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.Dd May 19, 2002
.Dt GIO 4 sgimips
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm gio
.Nd SGI's early PCI-like bus
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Cd "gio0 at imc0"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm gio
bus is a bus for connecting high-speed peripherals to the main memory and
CPU. The devices themselves are connected to the
.Xr hpc 4
peripheral controller, and memory and CPU are accessed through the
.Xr imc 4
(Indy Memory Controller).  The
.Nm
bus is found for example on the Indy and Indigo2 machines.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr hpc 4 ,
.Xr imc 4
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
driver first appeared in
.Nx 1.5 .