NAME
bhnd —
Broadcom Home Networking Division
interconnect bus
SYNOPSIS
To compile this driver into the kernel, add the following lines to the kernel configuration file:
device bhndTo load the driver as a module at boot, add this line to loader.conf(5):
bhnd_load="YES"
DESCRIPTION
Thebhnd driver provides a unified kernel bus interface
to the on-chip interconnects used in Broadcom Home Networking Division (HND)
devices.
The Broadcom HND device family consists of SoCs (System On a Chip)
and host-connected chipsets based on a common library of Broadcom IP cores
connected via an internal hardware bus architecture. Drivers for these cores
are implemented against the unified bhnd
interface.
The Sonic Inc. Silicon Backplane used in earlier HND devices is supported by the siba(4) BHND driver.
The ARM AMBA-based interconnect used in later HND devices is supported by the bcma(4) BHND driver.
SEE ALSO
HISTORY
The bhnd device driver first appeared in
FreeBSD 11.0.
AUTHORS
The bhnd driver was written by
Landon Fuller
<landonf@FreeBSD.org>.