh .
115