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17.Dd $Mdocdate: July 16 2013 $
18.Dt SSM 4 sparc64
19.Os
20.Sh NAME
21.Nm ssm
22.Nd Scalable Shared Memory
23.Sh SYNOPSIS
24.Cd "ssm* at mainbus0"
25.Sh DESCRIPTION
26The
27.Nm
28driver provides support for the Scalable Shared Memory devices found on
29Serengeti and Starcat systems.
30These devices are used to connect snoopy coherency domains together in
31a coherent fashion to build systems with more than 24 CPUs.
32.Sh SEE ALSO
33.Xr intro 4
34.Sh HISTORY
35The
36.Nm
37driver first appeared in
38.Ox 4.4 .
39.Sh AUTHORS
40The
41.Nm
42driver was written by
43.An Mark Kettenis Aq Mt kettenis@openbsd.org .
44