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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 isp
87QLogic ISP-1020, ISP-1040, and ISP-2100
88.Tn SCSI
89and
90.Tn FibreChannel
91interfaces.
92.It ncr
93Symbios Logic/NCR 53c8xx-family
94.Tn SCSI
95interfaces.
96.El
97.Pp
98.Ss Network interfaces
99.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent
100.It de
101.Tn DEC
102DC21x4x (Tulip) based
103.Tn Ethernet
104interfaces, including the DE435,
105DE450, and DE500, and Znyx, SMC, Cogent/Adaptec, and Asante single- and
106multi-port
107.Tn Ethernet
108interfaces.  Multi-port interfaces are typically
109configured as a
110.Tn PCI Ns \- Ns Tn PCI
111bridge with multiple
112.Em de
113instances on the
114.Tn PCI
115bus on the other side of the bridge.
116.It en
117Midway-based Efficent Networks Inc. and Adaptec ATM interfaces.
118.It ep
1193Com 3c590, 3c595, 3c900, and 3c905
120.Tn Ethernet
121interfaces.
122.It fpa
123.Tn DEC
124DEFPA
125.Tn FDDI
126interfaces.
127.It fxp
128Intel EtherExpress PRO 10+/100B
129.Tn Ethernet
130interfaces.
131.It le
132PCNet-PCI
133.Tn Ethernet
134interfaces.
135.It ne
136NE2000-compatible
137.Tn Ethernet
138interfaces.
139.It ntwoc
140SDL Communications N2pci and WAN/ic 400 synchronous serial interfaces.
141.It tl
142Texas Instruments ThunderLAN-based
143.Tn Ethernet
144interfaces.
145.El
146.Pp
147.Ss Serial interfaces
148.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent
149.It cy
150Cyclades Cyclom-4Y, -8Y, and -16Y asynchronous serial communications
151device interface.
152.El
153.Pp
154.Ss Audio devices
155.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent
156.It clcs
157Cirrus Logic CS4280 sound device.
158.It eap
159Ensoniq AudioPCI sound device.
160.It eso
161ESS Solo-1 PCI AudioDrive sound device.
162.It fms
163Forte Media FM801 sound device.
164.It sv
165S3 SonicVibes sound device.
166.El
167.Pp
168.Ss Miscellaneous devices
169.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent
170.It cbb
171.Tn PCI
172Yenta compatible
173.Tn CardBus
174bridges.
175.It ohci
176USB OHCI host controller
177.It pcic
178.Tn PCI
179.Tn PCMCIA
180controllers, including the Cirrus Logic GD6729.
181.It ppb
182Generic
183.Tn PCI Ns \- Ns Tn PCI
184bridges, including
185.Tn PCI
186expansion backplanes.
187.It puc
188PCI
189.Dq universal
190communications cards, containing
191.Nm com
192and
193.Nm lpt
194communications ports.
195.It uhci
196USB UHCI host controller
197.El
198.Pp
199.Sh SEE ALSO
200.Xr intro 4 ,
201.Xr ahc 4 ,
202.Xr bha 4 ,
203.Xr clcs 4 ,
204.Xr cy 4 ,
205.Xr de 4 ,
206.Xr eap 4 ,
207.Xr eso 4 ,
208.Xr en 4 ,
209.Xr ep 4 ,
210.Xr eso 4 ,
211.Xr fpa 4 ,
212.Xr fxp 4 ,
213.Xr isp 4 ,
214.Xr le 4 ,
215.Xr ncr 4 ,
216.Xr ne 4 ,
217.Xr pcic 4 ,
218.Xr ppb 4 ,
219.Xr puc 4 ,
220.Xr sv 4 ,
221.Xr tl 4 ,
222.Xr usb 4
223.Sh HISTORY
224The machine-independent
225.Tn PCI
226subsystem appeared in
227.Nx 1.2 .
228