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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: isapnp.4,v 1.6 1999/07/06 19:27:45 deraadt Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: isapnp.4,v 1.7 1999/07/07 13:43:47 aaron Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: isapnp.4,v 1.8 1998/06/07 09:08:46 enami Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1997 Jonathan Stone
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
An
.Nm
bus can be configured for each supported ISA bus.
-.Sh INTRODUCTION
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Ox
provides machine-independent bus support and drivers for ISA
Plug-and-Play (isapnp) autoconfiguration of PnP-compatible
@@ -69,16 +69,16 @@ modems (i386 only).
.Ss Network interfaces
.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent -compact
.It ep
-3com 3c509B Etherlink-III Ethernet interface.
+3Com 3c509B Etherlink-III Ethernet interface.
.It le
-Ethernet driver for Lance based ethernet interface.
+Ethernet driver for Lance based Ethernet interfaces.
.It ne
-NE2000-compatible ethernet interfaces.
+NE2000-compatible Ethernet interfaces.
.El
.Ss Sound cards
.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent -compact
.It sb
-Soundblaster series sound cards (SB16 PnP through AWE64).
+SoundBlaster series sound cards (SB16 PnP through AWE64).
.It gus
Gravis Ultrasound PnP sound cards.
.It ym
@@ -91,32 +91,31 @@ Windows Sound System cards.
.It joy
Joystick driver.
.El
-.Sh PROBLEMS
+.Sh CAVEATS
From time to time an
-.Em isapnp
+.Nm
device will be found which the kernel does not recognize.
The kernel matches
-.Em isapnp
+.Nm
devices to device drivers based on identifiers which each device
provides. For example, this device:
.Pp
joy0 at isapnp0 <Creative SB16 PnP, CTL7001, PNPB02F, Game> port 0x200/8
.Pp
This joystick calls itself by the two names
-.Em CTL7001
+.Dq CTL7001
and
-.Em PNPB02F .
-.Em PNPB02F
-is a standard name, but
-.Em CTL7001
+.Dq PNPB02F .
+The latter is a standard name, but
+.Dq CTL7001
is a vendor-specific name. Some devices unfortunately advertise only
-using vendor-specific names, for instance:
+using vendor-specific names, for instance:
.Pp
isapnp0: <PnP Sound Chip, @P@1001, , > port 0x200/8 not configured
.Pp
Testing will show that this device is actually a joystick. To resolve
the issue, the actual name
-.Em @P@1001
+.Dq @P@1001
has to be entered into the database found in
.Pa /sys/dev/isa/pnpdevs
and a new kernel must be built.
@@ -125,17 +124,17 @@ Then the device will probe like this:
joy0 at isapnp0 <PnP Sound Chip, @P@1001, , > port 0x200/8
.Pp
.Sh SEE ALSO
-.Xr aic 4 ,
.Xr aha 4 ,
+.Xr aic 4 ,
.Xr ep 4 ,
.Xr intro 4 ,
+.Xr joy 4 ,
.Xr le 4 ,
.Xr ne 4 ,
.Xr pccom 4 ,
.Xr sb 4 ,
-.Xr ym 4 ,
.Xr wss 4 ,
-.Xr joy 4
+.Xr ym 4
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm