BFE(4)                                                     BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual                                                     BFE(4)

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 bfe

     Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):

           if_bfe_load="YES"

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

     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.

BSD                                                                July 16, 2005                                                               BSD