BCE(4) - Device Drivers Manual #
BCE(4) - Device Drivers Manual
NAME #
bce - Broadcom BCM4401 10/100 Ethernet device
SYNOPSIS #
bce* at pci? bmtphy* at mii?
DESCRIPTION #
The bce provides support for the Broadcom BCM4401 10/100 Ethernet card.
The following media types and options (as given to ifconfig(8)) are supported:
media autoselect
Enable autoselection of the media type and options (default).
media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex
Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation and force full-duplex mode.
media 100baseTX mediaopt half-duplex
Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation and force half-duplex mode.
media 10baseT mediaopt full-duplex
Set 10Mbps operation and force full-duplex.
media 10baseT mediaopt half-duplex
Set 10Mbps operation and force half-duplex.
If no media options are present, the bce driver places the card into autoselect mode.
SEE ALSO #
arp(4), bmtphy(4), ifmedia(4), intro(4), mii(4), netintro(4), pci(4), hostname.if(5), ifconfig(8)
HISTORY #
The bce driver appeared in NetBSD 1.6.2. OpenBSD support was added in OpenBSD 3.5.
AUTHORS #
The bce driver was written by Cliff Wright <cliff@snipe444.org> and ported to OpenBSD by Nathan L. Binkert <binkertn@umich.edu>.
OpenBSD 7.5 - July 16, 2013