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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 this driver into the kernel,
36place the following lines in your
37kernel configuration file:
38.Bd -ragged -offset indent
39.Cd "device miibus"
40.Cd "device bfe"
41.Ed
42.Pp
43Alternatively, to load the driver as a
44module at boot time, place the following line in
45.Xr loader.conf 5 :
46.Bd -literal -offset indent
47if_bfe_load="YES"
48.Ed
49.Sh DEPRECATION NOTICE
50The
51.Nm
52driver is unmaintained and may be removed from
53.Fx
54in a future release.
55.Fx .
56.Sh DESCRIPTION
57The
58.Nm
59driver provides support for Broadcom BCM4401 based Fast Ethernet adapters.
60.Pp
61The
62.Nm
63driver supports the following media types:
64.Bl -tag -width ".Cm 10baseT/UTP"
65.It Cm autoselect
66Enable autoselection of the media type and options.
67.It Cm 10baseT/UTP
68Set 10Mbps operation.
69.It Cm 100baseTX
70Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation.
71.El
72.Pp
73The
74.Nm
75driver supports the following media options:
76.Bl -tag -width ".Cm full-duplex"
77.It Cm full-duplex
78Set full duplex operation.
79.El
80.Pp
81For further information on configuring this device, see
82.Xr ifconfig 8 .
83.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
84.Bl -diag
85.It "bfe%d: couldn't map memory"
86A fatal initialization error has occurred.
87.It "bfe%d: couldn't map interrupt"
88A fatal initialization error has occurred.
89.It "bfe%d: failed to allocate DMA resources"
90There are not enough mbufs available for allocation.
91.It "bfe%d: watchdog timeout -- resetting"
92The device has stopped responding to the network, or there is a problem with
93the network connection (cable).
94.El
95.Sh SEE ALSO
96.Xr altq 4 ,
97.Xr arp 4 ,
98.Xr miibus 4 ,
99.Xr netintro 4 ,
100.Xr ng_ether 4 ,
101.Xr ifconfig 8
102.Sh HISTORY
103The
104.Nm
105device driver first appeared in
106.Fx 5.1 .
107.Sh AUTHORS
108.An -nosplit
109The
110.Nm
111device driver was written by
112.An Stuart Walsh
113and
114.An Duncan Barclay .
115This manual page was written by
116.An Stuart Walsh .
117