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