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bscbus

bscv(7D)							      Devices								  bscv(7D)

NAME

       bscv, bscbus, i2bsc - Blade support chip interface driver

DESCRIPTION

       The  bscv,  bscbus  and	i2bsc drivers interface with the Blade support chip used on Sun Microsystem's Blade server products. These drivers
       provide a conduit for passing control, environmental, cpu signature and event information between Solaris and the Blade support chip.

       These drivers do not export public interfaces. Instead they make information available via picl, prtdiag,  prtfru  and  related	tools.	In
       addition, these drivers log Blade support chip environmental event information into system logs.

FILES

       /platform/sun4u/kernel/drv/sparcv9/bscbus

	   64-bit ELF kernel driver

       /platform/sun4u/kernel/drv/sparcv9/bscv

	   64-bit ELF kernel driver

       /platform/sun4u/kernel/drv/sparcv9/i2bsc

	   64-bit ELF kernel driver

       /platform/i86pc/kernel/drv/bscbus

	   32-bit ELF kernel file (x86 only)

       /platform/i86pc/kernel/drv/bscv

	   32-bit ELF kernel file (x86 only)

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5)  for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE  TYPE 	     |ATTRIBUTE VALUE		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Architecture		     |Limited	to  systems  with  |
       |			     |Blade Support Chip	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWcar.u,  SUNWcar.i	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SunOS 5.10							  22 August 2003							  bscv(7D)