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OFISA(4) Kernel Interfaces Manual OFISA(4)

NAME

ofisa — introduction to machine-independent Open Firmware ISA bus support and drivers

SYNOPSIS

ofisa* at mainbus0
XX* at ofisa?

DESCRIPTION

NetBSD includes a machine-independent ISA bus subsystem and several machine-independent ISA device drivers. The ofisa bus uses Open Firmware to determine how to attach devices.

HARDWARE

NetBSD includes machine-independent Open Firmware ISA drivers, sorted by device type and driver name:

Disk and tape controllers

wdc
Standard Western Digital type hard drive controllers: MFM, RLL, ESDI, and IDE/ATAPI.

Serial and parallel interfaces

com
NS8250-, NS16450-, and NS16550-based serial ports.
lpt
Standard ISA parallel port interface.

Network interfaces

cs
Cirrus Logic Crystal CS8900 Ethernet interfaces.

Sound cards and MIDI interfaces

ess
ESS Technology AudioDrive 1788-, 1888-, 1887-, and 888-based sound cards.

Miscellaneous devices

joy
Game (joystick) adapters.

SEE ALSO

com(4), cs(4), ess(4), intro(4), isa(4), joy(4), lpt(4), wdc(4)

HISTORY

The Open Firmware ISA subsystem appeared in NetBSD 1.4.
July 25, 2000 NetBSD 7.0
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