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30.Dd March 22, 2005
31.Os
32.Dt ATTIMER 4
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm attimer
35.Nd AT Timer (8253) driver
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.Cd "attimer*	at acpi?"
38.Cd "attimer0	at isa?"
39.Sh DESCRIPTION
40The
41.Nm
42driver handles the so-called AT Timer device, initially found as chip
43model 8253.
44It is used as the main counter for the clock on the i386 port,
45but also offers control over the pitch of the PC speaker.
46.Pp
47The
48.Nm
49driver currently only implements the access to the ISA register
50.Dq TIMER1
51which controls the pitch of the PC speaker,
52and should be configured along with
53.Xr pcppi 4
54to be of any actual use.
55.Sh SEE ALSO
56.Xr acpi 4 ,
57.Xr isa 4 ,
58.Xr pcppi 4
59