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diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.sgi/xbow.4 b/share/man/man4/man4.sgi/xbow.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..0aafaf7c617 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/man4.sgi/xbow.4 @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: xbow.4,v 1.1 2009/05/17 22:08:34 miod Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2009 Miodrag Vallat. +.\" +.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any +.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above +.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. +.\" +.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES +.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF +.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR +.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES +.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN +.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF +.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: May 17 2009 $ +.Dt XBOW 4 sgi +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm xbow +.Nd Octane and Origin family XIO bus +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "xbow0 at mainbus0" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver provides support for the XIO bus found on SGI +.Sq ccNUMA +designs, such as the Octane +.Pq IP30 +and Origin +.Pq IP27 and IP35 +families, as well as related systems such as Onyx and Tezro. +.Pp +XIO components are called +.Sq widgets +and contain either I/O devices, processors, or memory. +.Pp +A XIO bus supports up to 16 widgets, but the existing designs only use +up to 8. +.Pp +Special +.Sq hub +widgets allow several XIO buses to be interconnected, expanding the +capacity of a given system, and allowing complex multi-node systems to be built. +.Pp +The widgets currently supported under +.Ox +are: +.Bl -tag -width 10n -compact -offset indent +.It Xr xbridge 4 +XIO-PCI bridge +.It Xr xheart 4 +Octane core system widget +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr intro 4 , +.Xr mainbus 4 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +driver first appeared in +.Ox 4.4 . +.\" .Sh AUTHORS +.\" The +.\" .Nm +.\" driver was written by +.\" .An Miod Vallat . |