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GENET(4)                     Device Drivers Manual                    GENET(4)

NAME
     genet - Broadcom GENET 10/100/1Gb Ethernet device

SYNOPSIS
     genet* at acpi?
     genet* at fdt?
     brgphy* at mii?

DESCRIPTION
     The genet driver provides support for the Broadcom GENET v5 controller
     found on the Raspberry Pi 4.

     The genet driver supports several media types, which are selected via the
     ifconfig(8) command.  The supported media types are:

           media autoselect
                  Attempt to autoselect the media type (default)

           media 1000baseT mediaopt full-duplex
                  Use 1000baseT on copper, full duplex

           media 1000baseT mediaopt half-duplex
                  Use 1000baseT on copper, half duplex

           media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex
                  Use 100baseTX, full duplex

           media 100baseTX mediaopt half-duplex
                  Use 100baseTX, half duplex

           media 10baseT mediaopt full-duplex
                  Use 10baseT, full duplex

           media 10baseT mediaopt half-duplex
                  Use 10baseT, half duplex

SEE ALSO
     arp(4), brgphy(4), ifmedia(4), inet(4), intro(4), netintro(4),
     ifconfig(8), rnd(9)

HISTORY
     The genet driver first appeared in NetBSD 10.

AUTHORS
     The genet driver was written by Jared D. McNeill <jmcneill@NetBSD.org>.

NetBSD 11.99                    August 28, 2025                   NetBSD 11.99