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32.Dd March 31, 1997
33.Dt PCI 4
34.Os NetBSD
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 ppb? bus ?"
41.Pp
42Other
43.Nm
44attachments are machine-dependent and depend on the bus topology and
45PCI bus interface of your system.  See
46.Xr intro 4
47for your system for details.
48.Sh INTRODUCTION
49.Nx
50includes a machine-independent PCI bus subsystem and
51several machine-independent PCI device drivers.
52.Pp
53Your system may support additional PCI devices.  Drivers for PCI
54devices not listed here are machine-dependent.
55Consult your system's
56.Xr intro 4
57for additional information.
58.Sh SUPPORTED DEVICES
59.Nx
60includes machine-independent PCI drivers, sorted by device type and
61driver name:
62.Pp
63.Ss SCSI interfaces
64.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent
65.It ahc
66Adaptec 29xx, 39xx, and other AIC-7xxx-based SCSI interfaces.
67.It bha
68Buslogic BT-9xx SCSI interfaces.
69.It isp
70QLogic ISP-1020, ISP-1040, and ISP-2100 SCSI and FibreChannel interfaces.
71.It ncr
72Symbios Logic/NCR 53c8xx-family SCSI interfaces.
73.El
74.Pp
75.Ss Network interfaces
76.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent
77.It de
78DEC DC21x4x (Tulip) based Ethernet interfaces, including the DE435,
79DE450, and DE500, and Znyx, SMC, Cogent/Adaptec, and Asante single- and
80multi-port Ethernet interfaces.  Multi-port interfaces are typically
81configured as a PCI-PCI bridge with multiple
82.Em de
83instances on the PCI bus on the other side of the bridge.
84.It en
85Midway-based Efficent Networks Inc. and Adaptec ATM interfaces.
86.It ep
873Com 3c590, 3c595, 3c900, and 3c905 Ethernet interfaces.
88.It fpa
89DEC DEFPA FDDI interfaces.
90.It fxp
91Intel EtherExpress PRO 10+/100B Ethernet interfaces.
92.It le
93PCNet-PCI Ethernet interfaces.
94.It ne
95NE2000-compatible Ethernet interfaces.
96.It tl
97Texas Instruments ThunderLAN-based Ethernet interfaces.
98.El
99.Pp
100.Ss Serial interfaces
101.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent
102.It cy
103Cyclades Cyclom-4Y, -8Y, and -16Y asynchronous serial communications
104device interface
105.El
106.Pp
107.Ss Miscellaneous devices
108.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent
109.It pcic
110PCI PCMCIA controllers, including the Cirrus Logic GD6729.
111.It ppb
112Generic PCI-PCI bridges, including PCI expansion backplanes.
113.El
114.Pp
115.Sh SEE ALSO
116.Xr intro 4 ,
117.Xr ahc 4 ,
118.Xr bha 4 ,
119.Xr cy 4 ,
120.Xr de 4 ,
121.Xr en 4 ,
122.Xr ep 4 ,
123.Xr fpa 4 ,
124.Xr fxp 4 ,
125.Xr isp 4 ,
126.Xr le 4 ,
127.Xr ncr 4 ,
128.Xr ne 4 ,
129.Xr pcic 4 ,
130.Xr ppb 4 ,
131.Xr tl 4
132.Sh HISTORY
133The machine-independent PCI subsystem appeared in
134.Nx 1.2 .
135