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authoryokota <yokota@FreeBSD.org>2001-10-13 09:08:37 +0000
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Update man pages in the section 4 to match the reality in -CURRENT.
- Change lines referring to kernel configuration file: device foo0 at isa port xxx irq yyy... to device foo Describe resource "hints" in /boot/device.hints. - Try to describe resource allocation and probe/attach behavior in the newbus framework.
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.Nd "driver for Specialix International SI/XIO or SX intelligent serial card"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Cd "device si"
-.Cd "device si0 at isa? irq 12 iomem 0xd0000"
+.Pp
+For ISA host cards put the following lines in
+.Pa /boot/device.hints :
+.Cd hint.si.0.at="isa"
+.Cd hint.si.0.maddr="0xd0000"
+.Cd hint.si.0.irq="12"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The Specialix SI/XIO and SX hardware makes up an 8 to 32 port RS-232 serial
multiplexor.
.Pp
-The first instance of the device lines above is for EISA and PCI host cards,
-the second is for ISA host cards.
-.Pp
The system uses two components: A "Host adapter", which is plugged into
an ISA, EISA or PCI slot and provides intelligence and buffering/processing
capabilities, as well as an external bus in the form of a 37 pin cable.
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