NFSMB(4)

💖 NFSMB 💖

okay bestie, so you're in the Kernel Interfaces Manual section of the FreeBSD (and hey, Debian packaged it too 🎀) man pages, and this is the page for nfsmb, the NVIDIA nForce2/3/4 SMBus 2.0 controller driver. it's short. it's iconic. it ate. let's get into it 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

nfsmb — NVIDIA nForce2/3/4 SMBus 2.0 controller driver

like literally that's its whole name, and it's serving exactly what it says on the tin 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

to bring this baby into your kernel config, you write these three lines, and yes you need all three, no skipping, iykyk:

device smbus
device smb
device nfsmb

no cap, that's the whole vibe check. three device lines. that's the entry fee 🫶

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

the nfsmb driver is the one that gives you access to NVIDIA nForce2/3/4 SMBus 2.0 controllers. that's the whole job description bestie. it's giving "i do one thing and i do it well" main character energy 👑

so if you've got one of those NVIDIA nForce2, nForce3 or nForce4 chipsets with an SMBus 2.0 controller on it, this is the driver that opens that door for you. lowkey essential, highkey underappreciated ✨

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

go read these too, they're the friend group, they come as a set:

• smb(4)
• smbus(4)

🎀 HISTORY 🎀

the nfsmb driver first appeared in FreeBSD 6.2. so yeah, it's been around a minute, it's a legacy queen and we respect her 💖

👑 AUTHORS 👑

the nfsmb driver was written by Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>. absolute legend behavior, thank you for your service 🫡🌸

ngl there's not a lot of drama on this page — no flags, no exit statuses, no environment variables, no bugs to warn you about. it's a clean, wholesome little driver page. we love a no-notes situation 💅

and that's the whole thing bestie!! this one came from the Debian packaging, dated December 31, 2005, and it's page NFSMB(4) in the manual. periodt. go forth and mount your SMBus 💖✨🎀🦋🌸