BHNDB_PCI(4)

💖 BHNDB_PCI 💖

okay bestie, so like — this is the manual page for bhndb_pci(4), which lives in the Kernel Interfaces Manual. yes it's a real manual page, yes it's about a driver, no you cannot skip it, it's short and it's adorable, let's go 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

bhndb_pci — the Broadcom Home Networking Division PCI host bridge driver. that's it. that's the name. it ate 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

so here's the tea on how you actually get this driver into your life. two ways, pick your fighter:

🎀 compiling it into the kernel

if you wanna bake it right in, add these lines to your kernel configuration file:

device bhnd
device bhndb
device bhndb_pci
device pci

all four. don't be cute and skip one. the vibes need the whole squad 🫶

🎀 loading it as a module

if you're more of a "load it at boot" girlie, add this line to loader.conf(5):

bhndb_pci_load="YES"

that's literally it. iconic. YES in caps because lowercase is not the moment ✨

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so what does this driver even do, you ask? okay so:

The bhndb_pci driver provides bhnd(4) support for the PCI and PCIe host bridge cores found in Broadcom Home Networking Division's wireless chipsets and network adapters.

that's the whole thing. it's giving "small but mighty". it's the bridge between your bhndb(4) world and your PCI/PCIe world, specifically for those Broadcom HND wireless chipsets and network adapters. no cap 🔥

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

go read your other besties, they're all linked up:

• bhnd(4)
• bhndb(4)
• bwn(4)
• intro(4)
• pci(4)

fr fr, cross-references are self care 🌸

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✨ HISTORY ✨

The bhndb_pci device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 11.0. a true 2016-2017 era queen 👑

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✨ AUTHORS ✨

The bhndb_pci driver was written by Landon Fuller <landonf@FreeBSD.org>. we stan a legend 💜

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also real talk: this page came out of Debian and it's dated October 16, 2017 — so if you're reading this years later, that's just how the manual page rolled out of bed that day. periodt 💅

anyway ily, go read your kernel config, mwah 🎀💖