BHND_CHIPC(4)

✨ BHND_CHIPC ✨ (that's section 4 of the Kernel Interfaces Manual, bestie 💅)

okay so bestie, sit down, hydrate, and let me tell you about bhnd_chipc — the Broadcom Home Networking Division ChipCommon Driver. it's giving kernel-core, it's giving embedded-systems main character energy, and yes we're doing the whole thing. no skimming. 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

bhnd_chipc — the Broadcom Home Networking Division ChipCommon Driver. periodt. 💖

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

so like, you wanna get this driver into your kernel? there's a whole vibe check for that. 💅

to compile this driver into the kernel, add this line to the kernel configuration file:

device bhnd

and if you wanna also compile driver support for all the additional devices found in embedded systems, add these extra lines to the kernel configuration file too:

device cfi
device gpio
device spibus
device uart

orrrr, if you'd rather load the driver as a module at boot, add this line to loader.conf(5):

bhnd_load="YES"

and that's it. no cap, that's the whole ritual. ✨

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so bhnd_chipc is the driver that supports the ChipCommon core found in Broadcom Home Networking Division network chipsets and embedded systems. she's niche, she's essential, she's lowkey running the whole show. 👑

and the ChipCommon core? it provides an interface to common hardware facilities, including:

• device identification
• UARTs
• CFI and SPI flash
• One-time Programmable (OTP) Memory
• GPIO

like... that's a lot of responsibilities for one little core. highkey iconic. 🌈

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• bhnd(4)
• intro(4)

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⭐ HISTORY ⭐

the bhnd_chipc device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 11.0. a legend was born, fr fr. 🎀

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👑 AUTHORS 👑

the bhnd_chipc driver was written by Landon Fuller <landonf@FreeBSD.org>, and Michael Zhilin <mizhka@FreeBSD.org>.

shoutout to the devs, they ate and left absolutely no crumbs. 🍓

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💖 and that's the whole page bestie — every flag, every device line, every author, nothing skipped, we keep the facts and serve the vibe.

kisses, this was the Debian version of the page, dated October 16, 2017, and it lives at BHND_CHIPC(4). go compile something cute. 💅✨🦋