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31.Dd September 27, 2002
32.Dt EISA 4
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm eisa
36.Nd Introduction to EISA bus machine-independent drivers and support
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.Cd options EISAVERBOSE
39.Pp
40Machine-dependent; depends on the bus topology and
41.Tn EISA
42bus interface of your system.  Typical
43.Tn EISA
44buses are either connected directly
45to the main system bus, or via an
46.Tn PCI
47to
48.Tn EISA
49bridge.  See the
50.Xr intro 4
51documentation for your system for details.
52.Sh DESCRIPTION
53.Nx
54includes a machine-independent
55.Tn EISA
56bus subsystem and several machine-independent
57.Tn EISA
58device drivers.
59.Pp
60Your system may support additional
61.Tn EISA
62devices.
63Drivers for
64.Tn EISA
65devices not listed here are machine-dependent.
66Consult your system's
67.Xr intro 4
68for additional information.
69.Sh SUPPORTED DEVICES
70.Nx
71includes machine-independent
72.Tn EISA
73drivers, sorted by device type
74and driver name:
75.Ss Disk and tape controllers
76.Bl -tag -width pcdisplay -offset indent
77.It Xr cac 4
78Compaq array controllers.
79.It Xr mlx 4
80Mylex DAC960 and DEC SWXCR RAID controllers.
81.El
82.Ss SCSI interfaces
83.Bl -tag -width pcdisplay -offset indent
84.It Xr ahb 4
85Adaptec 174x
86.Tn SCSI
87interfaces.
88.It Xr ahc 4
89Adaptec AIC 7770, 274x, and 284x
90.Tn SCSI
91interfaces.
92.It Xr bha 4
93BusLogic BT-74x
94.Tn SCSI
95interfaces.
96.It Xr dpt 4
97DPT SmartCache/SmartRAID III and IV
98.Tn SCSI
99interfaces.
100.It Xr uha 4
101Ultrastor 24f
102.Tn SCSI
103interfaces.
104.El
105.Ss Network interfaces
106.Bl -tag -width pcdisplay -offset indent
107.It Xr ep 4
1083Com 3c579 and 3c592 10Mbit
109.Tn Ethernet ,
110and 3c597 10/100Mbit
111.Tn Ethernet
112interfaces.
113.It Xr le 4
114Digital DE422
115.Tn Ethernet
116interfaces.
117.It Xr tlp 4
118Digital DE425
119.Tn Ethernet
120interfaces.
121.El
122.Pp
123Note that most or all
124.Tn EISA
125devices also have
126.Tn PCI
127or
128.Tn ISA
129equivalents.
130These are listed in
131.Xr pci 4 ,
132.Xr isa 4 ,
133or
134.Xr isapnp 4 ,
135respectively.  The manual pages for each individual driver also lists the
136supported bus variants.
137.Sh SEE ALSO
138.Xr intro 4
139.Sh HISTORY
140The machine-independent
141.Tn EISA
142subsystem appeared in
143.Nx 1.2 .
144