NSP(4)

💖 NSP(4) — the Workbit Ninja SCSI-3 PC-Card era 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because this is the manual page for nsp — the Workbit Ninja SCSI-3 based PC-Card SCSI host adapter driver, living its best life in the Kernel Interfaces Manual. yes it's a whole mouthful. yes it's iconic. let's go 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

so like, you wanna compile this driver into your kernel? slay. drop these lines into your kernel configuration file:

device scbus
device nsp

or, if you're feeling modular and want to load it as a module at boot time, put this line in loader.conf(5):

nsp_load="YES"

literally that's it. no cap. 💅

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

the nsp driver gives you access to the SCSI bus connected to a PC-Card SCSI host adapter based on a Ninja SCSI-3 controller by Workbit. that's the whole vibe. it's giving "old-school PC-Card SCSI realness" and honestly? we're obsessed. 🎀

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👑 HARDWARE 👑

here's the roster of controllers the nsp driver supports, and yes they're both invited to the function:

• Alpha-Data AD-PCS201
• I-O DATA CBSC16

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

go read these too, iykyk:

cd(4), ch(4), da(4), intro(4), pccard(4), sa(4), scsi(4)

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🦋 HISTORY 🦋

the nsp driver was developed for NetBSD/pc98 and then ported for FreeBSD. it first appeared in FreeBSD 3.4 with PAO3, and got merged in FreeBSD 4.2. glow-up behavior honestly. ✨

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💜 AUTHORS 💜

the nsp driver was written by Naofumi HONDA.

this manual page was written by Noriaki MITSUNAGA <non@FreeBSD.org> and Hideyuki KURASHINA <rushani@FreeBSD.org>. kings. 👑

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💀 BUGS 💀

SMIT mode is only supported under OLDCARD now. that's it. that's the bug. it's giving "legacy energy" and we're just gonna have to live with it. 😭

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! this one came from the Debian edition of the manual, dated August 8, 2004 — so if you're reading this, you're reading a certified vintage artifact. stay iconic, keep your SCSI bus cozy, and don't forget to nsp_load="YES" on your way out 🫶🌸