NAME
nell —
sbus pcmcia bridge
SYNOPSIS
# only needed for 32bit sparcs (remove the options line on sparc64):
options FULL_SPARC_BUS_SPACE
nell* at sbus? slot ? offset ? flags 0
pcmcia* at nell? controller ? socket ?
DESCRIPTION
The
nell is a pcmcia bridge for the sbus. It is also known as
STP4020, the name of the chipset used to implement it, and has SUN part number
501-2367.
The firmware assigns two interrupt levels to the nell, but the driver only needs
a single interrupt. Depending on distribution of interrupt levels on your
machine you might prefer the driver to use either the first (use flags value
0) or the second (use flags value 1).
KERNEL THREAD
Each
nell instance creates a kernel thread, named like the
instance. This thread is used to watch for card insertions and removals, and
handling the attachment and initialization of the card's driver.
SEE ALSO
pcmcia(4),
sbus(4)