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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
49b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Sh DESCRIPTION
50b9f78d2bSBill PaulThe
51b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Nm
520fafc68bSChristian Bruefferdriver provides support for Broadcom BCM4401 based Fast Ethernet adapters.
53b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Pp
54b9f78d2bSBill PaulThe
55b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Nm
56b9f78d2bSBill Pauldriver supports the following media types:
5701ddd31fSRuslan Ermilov.Bl -tag -width ".Cm 10baseT/UTP"
5801ddd31fSRuslan Ermilov.It Cm autoselect
5901ddd31fSRuslan ErmilovEnable autoselection of the media type and options.
6001ddd31fSRuslan Ermilov.It Cm 10baseT/UTP
6101ddd31fSRuslan ErmilovSet 10Mbps operation.
6201ddd31fSRuslan Ermilov.It Cm 100baseTX
6301ddd31fSRuslan ErmilovSet 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation.
64b9f78d2bSBill Paul.El
65b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Pp
66b9f78d2bSBill PaulThe
67b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Nm
68b9f78d2bSBill Pauldriver supports the following media options:
6901ddd31fSRuslan Ermilov.Bl -tag -width ".Cm full-duplex"
7001ddd31fSRuslan Ermilov.It Cm full-duplex
7101ddd31fSRuslan ErmilovSet full duplex operation.
72b9f78d2bSBill Paul.El
73b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Pp
74b9f78d2bSBill PaulFor further information on configuring this device, see
75b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Xr ifconfig 8 .
76b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
77b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Bl -diag
78b9f78d2bSBill Paul.It "bfe%d: couldn't map memory"
79b9f78d2bSBill PaulA fatal initialization error has occurred.
80b9f78d2bSBill Paul.It "bfe%d: couldn't map interrupt"
81b9f78d2bSBill PaulA fatal initialization error has occurred.
82b9f78d2bSBill Paul.It "bfe%d: failed to allocate DMA resources"
830fafc68bSChristian BruefferThere are not enough mbufs available for allocation.
84b9f78d2bSBill Paul.It "bfe%d: watchdog timeout -- resetting"
85b9f78d2bSBill PaulThe device has stopped responding to the network, or there is a problem with
86b9f78d2bSBill Paulthe network connection (cable).
87b9f78d2bSBill Paul.El
88b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Sh SEE ALSO
89a25ecdffSChristian Brueffer.Xr altq 4 ,
90b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Xr arp 4 ,
91b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Xr miibus 4 ,
92b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Xr netintro 4 ,
93b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Xr ng_ether 4 ,
94b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Xr ifconfig 8
95b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Sh HISTORY
96b9f78d2bSBill PaulThe
97b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Nm
98b9f78d2bSBill Pauldevice driver first appeared in
99b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Fx 5.1 .
100b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Sh AUTHORS
101b9f78d2bSBill Paul.An -nosplit
102b9f78d2bSBill PaulThe
103b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Nm
104b9f78d2bSBill Pauldevice driver was written by
105b9f78d2bSBill Paul.An Stuart Walsh
106b9f78d2bSBill Pauland
107b9f78d2bSBill Paul.An Duncan Barclay .
108b9f78d2bSBill PaulThis manual page was written by
109b9f78d2bSBill Paul.An Stuart Walsh .
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