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27.Dd March 22, 2005
28.Dt ATTIMER 4
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm attimer
32.Nd AT Timer (8253) driver
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.Cd "attimer*	at acpi?"
35.Cd "attimer0	at isa?"
36.Sh DESCRIPTION
37The
38.Nm
39driver handles the so-called AT Timer device, initially found as chip
40model 8253.
41It is used as the main counter for the clock on the i386 port,
42but also offers control over the pitch of the PC speaker.
43.Pp
44The
45.Nm
46driver currently only implements the access to the ISA register
47.Dq TIMER1
48which controls the pitch of the PC speaker,
49and should be configured along with
50.Xr pcppi 4
51to be of any actual use.
52.Sh SEE ALSO
53.Xr acpi 4 ,
54.Xr isa 4 ,
55.Xr pcppi 4
56