ADB(4)

🍎 ADB(4) — the powerpc kernel interfaces manual, bestie edition 🎀

okay so you found the adb page in the powerpc Kernel Interfaces Manual and you're like "what is this" — don't worry, I got you 💖

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✨ NAME ✨

adb — Apple Desktop Bus. that's it, that's the whole vibe 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

so if you wanna compile this driver into the kernel (yes, into the kernel, not as a module, pay attention 💅), you drop these lines into your kernel configuration file:

device adb

literally just that one line. slay.

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so the adb driver provides support for the Apple Desktop Bus — and what is that, you ask? it's a simple multi-drop bus, and it's used in general for input peripherals on older Apple Macintosh hardware. yes, older — we're talking vintage Mac realness 🌸

the Apple Desktop Bus provides attachment for up to 16 devices, and that includes multiple devices of a single type (so yes, bestie, you can have more than one of the same thing, iconic 🎀).

but — and this is the important part, do not skip it — it does not support hot-plugging. nope. not a thing. no hot-plug for you 🙈

⚠️ no hot-plugging. like, at all. plug it in while it's off, iykyk.

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

• Apple Tech Note HW01: ADB - The Untold Story: Space Aliens Ate My Mouse: http://developer.apple.com/legacy/mac/library/technotes/hw/hw_01.html — yes that is the actual title and yes it ate, go read it 👑
• akbd(4)
• ams(4)
• cuda(4)
• pmu(4)

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✨ HISTORY ✨

the adb device driver appeared in FreeBSD 8.0. periodt. ✨

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✨ AUTHORS ✨

the adb driver was written by Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@FreeBSD.org> — ty for your service king 🫶

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! this version came from Debian, dated December 3, 2009, and it's ADB(4) in case you forgot already 😭💜 go plug in your mouse (while it's off!!) 🦋