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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
3586e3186eSTom RhodesTo compile support for the
3686e3186eSTom Rhodes.Nm
3790296834STom Rhodesdriver into your kernel, place the following lines in your
3890296834STom Rhodeskernel configuration file:
3986e3186eSTom Rhodes.Bd -ragged -offset indent
40b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Cd "device miibus"
41b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Cd "device bfe"
4286e3186eSTom Rhodes.Ed
4386e3186eSTom Rhodes.Pp
4486e3186eSTom RhodesAlternatively, to load the
4586e3186eSTom Rhodes.Nm
4686e3186eSTom Rhodesdriver at boot time, place the following line in
4786e3186eSTom Rhodes.Xr loader.conf 5 :
4886e3186eSTom Rhodes.Bd -literal -offset indent
4986e3186eSTom Rhodesif_bfe_load="YES"
5086e3186eSTom Rhodes.Ed
51b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Sh DESCRIPTION
52b9f78d2bSBill PaulThe
53b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Nm
540fafc68bSChristian Bruefferdriver provides support for Broadcom BCM4401 based Fast Ethernet adapters.
55b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Pp
56b9f78d2bSBill PaulThe
57b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Nm
58b9f78d2bSBill Pauldriver supports the following media types:
5901ddd31fSRuslan Ermilov.Bl -tag -width ".Cm 10baseT/UTP"
6001ddd31fSRuslan Ermilov.It Cm autoselect
6101ddd31fSRuslan ErmilovEnable autoselection of the media type and options.
6201ddd31fSRuslan Ermilov.It Cm 10baseT/UTP
6301ddd31fSRuslan ErmilovSet 10Mbps operation.
6401ddd31fSRuslan Ermilov.It Cm 100baseTX
6501ddd31fSRuslan ErmilovSet 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation.
66b9f78d2bSBill Paul.El
67b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Pp
68b9f78d2bSBill PaulThe
69b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Nm
70b9f78d2bSBill Pauldriver supports the following media options:
7101ddd31fSRuslan Ermilov.Bl -tag -width ".Cm full-duplex"
7201ddd31fSRuslan Ermilov.It Cm full-duplex
7301ddd31fSRuslan ErmilovSet full duplex operation.
74b9f78d2bSBill Paul.El
75b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Pp
76b9f78d2bSBill PaulFor further information on configuring this device, see
77b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Xr ifconfig 8 .
78b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
79b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Bl -diag
80b9f78d2bSBill Paul.It "bfe%d: couldn't map memory"
81b9f78d2bSBill PaulA fatal initialization error has occurred.
82b9f78d2bSBill Paul.It "bfe%d: couldn't map interrupt"
83b9f78d2bSBill PaulA fatal initialization error has occurred.
84b9f78d2bSBill Paul.It "bfe%d: failed to allocate DMA resources"
850fafc68bSChristian BruefferThere are not enough mbufs available for allocation.
86b9f78d2bSBill Paul.It "bfe%d: watchdog timeout -- resetting"
87b9f78d2bSBill PaulThe device has stopped responding to the network, or there is a problem with
88b9f78d2bSBill Paulthe network connection (cable).
89b9f78d2bSBill Paul.El
90b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Sh SEE ALSO
91b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Xr arp 4 ,
92b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Xr miibus 4 ,
93b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Xr netintro 4 ,
94b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Xr ng_ether 4 ,
95b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Xr ifconfig 8
96b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Sh HISTORY
97b9f78d2bSBill PaulThe
98b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Nm
99b9f78d2bSBill Pauldevice driver first appeared in
100b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Fx 5.1 .
101b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Sh AUTHORS
102b9f78d2bSBill Paul.An -nosplit
103b9f78d2bSBill PaulThe
104b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Nm
105b9f78d2bSBill Pauldevice driver was written by
106b9f78d2bSBill Paul.An Stuart Walsh
107b9f78d2bSBill Pauland
108b9f78d2bSBill Paul.An Duncan Barclay .
109b9f78d2bSBill PaulThis manual page was written by
110b9f78d2bSBill Paul.An Stuart Walsh .
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