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37.Dd May 19, 2002
38.Dt GIO 4 sgimips
39.Os
40.Sh NAME
41.Nm gio
42.Nd SGI's early PCI-like bus
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.Cd "gio0 at imc0"
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46The
47.Nm gio
48bus is a bus for connecting high-speed peripherals to the main memory and
49CPU. The devices themselves are connected to the
50.Xr hpc 4
51peripheral controller, and memory and CPU are accessed through the
52.Xr imc 4
53(Indy Memory Controller).  The
54.Nm
55bus is found for example on the Indy and Indigo2 machines.
56.Sh SEE ALSO
57.Xr hpc 4 ,
58.Xr imc 4
59.Sh HISTORY
60The
61.Nm
62driver first appeared in
63.Nx 1.5 .
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