NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     bfe -- Broadcom BCM4401 Ethernet Device Driver

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     device miibus
     device bfe

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The bfe driver provides support for the Broadcom BCM4401 based Fast Ethernet
 adapters.

     The bfe driver supports the following media types:

     autoselect 	   Enable autoselection of the media type and options

     10baseT/UTP	   Set 10Mbps operation

     100baseTX		   Set 100Mbps (fast ethernet) operation

     The bfe driver supports the following media options:

     full-duplex	   Set full duplex operation

     For further information on configuring this device, see ifconfig(8).

DIAGNOSTICS    [Toc]    [Back]

     bfe%d: couldn't map memory  A fatal initialization error has occurred.

     bfe%d: couldn't map interrupt  A fatal initialization error has occurred.

     bfe%d: failed to allocate DMA resources  There are not enough mbuf's
     available for allocation.

     bfe%d: watchdog timeout -- resetting  The device has stopped responding
     to the network, or there is a problem with the network connection
     (cable).

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     arp(4), miibus(4), netintro(4), ng_ether(4), ifconfig(8)

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

     The bfe device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 5.1.

AUTHORS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The bfe device driver was written by Stuart Walsh and Duncan Barclay.
     This manual page was written by Stuart Walsh.


FreeBSD 5.2.1		       September 4, 2003		 FreeBSD 5.2.1