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28.Dd $Mdocdate: July 31 2010 $
29.Dt PCPPI 4
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm pcppi
33.Nd PC (ISA) control and timer port driver
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.Cd "pcppi*   at isa?"
36.Cd "spkr0    at pcppi?"
37.Sh DESCRIPTION
38The
39.Nm
40driver handles resource allocation and device attachment for the
41ports related to the ISA speaker in the traditional PC/AT
42.Dq design .
43These are the
44.Dq system control port
45(which was implemented by the 8255
46.Dq PPI
47in the XT, hence the name of this driver)
48at I/O address 0x61 and the first 8253 timer at 0x40-0x43.
49.Pp
50The
51.Nm
52driver provides its child devices with the ability to output simple
53tones through the PC speaker.
54The
55.Xr speaker 4
56device uses this to synthesize sounds.
57It also provides helper functions to the
58.Xr pckbd 4
59driver as a substitute for a
60.Dq keyboard beep ,
61because the PC keyboard hardware doesn't provide this.
62.Sh SEE ALSO
63.Xr intro 4 ,
64.Xr isa 4 ,
65.Xr pckbd 4 ,
66.Xr speaker 4
67