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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man4/man4.hppa/gsc.4 b/static/openbsd/man4/man4.hppa/gsc.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b441fe05 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man4/man4.hppa/gsc.4 @@ -0,0 +1,113 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: gsc.4,v 1.27 2011/12/21 23:12:03 miod Exp $ +.\" +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1999 Michael Shalayeff +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" 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 ``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 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 $Mdocdate: December 21 2011 $ +.Dt GSC 4 hppa +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm gsc +.Nd introduction to HP 9000/700 GSC bus support +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "gsc* at lasi?" +.Cd "gsc* at asp?" +.Cd "gsc* at wax?" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The General System Connect (GSC) bus +is the core I/O bus for all HP 9000/700 workstations. +All I/O subsystems connect to this bus. +The devices can be either on separate chips, expansion +cards or on an integrated megacell, like the LASI MBA. +.Pp +The +.Tn GSC +bus is a 32-bit wide, address and data multiplexed bus. +In its "standard" implementation it has a maximum throughput of 160MB/s, +the "2x" implementation reaches up to 250MB/s. +Some HPPA CPUs directly attach to this bus, namely the PA7100LC and PA7300LC. +.Pp +As for the expansion cards, there are different form-factors, depending on +bus-speed (standard or 2x) and specific models. +The standard formfactor is the "EISA form-factor"; cards that look like +typical EISA cards with a different connector (100-pin female EBBL). +The Series 712 have their own special type +of GSC expansion cards, called the "GIO form-factor", which is quite small and +mostly has only one VLSI chip on it (in most cases LASI/WAX). +Newer systems sometimes feature the "HSC formfactor", which is a 1U-VME +card-like expansion card with a 100-pin male pin+socket connector. +Mixing cards with different speeds is supported but downgrades +the performance of the whole I/O-subsystem. +.Pp +.Ox +provides support for the following devices: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset indent -compact +.It Xr arcofi 4 +Siemens PSB2160 audio codec +.It Xr com 4 +serial communications interface +.It Xr gsckbc 4 +PC-style keyboard controller +.It Xr harmony 4 +CS4215/AD1849 audio +.It Xr hil 4 +introduction to HP-HIL support +.It Xr ie 4 +Intel i82596 Ethernet device +.It Xr lpt 4 +parallel port driver +.It Xr oosiop 4 +.Tn Symbios/NCR +53C700 SCSI I/O Processor +.It Xr osiop 4 +.Tn Symbios/NCR +53C710 SCSI I/O Processor +.El +.Pp +Some of these +.Tn GSC +devices also have +.Tn PCI , +.Tn EISA , +or +.Tn ISA +equivalents. +These are listed in +.Xr pci 4 , +.Xr eisa 4 , +or +.Xr isa 4 . +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr asp 4 , +.Xr cpu 4 , +.Xr intro 4 , +.Xr lasi 4 , +.Xr wax 4 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +driver +appeared in +.Ox 2.6 . |
