SBP_TARG(4)

✨ SBP_TARG ✨

okay bestie, gather round, because today we're talking about sbp_targ — the Serial Bus Protocol 2 (SBP-2) Target Mode devices driver 💅 and yes it lives in section 4 of the Kernel Interfaces Manual, iykyk.

---

🌸 NAME 🌸

sbp_targ — the Serial Bus Protocol 2 (SBP-2) Target Mode devices driver. that's it, that's the whole vibe. 🦋

---

💖 SYNOPSIS 💖

so you wanna get this driver into your kernel? bet. drop these lines into your kernel configuration file:

device sbp_targ
device firewire
device scbus
device targ

orrrr, if you'd rather load it as a module at boot time (main character energy, no recompile needed 👑), put these lines in loader.conf(5):

firewire_load="YES"
cam_load="YES"
sbp_targ_load"YES"

⚠️ bestie, look closely at that last line — it's written exactly like that in the original: sbp_targ_load"YES". no equals sign. we're not fixing it, we're just reporting it. 🫶

---

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

okay so the sbp_targ driver gives you support for SBP-2 target mode. it's supposed to work together with cam(4), targ(4), and firewire(4) — like a little squad that only functions as a group chat, fr fr.

and here's the part people forget: you also need to use scsi_target(8), which you can find chillin' in /usr/share/examples/scsi_target, to actually provide real, actual devices. the driver alone is giving nothing without it. 💀

---

🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

here's the whole thing in action, no cap:

# mdconfig -a -t malloc -s 10m
md0
# scsi_target 0:0:0 /dev/md0
(Assuming sbp_targ0 on scbus0)

look at that. iconic. ✨

---

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• cam(4)
• firewire(4)
• targ(4)
• camcontrol(8)
• fwcontrol(8)
• kldload(8)
• scsi_target(8)

go read them too, they're all part of the friend group 💜

---

👑 AUTHORS 👑

the sbp_targ driver was written by Hidetoshi Shimokawa. thank you for your service, legend 🫡💖

---

💀 BUGS 💀

🚨 okay this is the serious part, bestie, so listen up. this driver is currently under development. it does not work correctly in multi-initiator environments, and it does not work correctly after the bus topology has been changed. like, at all. so plan accordingly 🙈

---

that's the whole page, babes — this little gift came from the Debian crew and it's dated November 7, 2003. vintage. antique. still slaying. 🎀⭐