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31.Dd February 17, 1997
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
38Machine-dependent; depends on the bus topology and
39.Tn EISA
40bus interface of your system.  Typical
41.Tn EISA
42buses are either connected directly
43to the main system bus, or via an
44.Tn PCI
45to
46.Tn EISA
47bridge.  See the
48.Xr intro 4
49documentation for your system for details.
50.Sh DESCRIPTION
51.Nx
52includes a machine-independent
53.Tn EISA
54bus subsystem and several machine-independent
55.Tn EISA
56device drivers.
57.Pp
58Your system may support additional
59.Tn EISA
60devices.
61Drivers for
62.Tn EISA
63devices not listed here are machine-dependent.
64Consult your system's
65.Xr intro 4
66for additional information.
67.Sh SUPPORTED DEVICES
68.Nx
69includes machine-independent
70.Tn EISA
71drivers, sorted by device type
72and driver name:
73.Ss Disk and tape controllers
74.Bl -tag -width pcdisplay -offset indent
75.It cac
76Compaq array controllers.
77.It mlx
78Mylex DAC960 and DEC SWXCR RAID controllers.
79.El
80.Ss SCSI interfaces
81.Bl -tag -width pcdisplay -offset indent
82.It ahb
83Adaptec 174x
84.Tn SCSI
85interfaces.
86.It ahc
87Adaptec AIC 7770, 274x, and 284x
88.Tn SCSI
89interfaces.
90.It bha
91BusLogic BT-74x
92.Tn SCSI
93interfaces.
94.It dpt
95DPT SmartCache/SmartRAID III and IV
96.Tn SCSI
97interfaces.
98.It uha
99Ulrastor 24f
100.Tn SCSI
101interfaces.
102.El
103.Ss Network interfaces
104.Bl -tag -width pcdisplay -offset indent
105.It ep
1063Com 3c579 and 3c592 10Mbit
107.Tn Ethernet ,
108and 3c597 10/100Mbit
109.Tn Ethernet
110interfaces.
111.It fea
112Digital DEFEA FDDI interfaces.
113.It le
114Digital DE422
115.Tn Ethernet
116interfaces.
117.It tlp
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 ahb 4 ,
139.Xr ahc 4 ,
140.Xr bha 4 ,
141.Xr cac 4 ,
142.Xr dpt 4 ,
143.Xr ep 4 ,
144.Xr fea 4 ,
145.Xr intro 4 ,
146.Xr le 4 ,
147.Xr mlx 4 ,
148.Xr tlp 4 ,
149.Xr uha 4
150.Sh HISTORY
151The machine-independent
152.Tn EISA
153subsystem appeared in
154.Nx 1.2 .
155