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27.Dd April 21, 1999
28.Os
29.Dt PCPPI 4
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm pcppi
32.Nd PC (ISA) control and timer port driver
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.Cd "pcppi*   at isa?"
35.Cd "isabeep* at pcppi?"
36(alpha only)
37.Cd "sysbeep* at pcppi?"
38(i386 only)
39.Cd "spkr0    at pcppi?"
40.Cd "midi*    at pcppi?"
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42The
43.Nm
44driver handles resource allocation and device attachment for the
45ports related to the ISA speaker in the traditional PC/AT
46.Dq design .
47These are the
48.Dq system control port
49(which was implemented by the 8255
50.Dq PPI
51in the XT, hence the name of this driver)
52at IO address 0x61 and the first 8253 timer at 0x40-0x43.
53.Pp
54The
55.Nm
56driver provides its child devices with the ability to output simple
57tones through the PC speaker. The
58.Xr speaker 4
59and
60.Xr midi 4
61devices use this to synthesize sounds.
62The
63.Xr isabeep 4
64and
65.Xr sysbeep 4
66devices are helpers which the
67.Xr pckbd 4
68driver uses as a substitute for a
69.Dq keyboard beep ,
70because the PC keyboard hardware doesn't provide this.
71.Sh SEE ALSO
72.Xr isa 4 ,
73.Xr midi 4 ,
74.Xr pckbd 4 ,
75.Xr speaker 4
76