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38.Dd January 7, 2004
39.Dt NELL 4 sparc
40.Os
41.Sh NAME
42.Nm nell
43.Nd sbus pcmcia bridge
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45# only needed for 32bit sparcs (remove the options line on sparc64):
46.Cd "options FULL_SPARC_BUS_SPACE"
47.Cd "nell* at sbus? slot ? offset ? flags 0"
48.Cd "pcmcia* at nell? controller ? socket ?"
49.Sh DESCRIPTION
50The
51.Nm
52is a pcmcia bridge for the sbus.
53It is also known as STP4020, the name
54of the chipset used to implement it, and has SUN part number 501-2367.
55.Pp
56The firmware assigns two interrupt levels to the nell, but the driver only
57needs a single interrupt.
58Depending on distribution of interrupt levels on your machine you might
59prefer the driver to use either the first (use flags value 0) or the second
60(use flags value 1).
61.Sh KERNEL THREAD
62Each
63.Nm
64instance creates a kernel thread, named like the instance.
65This thread is used to watch for card insertions and removals, and
66handling the attachment and initialization of the card's driver.
67.Sh SEE ALSO
68.Xr pcmcia 4 ,
69.Xr sbus 4
70