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27.Dd March 22, 2005
28.Dt PCPPI 4
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm pcppi
32.Nd PC (ISA) control port driver
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.Cd "pcppi*   at acpi?"
35.Cd "pcppi*   at isa?"
36.Cd "isabeep* at pcppi?"
37(alpha only)
38.Cd "sysbeep* at pcppi?"
39(i386 only)
40.Cd "spkr0    at pcppi?"
41.Cd "midi*    at pcppi?"
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43The
44.Nm
45driver handles resource allocation and device attachment for the
46ports related to the ISA speaker in the traditional PC/AT
47.Dq design .
48These are the
49.Dq system control port
50(which was implemented by the 8255
51.Dq PPI
52in the XT, hence the name of this driver)
53at IO address 0x61.
54.Pp
55When associated with an
56.Xr attimer 4
57device, it is possible to change the pitch of the sounds emitted through
58.Nm .
59.Pp
60The
61.Nm
62driver provides its child devices with the ability to output simple
63tones through the PC speaker. The
64.Xr speaker 4
65and
66.Xr midi 4
67devices use this to synthesize sounds.
68The
69.Xr isabeep 4
70and
71.Xr sysbeep 4
72devices are helpers which the
73.Xr pckbd 4
74driver uses as a substitute for a
75.Dq keyboard beep ,
76because the PC keyboard hardware doesn't provide this.
77.Sh SEE ALSO
78.Xr acpi 4 ,
79.Xr attimer 4 ,
80.Xr isa 4 ,
81.Xr midi 4 ,
82.Xr pckbd 4 ,
83.Xr speaker 4
84