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33f72994dbScgd.\"     from: @(#)dca.4	5.2 (Berkeley) 3/27/91
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36f72994dbScgd.Dd March 30, 1994
3761c93b39Sjonathan.Dt AST 4
38c1d21e28Sgarbled.Os
39f72994dbScgd.Sh NAME
40f72994dbScgd.Nm ast
41f72994dbScgd.Nd
42f72994dbScgdmultiplexing serial communications interface
43f72994dbScgd.Sh SYNOPSIS
4453792bd3Sglass.Cd "ast0 at isa? port 0x1a0 irq 5"
45c1f27b86Scgd.Cd "com2 at ast? slave ?"
46c1f27b86Scgd.Cd "com3 at ast? slave ?"
47c1f27b86Scgd.Cd "com4 at ast? slave ?"
48c1f27b86Scgd.Cd "com5 at ast? slave ?"
49f72994dbScgd.Sh DESCRIPTION
50f72994dbScgdThe
51f72994dbScgd.Nm ast
52f72994dbScgddriver provides support for boards that multiplex together up to four
53f72994dbScgd.Tn EIA
54f72994dbScgd.Tn RS-232C
55f72994dbScgd.Pf ( Tn CCITT
56f72994dbScgd.Tn V.28 )
57*d173e865Swizcommunications interfaces.
58*d173e865SwizApparently the original maker of hardware
59f72994dbScgdusing this multiplexing protocol was AST.
60f72994dbScgd.Pp
61f72994dbScgdEach
62f72994dbScgd.Nm
63f72994dbScgddevice is the master device for up to four
64f72994dbScgd.Nm com
65*d173e865Swizdevices.
66*d173e865SwizThe kernel configuration specifies these
67f72994dbScgd.Nm com
68f72994dbScgddevices as slave devices of the
69f72994dbScgd.Nm
70*d173e865Swizdevice, as shown in the synopsis.
71*d173e865SwizThe slave ID given for each
72f72994dbScgd.Nm com
73f72994dbScgddevice determines which bit in the interrupt multiplexing register is
74f72994dbScgdtested to find interrupts for that device.
75461292dfSmycroftThe
76f72994dbScgd.Tn port
77f72994dbScgdspecification for the
78f72994dbScgd.Nm
79461292dfSmycroftdevice is used to compute the base addresses for the
80f72994dbScgd.Nm com
81461292dfSmycroftsubdevices and the port for the interrupt multiplexing register.
82f72994dbScgd.Sh FILES
83f72994dbScgd.Bl -tag -width Pa
84f72994dbScgd.It Pa /dev/tty0?
85f72994dbScgd.El
86f72994dbScgd.Sh SEE ALSO
87f72994dbScgd.Xr com 4
88f72994dbScgd.Sh HISTORY
89f72994dbScgdThe
90f72994dbScgd.Nm
91f72994dbScgddriver was written by Roland McGrath and placed into the public
929ce68c0aSmycroftdomain.
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