1.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man4/si.4 84877 2001-10-13 09:08:37Z yokota $ |
2.Dd September 16, 1995 3.Os 4.Dt SI 4 5.Sh NAME 6.Nm si 7.Nd "driver for Specialix International SI/XIO or SX intelligent serial card" 8.Sh SYNOPSIS 9.Cd "device si" |
10.Pp 11For ISA host cards put the following lines in 12.Pa /boot/device.hints : 13.Cd hint.si.0.at="isa" 14.Cd hint.si.0.maddr="0xd0000" 15.Cd hint.si.0.irq="12" |
16.Sh DESCRIPTION 17The Specialix SI/XIO and SX hardware makes up an 8 to 32 port RS-232 serial 18multiplexor. 19.Pp |
20The system uses two components: A "Host adapter", which is plugged into 21an ISA, EISA or PCI slot and provides intelligence and buffering/processing 22capabilities, as well as an external bus in the form of a 37 pin cable. 23.Pp 24On this cable, "modules" are connected. The "SI" module comes in a 4 and 8 25port version. The "XIO" and "SX" modules come only in 268 port versions. 27.Pp --- 145 unchanged lines hidden --- |