NetBSD/share/man/man4/ofisa.4

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.Dd July 25, 2000
.Dt OFISA 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm ofisa
.Nd introduction to machine-independent Open Firmware ISA bus support and drivers
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Cd "ofisa* at mainbus0"
.Cd "XX*    at ofisa?"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nx
includes a machine-independent
.Tn ISA
bus subsystem and several machine-independent
.Tn ISA
device drivers.
The
.Nm
bus uses Open Firmware to determine how to attach devices.
.Sh HARDWARE
.Nx
includes machine-independent Open Firmware
.Tn ISA
drivers, sorted by device type and driver name:
.Ss Disk and tape controllers
.Bl -tag -width mmmm -offset indent
.It wdc
Standard Western Digital type hard drive controllers: MFM, RLL, ESDI,
and IDE/ATAPI.
.El
.Ss Serial and parallel interfaces
.Bl -tag -width mmmm -offset indent
.It com
NS8250-, NS16450-, and NS16550-based serial ports.
.It lpt
Standard
.Tn ISA
parallel port interface.
.El
.Ss Network interfaces
.Bl -tag -width mmmm -offset indent
.It cs
.Tn Cirrus Logic
Crystal CS8900
.Tn Ethernet
interfaces.
.El
.Ss Sound cards and MIDI interfaces
.Bl -tag -width mmmm -offset indent
.It ess
ESS Technology AudioDrive 1788-, 1888-, 1887-, and 888-based sound cards.
.El
.Ss Miscellaneous devices
.Bl -tag -width mmmm -offset indent
.It joy
Game (joystick) adapters.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr com 4 ,
.Xr cs 4 ,
.Xr ess 4 ,
.Xr intro 4 ,
.Xr isa 4 ,
.Xr joy 4 ,
.Xr lpt 4 ,
.Xr wdc 4
.Sh HISTORY
The Open Firmware
.Tn ISA
subsystem appeared in
.Nx 1.4 .