PMS(4)

📦 version 12.2, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 PMS(4) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel Interfaces Manual section of the FreeBSD-adjacent universe, where today's main character is pms — and no, it's not what you think, it's a whole SAS/SATA controller driver and it's iconic 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

pms — the PMC-Sierra PM8001/8081/8088/8089/8074/8076/8077 SAS/SATA HBA Controller driver. say it with me: Host Bus Adapter. she connects things. she's giving infrastructure 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

so you wanna compile this driver straight into your kernel? okay queen, drop this line into your kernel configuration file:

device pmspcv

orrr, if you'd rather load it as a module at boot time (so much more casual of you), put this line in loader.conf(5):

pmspcv_load="YES"

lowkey the module route is the vibe. no cap.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

the pms driver provides support for the PMC-Sierra PM8001/8081/8088/8089/8074/8076/8077 range of SAS/SATA HBA controllers. that's it. that's the job. she supports the whole squad of them and she does it flawlessly fr fr ✨

🔥 HARDWARE 🔥

bestie, the pms driver supports the following hardware, and there are so many, so buckle up 🫶:

  • Tachyon TS Fibre Channel Card
  • Tachyon TL Fibre Channel Card
  • Tachyon XL2 Fibre Channel Card
  • Tachyon DX2 Fibre Channel Card
  • Tachyon DX2+ Fibre Channel Card
  • Tachyon DX4+ Fibre Channel Card
  • Tachyon QX2 Fibre Channel Card
  • Tachyon QX4 Fibre Channel Card
  • Tachyon DE4 Fibre Channel Card
  • Tachyon QE4 Fibre Channel Card
  • Tachyon XL10 Fibre Channel Card
  • PMC Sierra SPC SAS-SATA Card
  • PMC Sierra SPC-V SAS-SATA Card
  • PMC Sierra SPC-VE SAS-SATA Card
  • PMC Sierra SPC-V 16 Port SAS-SATA Card
  • PMC Sierra SPC-VE 16 Port SAS-SATA Card
  • PMC Sierra SPC-V SAS-SATA Card 12Gig
  • PMC Sierra SPC-VE SAS-SATA Card 12Gig
  • PMC Sierra SPC-V 16 Port SAS-SATA Card 12Gig
  • PMC Sierra SPC-VE 16 Port SAS-SATA Card 12Gig
  • Adaptec Hialeah 4/8 Port SAS-SATA HBA Card 6Gig
  • Adaptec Hialeah 4/8 Port SAS-SATA RAID Card 6Gig
  • Adaptec Hialeah 8/16 Port SAS-SATA HBA Card 6Gig
  • Adaptec Hialeah 8/16 Port SAS-SATA RAID Card 6Gig
  • Adaptec Hialeah 8/16 Port SAS-SATA HBA Encryption Card 6Gig
  • Adaptec Hialeah 8/16 Port SAS-SATA RAID Encryption Card 6Gig
  • Adaptec Delray 8 Port SAS-SATA HBA Card 12Gig
  • Adaptec Delray 8 Port SAS-SATA HBA Encryption Card 12Gig
  • Adaptec Delray 16 Port SAS-SATA HBA Card 12Gig
  • Adaptec Delray 16 Port SAS-SATA HBA Encryption Card 12Gig

the way that list just keeps going?? she really said "encryption cards too, periodt" 💀✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go read these next, bestie, iykyk 👑:

💜 HISTORY 💜

the pms device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 10.2. a legend from day one, honestly 🌸

and that's the whole page, gorgeous 🎀 this one came out of the Debian side of the world, dated July 30, 2015 — mwah, kiss the manual, she ate and left no crumbs 💅✨

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