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2886e3186eSTom Rhodes.Dd July 16, 2005
29b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Dt BFE 4
30b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Os
31b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Sh NAME
32b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Nm bfe
3386e3186eSTom Rhodes.Nd "Broadcom BCM4401 Ethernet Device Driver"
34b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Sh SYNOPSIS
3516d78bb8STom RhodesTo compile this driver into the kernel,
3616d78bb8STom Rhodesplace the following lines in your
3790296834STom Rhodeskernel configuration file:
3886e3186eSTom Rhodes.Bd -ragged -offset indent
39b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Cd "device miibus"
40b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Cd "device bfe"
4186e3186eSTom Rhodes.Ed
4286e3186eSTom Rhodes.Pp
4316d78bb8STom RhodesAlternatively, to load the driver as a
4416d78bb8STom Rhodesmodule at boot time, place the following line in
4586e3186eSTom Rhodes.Xr loader.conf 5 :
4686e3186eSTom Rhodes.Bd -literal -offset indent
4786e3186eSTom Rhodesif_bfe_load="YES"
4886e3186eSTom Rhodes.Ed
49*4bc148c3SEd Maste.Sh DEPRECATION NOTICE
50*4bc148c3SEd MasteThe
51*4bc148c3SEd Maste.Nm
52*4bc148c3SEd Mastedriver is unmaintained and may be removed from
53*4bc148c3SEd Maste.Fx
54*4bc148c3SEd Mastein a future release.
55*4bc148c3SEd Maste.Fx .
56b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Sh DESCRIPTION
57b9f78d2bSBill PaulThe
58b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Nm
590fafc68bSChristian Bruefferdriver provides support for Broadcom BCM4401 based Fast Ethernet adapters.
60b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Pp
61b9f78d2bSBill PaulThe
62b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Nm
63b9f78d2bSBill Pauldriver supports the following media types:
6401ddd31fSRuslan Ermilov.Bl -tag -width ".Cm 10baseT/UTP"
6501ddd31fSRuslan Ermilov.It Cm autoselect
6601ddd31fSRuslan ErmilovEnable autoselection of the media type and options.
6701ddd31fSRuslan Ermilov.It Cm 10baseT/UTP
6801ddd31fSRuslan ErmilovSet 10Mbps operation.
6901ddd31fSRuslan Ermilov.It Cm 100baseTX
7001ddd31fSRuslan ErmilovSet 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation.
71b9f78d2bSBill Paul.El
72b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Pp
73b9f78d2bSBill PaulThe
74b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Nm
75b9f78d2bSBill Pauldriver supports the following media options:
7601ddd31fSRuslan Ermilov.Bl -tag -width ".Cm full-duplex"
7701ddd31fSRuslan Ermilov.It Cm full-duplex
7801ddd31fSRuslan ErmilovSet full duplex operation.
79b9f78d2bSBill Paul.El
80b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Pp
81b9f78d2bSBill PaulFor further information on configuring this device, see
82b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Xr ifconfig 8 .
83b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
84b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Bl -diag
85b9f78d2bSBill Paul.It "bfe%d: couldn't map memory"
86b9f78d2bSBill PaulA fatal initialization error has occurred.
87b9f78d2bSBill Paul.It "bfe%d: couldn't map interrupt"
88b9f78d2bSBill PaulA fatal initialization error has occurred.
89b9f78d2bSBill Paul.It "bfe%d: failed to allocate DMA resources"
900fafc68bSChristian BruefferThere are not enough mbufs available for allocation.
91b9f78d2bSBill Paul.It "bfe%d: watchdog timeout -- resetting"
92b9f78d2bSBill PaulThe device has stopped responding to the network, or there is a problem with
93b9f78d2bSBill Paulthe network connection (cable).
94b9f78d2bSBill Paul.El
95b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Sh SEE ALSO
96a25ecdffSChristian Brueffer.Xr altq 4 ,
97b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Xr arp 4 ,
98b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Xr miibus 4 ,
99b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Xr netintro 4 ,
100b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Xr ng_ether 4 ,
101b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Xr ifconfig 8
102b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Sh HISTORY
103b9f78d2bSBill PaulThe
104b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Nm
105b9f78d2bSBill Pauldevice driver first appeared in
106b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Fx 5.1 .
107b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Sh AUTHORS
108b9f78d2bSBill Paul.An -nosplit
109b9f78d2bSBill PaulThe
110b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Nm
111b9f78d2bSBill Pauldevice driver was written by
112b9f78d2bSBill Paul.An Stuart Walsh
113b9f78d2bSBill Pauland
114b9f78d2bSBill Paul.An Duncan Barclay .
115b9f78d2bSBill PaulThis manual page was written by
116b9f78d2bSBill Paul.An Stuart Walsh .
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