PMS(4)

📦 version 15.1, in freebsd 14.5, freebsd 15.1

✨ PMS(4) — the kernel interfaces manual, but make it cute ✨

okay so this is the pms page from section 4 of the manual (that's the kernel interfaces girlies, iykyk). buckle up bestie, we're talking SAS/SATA HBA controllers 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

pms — the PMC-Sierra PM8001/8081/8088/8089/8074/8076/8077 SAS/SATA HBA Controller driver. that's the whole vibe. it drives your controller. iconic behavior only. 👑

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

so there's two ways to get this baby into your life, and honestly both slay:

option one — bake it into the kernel. put this line in your kernel configuration file:

device pmspcv

option two — load it as a module at boot time. then put this line in loader.conf(5):

pmspcv_load="YES"

pick your fighter. no wrong answers. 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

the pms driver is literally out here providing support for the PMC-Sierra PM8001/8081/8088/8089/8074/8076/8077 range of SAS/SATA HBA controllers. that's the family. that's the whole squad. it's giving "one driver to rule them all" energy and we're obsessed. ✨

🔥 HARDWARE 🔥

here's the full guest list — the pms driver supports all of these, no cap. yes, all thirty of them. i counted. twice. 💀

  • Tachyon TS Fibre Channel Card
  • Tachyon TL Fibre Channel Card
  • Tachyon XL2 Fibre Channel Card
  • Tachyon DX2 Fibre Channel Card
  • Tachyon DX2+ Fibre Channel Card
  • Tachyon DX4+ Fibre Channel Card
  • Tachyon QX2 Fibre Channel Card
  • Tachyon QX4 Fibre Channel Card
  • Tachyon DE4 Fibre Channel Card
  • Tachyon QE4 Fibre Channel Card
  • Tachyon XL10 Fibre Channel Card
  • PMC Sierra SPC SAS-SATA Card
  • PMC Sierra SPC-V SAS-SATA Card
  • PMC Sierra SPC-VE SAS-SATA Card
  • PMC Sierra SPC-V 16 Port SAS-SATA Card
  • PMC Sierra SPC-VE 16 Port SAS-SATA Card
  • PMC Sierra SPC-V SAS-SATA Card 12Gig
  • PMC Sierra SPC-VE SAS-SATA Card 12Gig
  • PMC Sierra SPC-V 16 Port SAS-SATA Card 12Gig
  • PMC Sierra SPC-VE 16 Port SAS-SATA Card 12Gig
  • Adaptec Hialeah 4/8 Port SAS-SATA HBA Card 6Gig
  • Adaptec Hialeah 4/8 Port SAS-SATA RAID Card 6Gig
  • Adaptec Hialeah 8/16 Port SAS-SATA HBA Card 6Gig
  • Adaptec Hialeah 8/16 Port SAS-SATA RAID Card 6Gig
  • Adaptec Hialeah 8/16 Port SAS-SATA HBA Encryption Card 6Gig
  • Adaptec Hialeah 8/16 Port SAS-SATA RAID Encryption Card 6Gig
  • Adaptec Delray 8 Port SAS-SATA HBA Card 12Gig
  • Adaptec Delray 8 Port SAS-SATA HBA Encryption Card 12Gig
  • Adaptec Delray 16 Port SAS-SATA HBA Card 12Gig
  • Adaptec Delray 16 Port SAS-SATA HBA Encryption Card 12Gig

the way the Tachyon cards have their own little series... main character energy fr fr 🌈

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

go read these next, bestie, they're the supporting cast:

⭐ HISTORY ⭐

the pms device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 10.2. a genuine pioneer. we stan a legacy. 🧚

aaaand that's the whole page! 🎀 this beauty is from the Debian lot, dated July 30, 2015 — so go forth, load your module, and remember: pmspcv_load="YES" is the only yes you need. mwah 💋🫶

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