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32.Dd March 31, 1997
33.Dt PCI 4
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm pci
37.Nd introduction to machine-independent PCI bus support and drivers
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.Pp
40.Cd "pci* at mainbus? bus ?"
41.Cd "pci* at pchb? bus ?"
42.Cd "pci* at ppb? bus ?"
43.Pp
44Other
45.Nm
46attachments are machine-dependent and depend on the bus topology and
47.Tn PCI
48bus interface of your system.
49See
50.Xr intro 4
51for your system for details.
52.Sh INTRODUCTION
53.Nx
54includes a machine-independent
55.Tn PCI
56bus subsystem and
57several machine-independent
58.Tn PCI
59device drivers.
60.Pp
61Your system may support additional
62.Tn PCI
63devices.
64Drivers for
65.Tn PCI
66devices not listed here are machine-dependent.
67Consult your system's
68.Xr intro 4
69for additional information.
70.Sh SUPPORTED DEVICES
71.Nx
72includes machine-independent
73.Tn PCI
74drivers, sorted by device type and driver name:
75.Pp
76.Ss SCSI interfaces
77.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent
78.It ahc
79Adaptec 29xx, 39xx, and other AIC-7xxx-based
80.Tn SCSI
81interfaces.
82.It bha
83Buslogic BT-9xx
84.Tn SCSI
85interfaces.
86.It dpt
87DPT SmartCache/SmartRAID III and IV SCSI interfaces.
88.It isp
89QLogic ISP-1020, ISP-1040, and ISP-2100
90.Tn SCSI
91and
92.Tn FibreChannel
93interfaces.
94.It ncr
95Symbios Logic/NCR 53c8xx-family
96.Tn SCSI
97interfaces.
98.It siop
99Symbios Logic/NCR 53c8xx-family
100.Tn SCSI
101interfaces.
102.El
103.Pp
104.Ss Network interfaces
105.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent
106.It de
107.Tn DEC
108DC21x4x (Tulip) based
109.Tn Ethernet
110interfaces, including the DE435,
111DE450, and DE500, and Znyx, SMC, Cogent/Adaptec, and Asante single- and
112multi-port
113.Tn Ethernet
114interfaces.  Multi-port interfaces are typically
115configured as a
116.Tn PCI Ns \- Ns Tn PCI
117bridge with multiple
118.Em de
119instances on the
120.Tn PCI
121bus on the other side of the bridge.
122.It en
123Midway-based Efficent Networks Inc. and Adaptec ATM interfaces.
124.It ep
1253Com 3c590, 3c595, 3c900, and 3c905
126.Tn Ethernet
127interfaces.
128.It ex
1293Com 3c900, 3c905, and 3c980
130.Tn Ethernet
131interfaces.
132.It fpa
133.Tn DEC
134DEFPA
135.Tn FDDI
136interfaces.
137.It fxp
138Intel EtherExpress PRO 10+/100B
139.Tn Ethernet
140interfaces.
141.It le
142PCNet-PCI
143.Tn Ethernet
144interfaces.
145.It ne
146NE2000-compatible
147.Tn Ethernet
148interfaces.
149.It ntwoc
150SDL Communications N2pci and WAN/ic 400 synchronous serial interfaces.
151.It rtk
152RealTek 8129/8139 based Ethernet interfaces.
153.It tl
154Texas Instruments ThunderLAN-based
155.Tn Ethernet
156interfaces.
157.El
158.Pp
159.Ss Serial interfaces
160.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent
161.It cy
162Cyclades Cyclom-4Y, -8Y, and -16Y asynchronous serial communications
163device interface.
164.El
165.Pp
166.Ss Audio devices
167.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent
168.It auvia
169VIA VT82C686A integrated AC'97 sound device.
170.It clcs
171Cirrus Logic CS4280 sound device.
172.It cmpci
173C-Media CMI8x38 sound device.
174.It eap
175Ensoniq AudioPCI sound device.
176.It eso
177ESS Solo-1 PCI AudioDrive sound device.
178.It fms
179Forte Media FM801 sound device.
180.It sv
181S3 SonicVibes sound device.
182.El
183.Pp
184.Ss Miscellaneous devices
185.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent
186.It cac
187Compaq array controller.
188.It cbb
189.Tn PCI
190Yenta compatible
191.Tn CardBus
192bridges.
193.It ohci
194USB OHCI host controller
195.It pcic
196.Tn PCI
197.Tn PCMCIA
198controllers, including the Cirrus Logic GD6729.
199.It ppb
200Generic
201.Tn PCI Ns \- Ns Tn PCI
202bridges, including
203.Tn PCI
204expansion backplanes.
205.It puc
206PCI
207.Dq universal
208communications cards, containing
209.Nm com
210and
211.Nm lpt
212communications ports.
213.It uhci
214USB UHCI host controller
215.El
216.Pp
217.Sh SEE ALSO
218.Xr intro 4 ,
219.Xr ahc 4 ,
220.Xr auvia 4 ,
221.Xr bha 4 ,
222.Xr bktr 4 ,
223.Xr cac 4 ,
224.Xr clcs 4 ,
225.Xr cmpci 4 ,
226.Xr cy 4 ,
227.Xr de 4 ,
228.Xr dpt 4 ,
229.Xr eap 4 ,
230.Xr eso 4 ,
231.Xr en 4 ,
232.Xr ep 4 ,
233.Xr eso 4 ,
234.Xr ex 4 ,
235.Xr fms 4 ,
236.Xr fpa 4 ,
237.Xr fxp 4 ,
238.Xr isp 4 ,
239.Xr le 4 ,
240.Xr ncr 4 ,
241.Xr ne 4 ,
242.Xr pcic 4 ,
243.Xr ppb 4 ,
244.Xr puc 4 ,
245.Xr siop 4 ,
246.Xr sv 4 ,
247.Xr tl 4 ,
248.Xr usb 4
249.Sh HISTORY
250The machine-independent
251.Tn PCI
252subsystem appeared in
253.Nx 1.2 .
254