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17.Dd $Mdocdate: May 31 2007 $
18.Dt IOAPIC 4 amd64
19.Os
20.Sh NAME
21.Nm ioapic
22.Nd I/O Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
23.Sh SYNOPSIS
24.Cd "ioapic0 at mainbus0"
25.Sh DESCRIPTION
26.Nm
27is an I/O Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC).
28It provides interrupt management for systems with multiple I/O
29subsystems and can distribute interrupts across multiple processors.
30.Sh SEE ALSO
31.Xr intro 4
32.Sh STANDARDS
33.Nm
34is based on
35Intel's 82093AA I/O Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (I/O APIC)
36specification.
37.Sh HISTORY
38The
39.Nm
40driver first appeared in
41.Ox 3.5 .
42.Sh AUTHORS
43The
44.Nm
45driver was written by
46.An Bill Sommerfield .
47