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+.\"-
+.\" Copyright (c) 2008 Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@FreeBSD.org>
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
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+.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT,
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+.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd July 3, 2008
+.Dt BM 4
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm bm
+.Nd BMAC 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 bm"
+.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_bm_load="YES"
+.Ed
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm
+driver provides support for the BMac ethernet hardware found mostly in
+G3-based Apple hardware.
+It is a close relative of the Sun HME controller found in contemporary
+Sun workstations.
+.Sh HARDWARE
+.Pp
+Chips supported by the
+.Nm
+driver include:
+.Pp
+.Bl -bullet -compact
+.It
+Apple BMAC Onboard Ethernet
+.It
+Apple BMAC+ Onboard Ethernet
+.El
+.Pp
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr altq 4 ,
+.Xr hme 4 ,
+.Xr miibus 4 ,
+.Xr netintro 4 ,
+.Xr ifconfig 8
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm
+device driver appeared in
+.Fx 7.1 .
+.Sh AUTHORS
+.An -nosplit
+The
+.Nm
+driver was written by
+.An Nathan Whitehorn
+.Aq nwhitehorn@freebsd.org
+based on work by
+.An Peter Grehan
+.Aq grehan@freebsd.org .