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29.Dd September 4, 2003
30.Dt BFE 4
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm bfe
34.Nd Broadcom BCM4401 Ethernet Device Driver
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.Cd "device miibus"
37.Cd "device bfe"
38.Sh DESCRIPTION
39The
40.Nm
41driver provides support for Broadcom BCM4401 based Fast Ethernet adapters.
42.Pp
43The
44.Nm
45driver supports the following media types:
46.Pp
47.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
48.It autoselect
49Enable autoselection of the media type and options
50.It 10baseT/UTP
51Set 10Mbps operation
52.It 100baseTX
53Set 100Mbps (fast ethernet) operation
54.El
55.Pp
56The
57.Nm
58driver supports the following media options:
59.Pp
60.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
61.It full-duplex
62Set full duplex operation
63.El
64.Pp
65For further information on configuring this device, see
66.Xr ifconfig 8 .
67.Pp
68.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
69.Bl -diag
70.It "bfe%d: couldn't map memory"
71A fatal initialization error has occurred.
72.It "bfe%d: couldn't map interrupt"
73A fatal initialization error has occurred.
74.It "bfe%d: failed to allocate DMA resources"
75There are not enough mbufs available for allocation.
76.It "bfe%d: watchdog timeout -- resetting"
77The device has stopped responding to the network, or there is a problem with
78the network connection (cable).
79.El
80.Sh SEE ALSO
81.Xr arp 4 ,
82.Xr miibus 4 ,
83.Xr netintro 4 ,
84.Xr ng_ether 4 ,
85.Xr ifconfig 8
86.Sh HISTORY
87The
88.Nm
89device driver first appeared in
90.Fx 5.1 .
91.Sh AUTHORS
92.An -nosplit
93The
94.Nm
95device driver was written by
96.An Stuart Walsh
97and
98.An Duncan Barclay .
99This manual page was written by
100.An Stuart Walsh .
101