adb(4)

adb4

Apple desktop bus

Usage

To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file:

device adb

Overview

The adb driver provides support for the Apple Desktop Bus, which is a simple multi-drop bus used in general for input peripherals in older Apple Macintosh hardware.

The Apple Desktop Bus provides attachment for up to 16 devices, including multiple devices of a single type, but not does support hot-plugging.

Releases

9 releases since FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE; the text changed 2 times.

  1. 14.0–14.4
  2. 14.5–15.1
  3. 16.0

History

The adb device driver appeared in FreeBSD 8.0.

Authors

The adb driver was written by Nathan Whitehorn ⟨[email protected]⟩.

From base 16.0-CURRENT-20261027-61c70dc16a79 in FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT (2026-10-27). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.