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
