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diff --git a/static/freebsd/man4/siba.4 3.html b/static/freebsd/man4/siba.4 3.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a5d85b7c --- /dev/null +++ b/static/freebsd/man4/siba.4 3.html @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +<table class="head"> + <tr> + <td class="head-ltitle">SIBA(4)</td> + <td class="head-vol">Device Drivers Manual</td> + <td class="head-rtitle">SIBA(4)</td> + </tr> +</table> +<div class="manual-text"> +<section class="Sh"> +<h1 class="Sh" id="NAME"><a class="permalink" href="#NAME">NAME</a></h1> +<p class="Pp"><code class="Nm">siba</code> — <span class="Nd">Sonic Inc. + Silicon Backplane driver</span></p> +</section> +<section class="Sh"> +<h1 class="Sh" id="SYNOPSIS"><a class="permalink" href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></h1> +<p class="Pp">To compile this driver into the kernel, add the following lines to + the kernel configuration file:</p> +<div class="Bd Pp Bd-indent"><code class="Cd">device bhnd</code> +<br/> +<code class="Cd">device siba</code></div> +<p class="Pp">To load the driver as a module at boot, add this line to + <a class="Xr">loader.conf(5)</a>:</p> +<div class="Bd Pp Bd-indent Li"> +<pre>siba_load="YES"</pre> +</div> +</section> +<section class="Sh"> +<h1 class="Sh" id="DESCRIPTION"><a class="permalink" href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></h1> +<p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">siba</code> driver provides + <a class="Xr">bhnd(4)</a> support for devices based on the Sonic Inc. + Silicon Backplane, an interblock communications architecture found in + earlier Broadcom Home Networking Division wireless chipsets and embedded + systems.</p> +<p class="Pp">A common interconnect connects all of the Silicon Backplane's + functional blocks. These functional blocks, known as cores, use the Open + Core Protocol (OCP) interface to communicate with agents attached to the + Silicon Backplane.</p> +<p class="Pp">Each core can have an initiator agent that passes read and write + requests onto the system backplane and a target agent that returns responses + to those requests. Not all cores contain both an initiator and a target + agent. Initiator agents are present in cores that contain host interfaces + (PCI, PCMCIA), embedded processors (MIPS), or DMA processors associated with + communications cores.</p> +</section> +<section class="Sh"> +<h1 class="Sh" id="SEE_ALSO"><a class="permalink" href="#SEE_ALSO">SEE + ALSO</a></h1> +<p class="Pp"><a class="Xr">bcma(4)</a>, <a class="Xr">bhnd(4)</a>, + <a class="Xr">intro(4)</a></p> +</section> +<section class="Sh"> +<h1 class="Sh" id="HISTORY"><a class="permalink" href="#HISTORY">HISTORY</a></h1> +<p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">siba</code> device driver first appeared in + <span class="Ux">FreeBSD 8.0</span>. The driver was rewritten for + <span class="Ux">FreeBSD 11.0</span> to support the common Broadcom + <a class="Xr">bhnd(4)</a> bus interface.</p> +</section> +<section class="Sh"> +<h1 class="Sh" id="AUTHORS"><a class="permalink" href="#AUTHORS">AUTHORS</a></h1> +<p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">siba</code> driver was originally written by + <span class="An">Bruce M. Simpson</span> + <<a class="Mt" href="mailto:bms@FreeBSD.org">bms@FreeBSD.org</a>> and + <span class="An">Weongyo Jeong</span> + <<a class="Mt" href="mailto:weongyo@FreeBSD.org">weongyo@FreeBSD.org</a>>. + The driver was rewritten for <span class="Ux">FreeBSD 11.0</span> by + <span class="An">Landon Fuller</span> + <<a class="Mt" href="mailto:landonf@FreeBSD.org">landonf@FreeBSD.org</a>>.</p> +</section> +</div> +<table class="foot"> + <tr> + <td class="foot-date">September 13, 2017</td> + <td class="foot-os">FreeBSD 15.0</td> + </tr> +</table> |