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30.Dd February 17, 2017 30.Dd February 17, 2017
31.Dt PNPBIOS 4 i386 31.Dt PNPBIOS 4 i386
32.Os 32.Os
33.Sh NAME 33.Sh NAME
34.Nm pnpbios 34.Nm pnpbios
35.Nd introduction to PnP BIOS support 35.Nd introduction to PnP BIOS support
36.Sh SYNOPSIS 36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.Cd "pnpbios0 at mainbus?" 37.Cd "pnpbios0 at mainbus?"
38.Cd "XX* at pnpbios0 index ?" 38.Cd "XX* at pnpbios0 index ?"
39.Pp 39.Pp
40.Cd options PNPBIOSVERBOSE 40.Cd options PNPBIOSVERBOSE
41.Cd options PNPBIOSDEBUG 41.Cd options PNPBIOSDEBUG
42.Sh INTRODUCTION 42.Sh INTRODUCTION
43.Nm 43.Nm
44provides support for finding and attaching devices by 44provides support for finding and attaching devices by
45extracting information from the PnP BIOS of a machine. 45extracting information from the PnP BIOS of a machine.
46.Sh SUPPORTED DEVICES 46.Sh SUPPORTED DEVICES
47.Nx 47.Nx
48includes the following 48includes the following
49.Nm 49.Nm
50drivers, sorted by driver name: 50drivers, sorted by driver name:
51.Pp 51.Pp
52.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent -compact 52.Bl -tag -width x86/fdc(4) -offset indent -compact
53.It com 53.It Xr com 4
54serial communications interface 54serial communications interface
55.It ess 55.It Xr ess 4
56ESS Technology AudioDrive family audio device driver 56ESS Technology AudioDrive family audio device driver
57.It fdc 57.It Xr x86/fdc 4
58floppy controller 58floppy controller
59.It joy 59.It Xr joy 4
60game controller 60game controller
61.It lpt 61.It Xr x86/lpt 4
62parallel port driver 62parallel port driver
63.It pciide 63.It Xr pciide 4
64PCI IDE controllers driver 64PCI IDE controllers driver
65.It pckbc 65.It Xr pckbc 4
66PC keyboard/mouse controller 66PC keyboard/mouse controller
67.It sb 67.It Xr sb 4
68SoundBlaster family audio device driver 68SoundBlaster family audio device driver
69.It wss 69.It Xr wss 4
70Windows Sound System hardware driver 70Windows Sound System hardware driver
71.It ym 71.It Xr ym 4
72Yamaha OPL3-SA3 sound driver 72Yamaha OPL3-SA3 sound driver
73.El 73.El
74.Sh SEE ALSO 74.Sh SEE ALSO
75.Xr com 4 , 
76.Xr ess 4 , 
77.Xr fdc 4 , 
78.Xr i386/intro 4 , 75.Xr i386/intro 4 ,
79.Xr isa 4 , 76.Xr isa 4 ,
80.Xr joy 4 , 77.Xr pci 4
81.Xr lpt 4 , 
82.Xr pci 4 , 
83.Xr pciide 4 , 
84.Xr pckbc 4 , 
85.Xr sb 4 , 
86.Xr wss 4 , 
87.Xr ym 4 
88.Sh HISTORY 78.Sh HISTORY
89The 79The
90.Nm 80.Nm
91driver 81driver
92appeared in 82appeared in
93.Nx 1.5 . 83.Nx 1.5 .
94.Sh BUGS 84.Sh BUGS
95The 85The
96.Nm 86.Nm
97bus provides a different way to attach devices than the real buses 87bus provides a different way to attach devices than the real buses
98(e.g., 88(e.g.,
99.Xr isa 4 ) . 89.Xr isa 4 ) .
100The reason to use 90The reason to use
101.Nm 91.Nm
102instead of the real bus is that some machines have weird routings 92instead of the real bus is that some machines have weird routings
103of, e.g., interrupts. 93of, e.g., interrupts.
104The exact information about these things can 94The exact information about these things can
105be found in the BIOS, which is why the 95be found in the BIOS, which is why the
106.Nm 96.Nm
107bus has a better chance of succeeding with getting it right. 97bus has a better chance of succeeding with getting it right.
108.Pp 98.Pp
109Many older BIOS implementations do not support PnP, 99Many older BIOS implementations do not support PnP,
110and some newer ones do not follow the standards. 100and some newer ones do not follow the standards.