bhndb_pci(4)

bhndb_pci4

Broadcom home networking division pci host bridge driver

Usage

To compile this driver into the kernel, add the following lines to the kernel configuration file:

device bhnd device bhndb device bhndb_pci device pci

To load the driver as a module at boot, add this line to loader.conf(5):

bhndb_pci_load="YES"

Overview

The bhndb_pci driver provides bhndb(4) support for the PCI and PCIe host bridge cores found in Broadcom Home Networking Division's wireless chipsets and network adapters.

Releases

20 releases since FreeBSD 12.0-RELEASE; the text changed 6 times.

  1. 12.0
  2. 12.1
  3. 12.2
  4. 12.3
  5. 12.4
  6. 13.0–13.2
  7. 13.3–16.0

History

The bhndb_pci device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 11.0.

Authors

The bhndb_pci driver was written by Landon Fuller ⟨[email protected]⟩.

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