BHNDB_PCI(4)

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

💅 BHNDB_PCI 💅

okay so real quick, this is a page from the Kernel Interfaces Manual — that's the (4) in BHNDB_PCI(4), bestie, it means "device driver" and it's giving serious main-character kernel energy 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

bhndb_pci — the Broadcom Home Networking Division PCI host bridge driver. iconic name, honestly. say it three times fast, i dare you 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

so like, you want this driver in your kernel? add these lines to the kernel configuration file, no cap:

device bhnd
device bhndb
device bhndb_pci
device pci

all four. yes, all of them. it's a package deal 💖

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

bhndb_pci_load="YES"

that's it. that's the whole vibe check. ✨

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so here's the tea 🍓 the bhndb_pci driver is out here providing bhndb(4) support for the PCI and PCIe host bridge cores — yes, the ones hanging out inside Broadcom Home Networking Division's wireless chipsets and network adapters. it literally connects the dots so your hardware can do its thing. lowkey essential, highkey underrated 👑

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

the friend group 🫶 go say hi:

✨ HISTORY ✨

the bhndb_pci device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 11.0 — a whole era 💀✨

✨ AUTHORS ✨

this driver was written by Landon Fuller <landonf@FreeBSD.org> — absolute icon, we stan 👑💜

k that's the whole page, bestie, go forth and bridge those hosts 🧚‍♀️💖

sign-off time: this cutie of a manpage is dated October 16, 2017 and it came to you courtesy of the Debian packaging, slay 🌸🎀

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