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26.\" $FreeBSD$
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28.Dd September 4, 2003
29.Dt BFE 4
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm bfe
33.Nd Broadcom BCM4401 Ethernet Device Driver
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.Cd "device miibus"
36.Cd "device bfe"
37.Sh DESCRIPTION
38The
39.Nm
40driver provides support for Broadcom BCM4401 based Fast Ethernet adapters.
41.Pp
42The
43.Nm
44driver supports the following media types:
45.Bl -tag -width ".Cm 10baseT/UTP"
46.It Cm autoselect
47Enable autoselection of the media type and options.
48.It Cm 10baseT/UTP
49Set 10Mbps operation.
50.It Cm 100baseTX
51Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation.
52.El
53.Pp
54The
55.Nm
56driver supports the following media options:
57.Bl -tag -width ".Cm full-duplex"
58.It Cm full-duplex
59Set full duplex operation.
60.El
61.Pp
62For further information on configuring this device, see
63.Xr ifconfig 8 .
64.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
65.Bl -diag
66.It "bfe%d: couldn't map memory"
67A fatal initialization error has occurred.
68.It "bfe%d: couldn't map interrupt"
69A fatal initialization error has occurred.
70.It "bfe%d: failed to allocate DMA resources"
71There are not enough mbufs available for allocation.
72.It "bfe%d: watchdog timeout -- resetting"
73The device has stopped responding to the network, or there is a problem with
74the network connection (cable).
75.El
76.Sh SEE ALSO
77.Xr arp 4 ,
78.Xr miibus 4 ,
79.Xr netintro 4 ,
80.Xr ng_ether 4 ,
81.Xr ifconfig 8
82.Sh HISTORY
83The
84.Nm
85device driver first appeared in
86.Fx 5.1 .
87.Sh AUTHORS
88.An -nosplit
89The
90.Nm
91device driver was written by
92.An Stuart Walsh
93and
94.An Duncan Barclay .
95This manual page was written by
96.An Stuart Walsh .
97