BFE(4)

NAME
bfe - Broadcom BCM4401 Ethernet Device Driver

SYNOPSIS
device miibus
device bfe

DESCRIPTION
The bfe 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
arp(4), ifmedia(4), miibus(4), netintro(4), ng_ether(4), ifconfig(8)

HISTORY
The bfe device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 5.1.

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