bcma
—
Broadcom AMBA Backplane driver
To compile this driver into the kernel, add the following lines to the kernel
configuration file:
device bhnd
device bcma
To load the driver as a module at boot, add this line to
loader.conf(5):
The
bcma
driver provides
bhnd(4)
support for devices using the ARM AMBA-based backplane architecture found in
later Broadcom Home Networking Division's network chipsets and embedded
systems.
A common interconnect connects all of the backplane's functional blocks. These
functional blocks, known as cores, use the ARM AMBA AXI or APB interface to
communicate with devices attached to the interconnect.
The IP cores used in
siba(4)
devices were adapted by Broadcom for compatibility with the new interconnect.
bhnd(4),
intro(4),
siba(4)
The
bcma
device driver first appeared in
FreeBSD 11.0.
The
bcma
driver was written by
Landon Fuller
<
landonf@FreeBSD.org>.