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1 | .\" $NetBSD: pnpbios.4,v 1.15 2017/02/17 22:24:46 christos Exp $ | | 1 | .\" $NetBSD: pnpbios.4,v 1.16 2021/03/12 10:48:29 nia Exp $ |
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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 |
44 | provides support for finding and attaching devices by | | 44 | provides support for finding and attaching devices by |
45 | extracting information from the PnP BIOS of a machine. | | 45 | extracting information from the PnP BIOS of a machine. |
46 | .Sh SUPPORTED DEVICES | | 46 | .Sh SUPPORTED DEVICES |
47 | .Nx | | 47 | .Nx |
48 | includes the following | | 48 | includes the following |
49 | .Nm | | 49 | .Nm |
50 | drivers, sorted by driver name: | | 50 | drivers, 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 |
54 | serial communications interface | | 54 | serial communications interface |
55 | .It ess | | 55 | .It Xr ess 4 |
56 | ESS Technology AudioDrive family audio device driver | | 56 | ESS Technology AudioDrive family audio device driver |
57 | .It fdc | | 57 | .It Xr x86/fdc 4 |
58 | floppy controller | | 58 | floppy controller |
59 | .It joy | | 59 | .It Xr joy 4 |
60 | game controller | | 60 | game controller |
61 | .It lpt | | 61 | .It Xr x86/lpt 4 |
62 | parallel port driver | | 62 | parallel port driver |
63 | .It pciide | | 63 | .It Xr pciide 4 |
64 | PCI IDE controllers driver | | 64 | PCI IDE controllers driver |
65 | .It pckbc | | 65 | .It Xr pckbc 4 |
66 | PC keyboard/mouse controller | | 66 | PC keyboard/mouse controller |
67 | .It sb | | 67 | .It Xr sb 4 |
68 | SoundBlaster family audio device driver | | 68 | SoundBlaster family audio device driver |
69 | .It wss | | 69 | .It Xr wss 4 |
70 | Windows Sound System hardware driver | | 70 | Windows Sound System hardware driver |
71 | .It ym | | 71 | .It Xr ym 4 |
72 | Yamaha OPL3-SA3 sound driver | | 72 | Yamaha 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 |
89 | The | | 79 | The |
90 | .Nm | | 80 | .Nm |
91 | driver | | 81 | driver |
92 | appeared in | | 82 | appeared in |
93 | .Nx 1.5 . | | 83 | .Nx 1.5 . |
94 | .Sh BUGS | | 84 | .Sh BUGS |
95 | The | | 85 | The |
96 | .Nm | | 86 | .Nm |
97 | bus provides a different way to attach devices than the real buses | | 87 | bus 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 ) . |
100 | The reason to use | | 90 | The reason to use |
101 | .Nm | | 91 | .Nm |
102 | instead of the real bus is that some machines have weird routings | | 92 | instead of the real bus is that some machines have weird routings |
103 | of, e.g., interrupts. | | 93 | of, e.g., interrupts. |
104 | The exact information about these things can | | 94 | The exact information about these things can |
105 | be found in the BIOS, which is why the | | 95 | be found in the BIOS, which is why the |
106 | .Nm | | 96 | .Nm |
107 | bus has a better chance of succeeding with getting it right. | | 97 | bus has a better chance of succeeding with getting it right. |
108 | .Pp | | 98 | .Pp |
109 | Many older BIOS implementations do not support PnP, | | 99 | Many older BIOS implementations do not support PnP, |
110 | and some newer ones do not follow the standards. | | 100 | and some newer ones do not follow the standards. |