POWERMAC_NVRAM(4)

📦 version 15.1, in freebsd 14.5, freebsd 15.1

💅 POWERMAC_NVRAM(4) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the powermac_nvram page — it lives in the powerpc Kernel Interfaces Manual and it's lowkey iconic. it's giving "vintage Apple PowerPC realness" and honestly? we're obsessed. let's get into it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

powermac_nvram — non-volatile RAM, aka the memory that does not forget when the power dips. main character energy fr fr 💾👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

so there are two whole ways to get this driver into your life, and you gotta pick your lane, bestie 🦋

option one: bake it right into the kernel. drop this exact line into your kernel configuration file:

device powermac_nvram

option two: load it as a module at boot time instead. in that case you put this exact line into loader.conf(5):

powermac_nvram_load="YES"

like, pick one, don't do both, it's not that kind of party 💅

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so the powermac_nvram driver is literally the plug that gives you access to the Open Firmware configuration NVRAM — the good stuff that ships on Apple PowerPC-based machines. no cap, that's the whole vibe 🌈

and rn it currently supports "Core99" machines containing a Sharp, Micron, or AMD NVRAM. so like, check your hardware before you get too excited, yk? ✨

🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

  • nvram(8) — go read it, bestie, iykyk 📖

🦋 HISTORY 🦋

the powermac_nvram driver first appeared in FreeBSD 7.0. a true elder icon, we stan a legend 🌟

👑 AUTHORS 👑

the powermac_nvram driver was written by Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>. give him his flowers, periodt 💐💜

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this beauty came from Debian and it's dated June 19, 2020 — so yeah, a little vintage, but so are PowerMacs and we love that for us 🍓🧚 mwah 💋

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