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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 the Broadcom BCM4401 based Fast Ethernet adapters.
41.Pp
42The
43.Nm
44driver supports the following media types:
45.Pp
46.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
47.It autoselect
48Enable autoselection of the media type and options
49.It 10baseT/UTP
50Set 10Mbps operation
51.It 100baseTX
52Set 100Mbps (fast ethernet) operation
53.El
54.Pp
55The
56.Nm
57driver supports the following media options:
58.Pp
59.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
60.It full-duplex
61Set full duplex operation
62.El
63.Pp
64For further information on configuring this device, see
65.Xr ifconfig 8 .
66.Pp
67.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
68.Bl -diag
69.It "bfe%d: couldn't map memory"
70A fatal initialization error has occurred.
71.It "bfe%d: couldn't map interrupt"
72A fatal initialization error has occurred.
73.It "bfe%d: failed to allocate DMA resources"
74There are not enough mbuf's available for allocation.
75.It "bfe%d: watchdog timeout -- resetting"
76The device has stopped responding to the network, or there is a problem with
77the network connection (cable).
78.El
79.Sh SEE ALSO
80.Xr arp 4 ,
81.Xr miibus 4 ,
82.Xr netintro 4 ,
83.Xr ng_ether 4 ,
84.Xr ifconfig 8
85.Sh HISTORY
86The
87.Nm
88device driver first appeared in
89.Fx 5.1 .
90.Sh AUTHORS
91.An -nosplit
92The
93.Nm
94device driver was written by
95.An Stuart Walsh
96and
97.An Duncan Barclay .
98This manual page was written by
99.An Stuart Walsh .
100