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):
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.