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37.Dd January 2, 2006
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.Cd "gio0 at pic0"
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47The
48.Nm
49bus is a bus for connecting high-speed peripherals to the main memory and
50CPU.
51The devices themselves are typically (but not necessarily) connected to the
52.Xr hpc 4
53peripheral controller, and memory and CPU are accessed through the
54.Xr imc 4
55(Indy Memory Controller) or
56.Xr pic 4
57(Processor Interface Controller).
58The
59.Nm
60bus is found on the Personal Iris 4D/3x, Indigo, Indy, and Indigo2 machines
61and exists in three incarnations: GIO32, GIO32-bis, and GIO64.
62.Sh SEE ALSO
63.Xr hpc 4 ,
64.Xr imc 4 ,
65.Xr pic 4
66.Sh HISTORY
67The
68.Nm
69driver first appeared in
70.Nx 1.5 .
71