BCE(4) | Device Drivers Manual | BCE(4)

# 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>.

July 16, 2013 | Debian