pms(4)

pms4

Pmc-sierra pm8001/8081/8088/8089/8074/8076/8077 sas/sata hba controller driver

Usage

To compile the driver into the kernel, place the following line in the kernel configuration file:

device pmspcv

Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):

pmspcv_load="YES"

Overview

The pms driver provides support for the PMC-Sierra PM8001/8081/8088/8089/8074/8076/8077 range of SAS/SATA HBA controllers.

Hardware

The pms driver supports the following hardware:

  • 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

Releases

28 releases since FreeBSD 10.2-RELEASE; the text changed 14 times.

  1. 10.2
  2. 10.3
  3. 10.4
  4. 11.0
  5. 11.1
  6. 11.2
  7. 11.3
  8. 11.4
  9. 12.0
  10. 12.1
  11. 12.2
  12. 12.3
  13. 12.4
  14. 13.0–13.2
  15. 13.3–16.0

History

The pms device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 10.2.

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