apple_bce(4)

apple_bce4

Apple t2 buffer copy engine driver

Usage

device pci device usb device apple_bce

Overview

The apple_bce driver controls the Apple T2 Buffer Copy Engine.

The T2 Buffer Copy Engine, called “BCE” for short, is a device which interacts with higher-level interfaces like the built-in keyboard, trackpad, audio, and VHCI (Virtual USB Host Interface), etc.

Hardware

The apple_bce driver supports the Apple T2 Buffer Copy Engine on the following systems:

  • MacBook Air (2018-2020)

  • MacBook Pro (2018-2020)

  • MacMini (2018)

  • Mac Pro (2019 and later)

History

The apple_bce driver first appeared in FreeBSD 16.0.

Authors

apple_bce was written by Abdelkader Boudih ⟨[email protected]⟩. This manpage was written by Enji Cooper ⟨[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.