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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 DESCRIPTION
50The
51.Nm
52driver provides support for Broadcom BCM4401 based Fast Ethernet adapters.
53.Pp
54The
55.Nm
56driver supports the following media types:
57.Bl -tag -width ".Cm 10baseT/UTP"
58.It Cm autoselect
59Enable autoselection of the media type and options.
60.It Cm 10baseT/UTP
61Set 10Mbps operation.
62.It Cm 100baseTX
63Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation.
64.El
65.Pp
66The
67.Nm
68driver supports the following media options:
69.Bl -tag -width ".Cm full-duplex"
70.It Cm full-duplex
71Set full duplex operation.
72.El
73.Pp
74For further information on configuring this device, see
75.Xr ifconfig 8 .
76.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
77.Bl -diag
78.It "bfe%d: couldn't map memory"
79A fatal initialization error has occurred.
80.It "bfe%d: couldn't map interrupt"
81A fatal initialization error has occurred.
82.It "bfe%d: failed to allocate DMA resources"
83There are not enough mbufs available for allocation.
84.It "bfe%d: watchdog timeout -- resetting"
85The device has stopped responding to the network, or there is a problem with
86the network connection (cable).
87.El
88.Sh SEE ALSO
89.Xr altq 4 ,
90.Xr arp 4 ,
91.Xr miibus 4 ,
92.Xr netintro 4 ,
93.Xr ng_ether 4 ,
94.Xr ifconfig 8
95.Sh HISTORY
96The
97.Nm
98device driver first appeared in
99.Fx 5.1 .
100.Sh AUTHORS
101.An -nosplit
102The
103.Nm
104device driver was written by
105.An Stuart Walsh
106and
107.An Duncan Barclay .
108This manual page was written by
109.An Stuart Walsh .
110