NAME
bfe —
Broadcom BCM4401 Ethernet Device
Driver
SYNOPSIS
To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file:
device miibus
device bfeAlternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):
if_bfe_load="YES"
DESCRIPTION
Thebfe driver provides support for 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
- 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 mbufs 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
altq(4), arp(4), miibus(4), netintro(4), ng_ether(4), ifconfig(8)
HISTORY
The bfe device driver first appeared in
FreeBSD 5.1.
AUTHORS
The bfe device driver was written by
Stuart Walsh and Duncan
Barclay. This manual page was written by Stuart
Walsh.