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.Dd September 4, 2003 .Dt BFE 4 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm bfe .Nd Broadcom BCM4401 Ethernet Device Driver .Sh SYNOPSIS .Cd "device miibus" .Cd "device bfe" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm driver provides support for the Broadcom BCM4401 based Fast Ethernet adapters.

p The .Nm driver supports the following media types:

p l -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx t autoselect Enable autoselection of the media type and options t 10baseT/UTP Set 10Mbps operation t 100baseTX Set 100Mbps (fast ethernet) operation .El

p The .Nm driver supports the following media options:

p l -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx t full-duplex Set full duplex operation .El

p For further information on configuring this device, see .Xr ifconfig 8 .

p .Sh DIAGNOSTICS l -diag t "bfe%d: couldn't map memory" A fatal initialization error has occurred. t "bfe%d: couldn't map interrupt" A fatal initialization error has occurred. t "bfe%d: failed to allocate DMA resources" There are not enough mbuf's available for allocation. t "bfe%d: watchdog timeout -- resetting" The device has stopped responding to the network, or there is a problem with the network connection (cable). .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr arp 4 , .Xr miibus 4 , .Xr netintro 4 , .Xr ng_ether 4 , .Xr ifconfig 8 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm device driver first appeared in .Fx 5.1 . .Sh AUTHORS .An -nosplit The .Nm device driver was written by .An Stuart Walsh and .An Duncan Barclay . This manual page was written by .An Stuart Walsh .