AMDSMN(4)
π AMDSMN(4) β the amdsmn driver, bestie edition π
okay so real talk, this is amdsmn(4), which is the β¨device driverβ¨ for the AMD processor System Management Network. It's a kernel interfaces manual, so likeβ¦ very low-level, very main character energy. iykyk. π
β¨ NAME β¨
amdsmn β no cap, this is the device driver for AMD processor System Management Network π¦
πΈ SYNOPSIS πΈ
so you wanna get this driver into your kernel? okay bestie, here's the tea β β two whole ways to do it.
Way 1: compile it into the kernel. drop this line into your kernel configuration file:
device amdsmn
Way 2: load it as a module at boot time. put this line in loader.conf(5) instead:
amdsmn_load="YES"
literally pick one, you don't need both π
π DESCRIPTION π
The amdsmn driver provides support for resources on the System Management Network bus in AMD Family 17h processors. that's the whole vibe, honestly β it's giving "small but indispensable." π
π«Ά SEE ALSO π«Ά
loader(8)β go read it if you're confused about the whole boot-module thing, it's iconic β
π HISTORY π
The amdsmn driver first appeared in FreeBSD 12.0. she's been around. respect the elder πβ¨
π AUTHORS π
- Conrad Meyer
<cem@FreeBSD.org>β yeah, this legend wrote it π«Ά
fr fr though β every flag, path and version up there is exact, so don't go freestyling with it π
so yeah, that's the page! this little cutie came from the Debian manual set, dated September 5, 2017 β mwah, sending you off with that info and a π. bye bestie, go compile something π
π¦ where this page comes from
- freebsd 14.5: base 14.5
- freebsd 15.1: base 15.1
- nixpkgs unstable: source
- Copyright (c) 2017 Conrad Meyer <cem@FreeBSD.org>
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms