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33 .Nd Broadcom AMBA Backplane driver
35 To compile this driver into the kernel, add the following lines to the
36 kernel configuration file:
37 .Bd -ragged -offset indent
42 To load the driver as a module at boot, add this line to
44 .Bd -literal -offset indent
52 support for devices using the ARM AMBA-based backplane architecture found
53 in later Broadcom Home Networking Division's network chipsets and embedded
56 A common interconnect connects all of the backplane's functional
58 These functional blocks, known as cores, use the ARM AMBA AXI or
59 APB interface to communicate with devices attached to the interconnect.
63 devices were adapted by Broadcom for compatibility with the new
72 device driver first appeared in
79 .An Landon Fuller Aq Mt landonf@FreeBSD.org .