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31.Dd September 27, 2002
32.Dt EISA 4
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm eisa
36.Nd Introduction to EISA bus machine-independent drivers and support
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.Cd options EISAVERBOSE
39.Pp
40Machine-dependent; depends on the bus topology and
41.Tn EISA
42bus interface of your system.  Typical
43.Tn EISA
44buses are either connected directly
45to the main system bus, or via an
46.Tn PCI
47to
48.Tn EISA
49bridge.  See the
50.Xr intro 4
51documentation for your system for details.
52.Sh DESCRIPTION
53.Nx
54includes a machine-independent
55.Tn EISA
56bus subsystem and several machine-independent
57.Tn EISA
58device drivers.
59.Pp
60Your system may support additional
61.Tn EISA
62devices.
63Drivers for
64.Tn EISA
65devices not listed here are machine-dependent.
66Consult your system's
67.Xr intro 4
68for additional information.
69.Sh SUPPORTED DEVICES
70.Nx
71includes machine-independent
72.Tn EISA
73drivers, sorted by device type
74and driver name:
75.Ss Disk and tape controllers
76.Bl -tag -width pcdisplay -offset indent
77.It cac
78Compaq array controllers.
79.It mlx
80Mylex DAC960 and DEC SWXCR RAID controllers.
81.El
82.Ss SCSI interfaces
83.Bl -tag -width pcdisplay -offset indent
84.It ahb
85Adaptec 174x
86.Tn SCSI
87interfaces.
88.It ahc
89Adaptec AIC 7770, 274x, and 284x
90.Tn SCSI
91interfaces.
92.It bha
93BusLogic BT-74x
94.Tn SCSI
95interfaces.
96.It dpt
97DPT SmartCache/SmartRAID III and IV
98.Tn SCSI
99interfaces.
100.It uha
101Ulrastor 24f
102.Tn SCSI
103interfaces.
104.El
105.Ss Network interfaces
106.Bl -tag -width pcdisplay -offset indent
107.It ep
1083Com 3c579 and 3c592 10Mbit
109.Tn Ethernet ,
110and 3c597 10/100Mbit
111.Tn Ethernet
112interfaces.
113.It fea
114Digital DEFEA FDDI interfaces.
115.It le
116Digital DE422
117.Tn Ethernet
118interfaces.
119.It tlp
120Digital DE425
121.Tn Ethernet
122interfaces.
123.El
124.Pp
125Note that most or all
126.Tn EISA
127devices also have
128.Tn PCI
129or
130.Tn ISA
131equivalents.
132These are listed in
133.Xr pci 4 ,
134.Xr isa 4 ,
135or
136.Xr isapnp 4 ,
137respectively.  The manual pages for each individual driver also lists the
138supported bus variants.
139.Sh SEE ALSO
140.Xr ahb 4 ,
141.Xr ahc 4 ,
142.Xr bha 4 ,
143.Xr cac 4 ,
144.Xr dpt 4 ,
145.Xr ep 4 ,
146.Xr fea 4 ,
147.Xr intro 4 ,
148.Xr le 4 ,
149.Xr mlx 4 ,
150.Xr tlp 4 ,
151.Xr uha 4
152.Sh HISTORY
153The machine-independent
154.Tn EISA
155subsystem appeared in
156.Nx 1.2 .
157