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28.Dd June 3, 2016
29.Dt BCMA 4
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm bcma
33.Nd Broadcom AMBA Backplane driver
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35To compile this driver into the kernel,
36place the following lines in your kernel configuration file:
37.Bd -ragged -offset indent
38.Cd "device bhnd"
39.Cd "device bcma"
40.Ed
41.Pp
42Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time,
43place the following line in
44.Xr loader.conf 5 :
45.Bd -literal -offset indent
46bcma_load="YES"
47.Ed
48.Sh DESCRIPTION
49The
50.Nm
51driver provides
52.Xr bhnd 4
53support for devices using the ARM AMBA-based backplane architecture found
54in later Broadcom Home Networking Division's (HND) wireless chipsets and
55embedded systems.
56.Pp
57A common interconnect connects all of the backplane's functional
58blocks.
59These functional blocks, known as cores, use the ARM AMBA AXI or
60APB interface to communicate with devices attached to the interconnect.
61.Pp
62The IP cores used in
63.Xr siba 4
64devices were adapted by Broadcom for compatibility with the new
65interconnect.
66.Sh SEE ALSO
67.Xr bhnd 4
68.Sh HISTORY
69The
70.Nm
71device driver first appeared in
72.Fx 11.0 .
73.Sh AUTHORS
74.An -nosplit
75The
76.Nm
77driver was written by
78.An Landon Fuller Aq Mt landonf@FreeBSD.org .
79