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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.El
99.Pp
100.Ss Network interfaces
101.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent
102.It de
103.Tn DEC
104DC21x4x (Tulip) based
105.Tn Ethernet
106interfaces, including the DE435,
107DE450, and DE500, and Znyx, SMC, Cogent/Adaptec, and Asante single- and
108multi-port
109.Tn Ethernet
110interfaces.  Multi-port interfaces are typically
111configured as a
112.Tn PCI Ns \- Ns Tn PCI
113bridge with multiple
114.Em de
115instances on the
116.Tn PCI
117bus on the other side of the bridge.
118.It en
119Midway-based Efficent Networks Inc. and Adaptec ATM interfaces.
120.It ep
1213Com 3c590, 3c595, 3c900, and 3c905
122.Tn Ethernet
123interfaces.
124.It ex
1253Com 3c900, 3c905, and 3c980
126.Tn Ethernet
127interfaces.
128.It fpa
129.Tn DEC
130DEFPA
131.Tn FDDI
132interfaces.
133.It fxp
134Intel EtherExpress PRO 10+/100B
135.Tn Ethernet
136interfaces.
137.It le
138PCNet-PCI
139.Tn Ethernet
140interfaces.
141.It ne
142NE2000-compatible
143.Tn Ethernet
144interfaces.
145.It ntwoc
146SDL Communications N2pci and WAN/ic 400 synchronous serial interfaces.
147.It tl
148Texas Instruments ThunderLAN-based
149.Tn Ethernet
150interfaces.
151.El
152.Pp
153.Ss Serial interfaces
154.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent
155.It cy
156Cyclades Cyclom-4Y, -8Y, and -16Y asynchronous serial communications
157device interface.
158.El
159.Pp
160.Ss Audio devices
161.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent
162.It clcs
163Cirrus Logic CS4280 sound device.
164.It eap
165Ensoniq AudioPCI sound device.
166.It eso
167ESS Solo-1 PCI AudioDrive sound device.
168.It fms
169Forte Media FM801 sound device.
170.It sv
171S3 SonicVibes sound device.
172.El
173.Pp
174.Ss Miscellaneous devices
175.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent
176.It cbb
177.Tn PCI
178Yenta compatible
179.Tn CardBus
180bridges.
181.It ohci
182USB OHCI host controller
183.It pcic
184.Tn PCI
185.Tn PCMCIA
186controllers, including the Cirrus Logic GD6729.
187.It ppb
188Generic
189.Tn PCI Ns \- Ns Tn PCI
190bridges, including
191.Tn PCI
192expansion backplanes.
193.It puc
194PCI
195.Dq universal
196communications cards, containing
197.Nm com
198and
199.Nm lpt
200communications ports.
201.It uhci
202USB UHCI host controller
203.El
204.Pp
205.Sh SEE ALSO
206.Xr intro 4 ,
207.Xr ahc 4 ,
208.Xr bha 4 ,
209.Xr clcs 4 ,
210.Xr cy 4 ,
211.Xr de 4 ,
212.Xr dpt 4 ,
213.Xr eap 4 ,
214.Xr eso 4 ,
215.Xr en 4 ,
216.Xr ep 4 ,
217.Xr eso 4 ,
218.Xr ex 4 ,
219.Xr fpa 4 ,
220.Xr fxp 4 ,
221.Xr isp 4 ,
222.Xr le 4 ,
223.Xr ncr 4 ,
224.Xr ne 4 ,
225.Xr pcic 4 ,
226.Xr ppb 4 ,
227.Xr puc 4 ,
228.Xr sv 4 ,
229.Xr tl 4 ,
230.Xr usb 4
231.Sh HISTORY
232The machine-independent
233.Tn PCI
234subsystem appeared in
235.Nx 1.2 .
236