BGE(4) | Device Drivers Manual | BGE(4)

# NAME

`bge` — Broadcom BCM57xx/BCM590x 10/100/1Gb Ethernet device

# SYNOPSIS

`bge* at pci?`
`brgphy* at mii?`
`rgephy* at mii?`

# DESCRIPTION

The `bge` driver provides support for various NICs based on the Broadcom BCM570x, 571x, 572x, 575x, 576x, 578x, 5776x and 5778x Gigabit Ethernet controller chips and the 590x and 5779x Fast Ethernet controller chips, including the following:

- 3Com 3c996-T (10/100/1000baseT)
- 3Com 3c996-SX (1000baseSX)
- 3Com 3c996B-T (10/100/1000baseT)
- Allied-Telesis AT-2972LX10/LC
- Fujitsu PW0G8GE1U (1000baseSX)
- Fujitsu PW0G8GE2U (10/100/1000baseT)
- Fujitsu PW008GE4 (1000baseSX)
- Fujitsu PW008GE5 (10/100/1000baseT)
- Fujitsu PW008QG1U (10/100/1000baseT)
- HP ProLiant NC320T PCI-E Gigabit NIC (10/100/1000baseT)
- HP ProLiant NC320m PCI-E Gigabit NIC (10/100/1000baseT)
- HP ProLiant NC370F PCI-X Gigabit NIC (1000baseSX)
- HP ProLiant NC370T PCI-X Gigabit NIC (10/100/1000baseT)
- HP ProLiant NC1020 PCI Gigabit NIC (10/100/1000baseT)
- HP ProLiant NC6770 PCI-X Gigabit NIC (1000baseSX)
- HP ProLiant NC7760 embedded PCI Gigabit NIC (10/100/1000baseT)
- HP ProLiant NC7770 PCI-X Gigabit NIC (10/100/1000baseT)
- HP ProLiant NC7771 PCI-X Gigabit NIC (10/100/1000baseT)
- HP ProLiant NC7780 embedded PCI-X Gigabit NIC (10/100/1000baseT)
- HP ProLiant NC7781 embedded PCI-X Gigabit NIC (10/100/1000baseT)
- HP ProLiant NC7782 embedded PCI-X Gigabit NIC (10/100/1000baseT)
- Netgear GA302T (10/100/1000baseT)
- SysKonnect SK-9D21 (10/100/1000baseT)
- SysKonnect SK-9D41 (1000baseSX)

The `bge` driver supports IPv4 receive IP/TCP/UDP checksum offload and transmit IP/TCP checksum offload, VLAN tag insertion and stripping, as well as a 256-bit multicast hash filter. The BCM5717, BCM5718, BCM5723, BCM5754, BCM5755, BCM5761, BCM5764, BCM5784, BCM5785, BCM5787 and BCM577xx chips also support IPv6 receive TCP/UDP checksum offload.

The BCM5700, BCM5701, BCM5703, BCM5704, BCM5714, BCM5717, BCM5719, BCM5720, BCM5762, BCM5780, BCM57765 and BCM57766 chips are capable of supporting jumbo frames.

The `bge` driver supports the following media types:

`autoselect`
  Enable autoselection of the media type and options. The user can manually override the autoselected mode by adding media options to the appropriate hostname.if(5) file.
`10baseT`
  Set 10Mbps operation. The ifconfig(8) `mediaopt` option can also be used to select either `full-duplex` or `half-duplex` modes.
`100baseTX`
  Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation. The ifconfig(8) `mediaopt` option can also be used to select either `full-duplex` or `half-duplex` modes.
`1000baseT`
  Set 1000baseT operation over twisted pair. Both `full-duplex` and `half-duplex` modes are supported.
`1000baseSX`
  Set 1000Mbps (Gigabit Ethernet) operation. Both `full-duplex` and `half-duplex` modes are supported.

The `bge` driver supports the following media options:

`full-duplex`
  Force full duplex operation.
`half-duplex`
  Force half duplex operation.

For more information on configuring this device, see ifconfig(8).

# DIAGNOSTICS

bge0: can't find mem space
  A fatal initialization error has occurred.
bge0: couldn't map interrupt
  A fatal initialization error has occurred.
bge0: watchdog timeout -- resetting
  The device has stopped responding to the network, or there is a problem with the network connection (cable).

# SEE ALSO

arp(4), brgphy(4), ifmedia(4), intro(4), netintro(4), pci(4), rgephy(4), hostname.if(5), ifconfig(8)

# HISTORY

The `bge` device driver first appeared in OpenBSD 3.0.

# AUTHORS

The `bge` driver was written by Bill Paul <wpaul@windriver.com>.

September 10, 2022 | Debian