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diff --git a/static/freebsd/man4/simplebus.4 b/static/freebsd/man4/simplebus.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..78cb8d77 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/freebsd/man4/simplebus.4 @@ -0,0 +1,81 @@ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2010 The FreeBSD Foundation +.\" +.\" This software was developed by Semihalf under sponsorship from +.\" the FreeBSD Foundation. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd July 12, 2010 +.Dt SIMPLEBUS 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm simplebus +.Nd ePAPR simple-bus driver +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "options FDT" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +This bus driver is dedicated for the +.Pa simple-bus +node of a flattened device tree compliant with the +.Pa ePAPR +specification. +.Pp +The +.Nm +entity does not represent any physical element by itself, it is rather an +umbrella node grouping integrated on-chip peripherals like interrupt +controller, connectivity controllers, accelerating engines and so on. +.Pp +The driver is generic and common for all flattened device tree nodes claiming +.Pa simple-bus +compatibility. +It iterates over direct descendants of the +.Pa simple-bus +node, instantiates newbus children and assigns resources to them, based on the +configuration data retrieved from the nodes properties in +.Xr fdt 4 . +.Pp +Note the +.Nm +does not manage device resources and passes through any requests to the +.Xr fdtbus 4 +layer. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr fdt 4 , +.Xr fdtbus 4 , +.Xr openfirm 4 +.Sh STANDARDS +Power.org Standard for Embedded Power Architecture Platform Requirements +.Pq Vt ePAPR . +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +support first appeared in +.Fx 9.0 . +.Sh AUTHORS +The +.Nm +support was developed by Semihalf under sponsorship from the FreeBSD +Foundation. +This manual page was written by +.An Rafal Jaworowski . |
