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diff --git a/share/man/man4/bfe.4 b/share/man/man4/bfe.4 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..307813b7ab4f --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/bfe.4 @@ -0,0 +1,109 @@ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2003 Stuart Walsh +.\" +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE DEVELOPERS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES +.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. +.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE DEVELOPERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, +.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT +.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, +.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY +.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT +.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF +.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd July 16, 2005 +.Dt BFE 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm bfe +.Nd "Broadcom BCM4401 Ethernet Device Driver" +.Sh SYNOPSIS +To compile this driver into the kernel, +place the following lines in your +kernel configuration file: +.Bd -ragged -offset indent +.Cd "device miibus" +.Cd "device bfe" +.Ed +.Pp +Alternatively, to load the driver as a +module at boot time, place the following line in +.Xr loader.conf 5 : +.Bd -literal -offset indent +if_bfe_load="YES" +.Ed +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver provides support for Broadcom BCM4401 based Fast Ethernet adapters. +.Pp +The +.Nm +driver supports the following media types: +.Bl -tag -width ".Cm 10baseT/UTP" +.It Cm autoselect +Enable autoselection of the media type and options. +.It Cm 10baseT/UTP +Set 10Mbps operation. +.It Cm 100baseTX +Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation. +.El +.Pp +The +.Nm +driver supports the following media options: +.Bl -tag -width ".Cm full-duplex" +.It Cm full-duplex +Set full duplex operation. +.El +.Pp +For further information on configuring this device, see +.Xr ifconfig 8 . +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +.Bl -diag +.It "bfe%d: couldn't map memory" +A fatal initialization error has occurred. +.It "bfe%d: couldn't map interrupt" +A fatal initialization error has occurred. +.It "bfe%d: failed to allocate DMA resources" +There are not enough mbufs available for allocation. +.It "bfe%d: watchdog timeout -- resetting" +The device has stopped responding to the network, or there is a problem with +the network connection (cable). +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr altq 4 , +.Xr arp 4 , +.Xr miibus 4 , +.Xr netintro 4 , +.Xr ng_ether 4 , +.Xr ifconfig 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +device driver first appeared in +.Fx 5.1 . +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +The +.Nm +device driver was written by +.An Stuart Walsh +and +.An Duncan Barclay . +This manual page was written by +.An Stuart Walsh . |