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.