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33 .Nd Broadcom AMBA Backplane driver
35 To compile this driver into the kernel,
36 place the following lines in your kernel configuration file:
37 .Bd -ragged -offset indent
42 Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time,
43 place the following line in
45 .Bd -literal -offset indent
53 support for devices using the ARM AMBA-based backplane architecture found
54 in later Broadcom Home Networking Division's (HND) wireless chipsets and
57 A common interconnect connects all of the backplane's functional
59 These functional blocks, known as cores, use the ARM AMBA AXI or
60 APB interface to communicate with devices attached to the interconnect.
64 devices were adapted by Broadcom for compatibility with the new
71 device driver first appeared in
78 .An Landon Fuller Aq Mt landonf@FreeBSD.org .