MPI3MR(4)

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

✨ MPI3MR(4) ✨

okay so bestie, this is the manual page for mpi3mr — it lives in section 4 of the Kernel Interfaces Manual, and it's all about the Broadcom MPIMR 3.0 IT/IR 24Gb/s SAS Tri-Mode RAID PCIe 4.0 driver 👑 that's a whole mouthful, I know, but she's iconic.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

you can load this driver as a module at boot time, bestie — literally just drop this line into loader.conf(5) and you're so good:

mpi3mr_load="YES"

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

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

the mpi3mr driver provides support for the Broadcom Ltd. MPIMR 3.0 IT/IR PCIe 4 controller. that's the tea ☕ — she's here to make your controller work, periodt.

🦋 HARDWARE 🦋

these controllers are supported by the mpi3mr driver, and honestly? the roster ate 💅:

  • Broadcom Ltd. SAS 4116 Tri-Mode RAID Adapter
  • Broadcom Ltd. 9670W-16i 24G PCIe 4.0 Tri-Mode RAID Adapters
  • Broadcom Ltd. 9670-24i 24G PCIe 4.0 Tri-Mode RAID Adapters
  • Broadcom Ltd. 9660-16i 24G PCIe 4.0 Tri-Mode RAID Adapters
  • Broadcom Ltd. 9620-16i 24G PCIe 4.0 Tri-Mode RAID Adapters
  • Broadcom Ltd. 9600-24i 24G PCIe 4.0 Tri-Mode RAID Adapters
  • Broadcom Ltd. 9600-16i 24G PCIe 4.0 Tri-Mode RAID Adapters
  • Broadcom Ltd. 9600W-16e 24G PCIe 4.0 Tri-Mode RAID Adapters
  • Broadcom Ltd. 9600-16e 24G PCIe 4.0 Tri-Mode RAID Adapters
  • Broadcom Ltd. 9600-8i8e 24G PCIe 4.0 Tri-Mode RAID Adapters

if your card's on this list, congrats bestie, you're in the group chat 🫶

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

go read these next, iykwyk:

cam(4), cd(4), ch(4), da(4), mpr(4), pci(4), sa(4), scsi(4)

⭐ HISTORY ⭐

the mpi3mr driver first appeared in FreeBSD 14.0. she's relatively new but she's already main character energy, ngl 💀✨

🎀 AUTHORS 🎀

the mpi3mr driver was written by Sumit Saxena <sumit.saxena@broadcom.com>, and Chandrakanth Patil <chandrakanth.patil@broadcom.com>. this manual page was written by Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>. absolute legends, all three of them 🔥👑

okay that's the whole page bestie, no cap, you now know everything this manual has to say 💜

and for the cute sign-off: this beauty came from Debian, dated June 14, 2023 — so when you cite her, you know exactly who to thank 🍓🧚

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