bfe4
Broadcom bcm4401 ethernet device driver
Usage
To compile support for the
bfe driver into your kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file:
device miibus device bfe
Alternatively, to load the
bfe driver at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):
if_bfe_load="YES"
Overview
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
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A fatal initialization error has occurred.
- bfe%d: couldn't map interrupt
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A fatal initialization error has occurred.
- bfe%d: failed to allocate DMA resources
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There are not enough mbufs available for allocation.
- bfe%d: watchdog timeout -- resetting
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The device has stopped responding to the network, or there is a problem with the network connection (cable).