NADB(4)

📦 version 11.0, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 NADB(4) — the Kernel Interfaces Manual, but make it cute

okay so welcome to the NADB(4) page, bestie — that's the Kernel Interfaces Manual corner of the docs, and today's main character is the Apple Desktop Bus. yes we're going vintage, and yes it still slays ✨

🌸 NAME

nadb — protocol abstraction and device discovery for the Apple Desktop Bus 🍎

like, it does the protocol thing and it does the "go find the devices" thing. multi-talented icon behaviour, honestly.

🎀 SYNOPSIS

nadb* at cuda?
nadb* at pmu?
adbkbd* at nadb? console ? mux 1
adbms* at nadb?
adbbt* at nadb?

read it like a little family tree where nadb is the mom friend 🫶 it can show up hanging off cuda? or off pmu?, and then its own kids — adbkbd*, adbms* and adbbt* — attach right onto it.

also quick heads up that adbkbd* line has the extra bit console ? mux 1 tacked on there ngl, so don't skip it when you're copying things, bestie 💀

💖 DESCRIPTION

okay so the nadb driver is literally the abstract interface for talking to ADB devices — that's the whole vibe. it's the go-between, the translator, the "I got you" of the ADB world 🦋

and it's not just sitting there looking pretty either. during startup it goes full detective mode 🔍:

  • it scans the bus during startup
  • it resolves address conflicts — yes it does the messy friend-group drama mediation 🙈
  • it attaches drivers for known ADB hardware — matchmaking, but make it kernel ✨

so basically: scan, fix the fights, then pair everyone up. main character energy fr fr 👑

⭐ SEE ALSO

go read these next, iykyk — they're the whole squad and they all get their own pages 💅

the nadb kids and the two buses it rides on. click through, it's giving lore 🌈

ngl there's no OPTIONS section on this page — it's short and sweet, so don't go looking for flags that aren't there. love that for us tbh 💜

and that's the whole page, bestie! this lil gem comes to you from Debian, dated May 14, 2007 — yes, a vintage, and it's still serving looks 🎀⭐ periodt.

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