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28.Dd $Mdocdate: January 26 2008 $
29.Dt PCPPI 4
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm pcppi
33.Nd PC (ISA) control and timer port driver
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.Cd "pcppi*   at isa?"
36.Cd "spkr0    at pcppi?"
37.Cd "midi*    at pcppi?"
38.Sh DESCRIPTION
39The
40.Nm
41driver handles resource allocation and device attachment for the
42ports related to the ISA speaker in the traditional PC/AT
43.Dq design .
44These are the
45.Dq system control port
46(which was implemented by the 8255
47.Dq PPI
48in the XT, hence the name of this driver)
49at I/O address 0x61 and the first 8253 timer at 0x40-0x43.
50.Pp
51The
52.Nm
53driver provides its child devices with the ability to output simple
54tones through the PC speaker.
55The
56.Xr speaker 4
57and
58.Xr midi 4
59devices use this to synthesize sounds.
60It also provides helper functions to the
61.Xr pckbd 4
62driver as a substitute for a
63.Dq keyboard beep ,
64because the PC keyboard hardware doesn't provide this.
65.Sh SEE ALSO
66.Xr intro 4 ,
67.Xr isa 4 ,
68.Xr midi 4 ,
69.Xr pckbd 4 ,
70.Xr speaker 4
71