xref: /original-bsd/old/dlmpcc/mpcc.4 (revision 28e93ce0)
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4.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
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9.\"     @(#)mpcc.4	6.6 (Berkeley) 05/10/91
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11.Dd
12.Dt MPCC 4
13.Os
14.Sh NAME
15.Nm mpcc
16.Nd multi protocol communications controller
17.Sh SYNOPSIS
18.Cd "device mp0 at vba? csr 0xffff5000 mpintr mpdlintr"
19.br
20	thru
21.Cd "device mp15 at vba? csr 0xffff5f00 mpintr mpdlintr"
22.Sh DESCRIPTION
23The
24.Tn MPCC
25has two different connecter panel styles.
26The 16 port
27.Tn MPCC
28will support any combination of
29.Tn SYNC
30or
31.Tn ASYNC
32ports.
33The 32 port
34.Tn MPCC
35will only support
36.Tn ASYNC
37ports.
38Each async line attached to the
39.Tn MPCC
40communications controller
41behaves as described in
42.Xr tty 7
43and may be set to run at any of 16 speeds; see
44.Xr tty
45for the encoding.
46.Pp
47Each
48.Tn MPCC
49controller uses two consecutive entries in the
50.Tn SCB
51for
52download/handshake, and command/response interrupts.  These entries
53start at 0xa0 for the 1st controllers download/handshake interrupts
54and 0xa1 for the 1st controllers command/response.
55.Pp
56The
57.Tn MPCC
58controller requires a firmware download to be completed
59before it can function.  See
60.Xr dlmpcc 8
61and
62.Xr mpcctab 4
63for specific information on how to configure and download the
64firmware into the
65.Tn MPCC
66controller.
67.Pp
68A maximum of 16
69.Tn MPCC
70communication controllers can be supported.
71.Sh FILES
72.Bl -tag -width /dev/tty[A-P][0-f,g-v] -compact
73.It Pa /dev/tty[A-P][0-f]
74for 16 port
75.Tn MPCC
76.It Pa /dev/tty[A-P][0-f,g-v]
77for 32 port
78.Tn MPCC
79.El
80.Sh SEE ALSO
81.Xr tty 7
82.Sh HISTORY
83The
84.Nm mpcc
85driver appeared in
86.Bx 4.3 tahoe .
87.Sh BUGS
88As of the
89.Bx 4.3 tahoe
90release, only 16 port
91.Nm mpcc Ns 's
92work, and then
93only in async mode.  Attempting to reload firmware on an
94.Nm mpcc
95with
96active ports may crash the system.  This should be fixed within
97a short period of time; contact the
98.Tn CSRG
99at University of California,
100Berkeley, for upgrade information.
101