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LEARN ABOUT NETBSD

ofisa

OFISA(4)						   BSD 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.

BSD
								   July 25, 2000							       BSD