edited cut of mickey's i386 bios(4) page; help tom gwk

2 files changed, 53 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.amd64/Makefile b/share/man/man4/man4.amd64/Makefile
index 99479ecdd6f..b7d5d94ec4d 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/man4.amd64/Makefile
+++ b/share/man/man4/man4.amd64/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#	$OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.3 2006/10/28 07:36:18 jmc Exp $
+#	$OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.4 2006/10/28 09:41:46 jmc Exp $
 
-MAN=	autoconf.4 cpu.4 intro.4 ioapic.4 mem.4
+MAN=	autoconf.4 bios.4 cpu.4 intro.4 ioapic.4 mem.4
 
 MLINKS+= mem.4 kmem.4
 MANSUBDIR=amd64
diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.amd64/bios.4 b/share/man/man4/man4.amd64/bios.4
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0e50295dfaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/man/man4/man4.amd64/bios.4
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+.\"	$OpenBSD: bios.4,v 1.1 2006/10/28 09:41:46 jmc Exp $
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 2001 Michael Shalayeff
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
+.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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+.\"
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+.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
+.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
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+.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF MIND,
+.\" USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.Dd October 28, 2006
+.Dt BIOS 4 amd64
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm bios
+.Nd a driver for PC Firmware, aka BIOS
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Cd "bios0 at mainbus0"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Ox
+provides support for a limited subset of PC firmware (aka BIOS) subsystems
+on this platform.
+Only SMBIOS is supported.
+.Pp
+SMBIOS provides detail about system hardware configuration
+and is used to attach
+.Xr ipmi 4
+on most systems.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr intro 4 ,
+.Xr ipmi 4
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm
+driver was introduced to this platform in
+.Ox 4.0 .