BHNDB(4)

📦 version 15.1, in freebsd 14.5, freebsd 15.1, nixpkgs unstable

💅 BHNDB(4) — the Broadcom Home Networking Division interconnect bridge driver

okay bestie, welcome to bhndb(4) — that's section 4 of the kernel interfaces manual, and yes this is the whole vibe 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

bhndb — the Broadcom Home Networking Division interconnect bridge driver, aka the little guy that bridges the interconnect so your Broadcom wireless stuff actually talks to the host. no cap. 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

so to get this driver into the kernel, you gotta add these lines to your kernel configuration file:

device bhnd
device bhndb

and if you'd rather load it as a module at boot, just drop this line into loader.conf(5):

bhndb_load="YES"

that's it, that's the whole ritual 💅

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

the bhndb driver serves up bhnd(4) host bridge support for Broadcom Home Networking Division's wireless chipsets and network adapters. it's giving "glue code but make it iconic" 🔥

and hey — if you want to actually enable it for PCI/PCIe systems? that's a whole different queen, go see the bhndb_pci(4) driver. iykyk 🫶

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

go read them, they're literally right there 🌈

🦋 HISTORY 🦋

the bhndb device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 11.0. a whole era ✨

🧚 AUTHORS 🧚

the bhndb driver was written by Landon Fuller <landonf@FreeBSD.org> — say thank you 💜

💀 CAVEATS 💀

heads up bestie: the bhndb driver does not currently support PCMCIA or SDIO devices. so if that's your situation… not today 😭

and that's the page, mwah 💋 — this one's from the Debian edition, dated October 16, 2017, and yeah it's the BHNDB(4) manual page, you're welcome, go touch grass (after you add device bhndb to your config) 🍓

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