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| .Dd September 13, 2017 | .Dd September 13, 2017 | ||||
| .Dt SIBA 4 | .Dt SIBA 4 | ||||
| .Os | .Os | ||||
| .Sh NAME | .Sh NAME | ||||
| .Nm siba | .Nm siba | ||||
| .Nd Sonic Inc. Silicon Backplane driver | .Nd Sonic Inc. Silicon Backplane driver | ||||
| .Sh SYNOPSIS | .Sh SYNOPSIS | ||||
| To compile this driver into the kernel, | To compile this driver into the kernel, add the following lines to the | ||||
| place the following lines in your kernel configuration file: | kernel configuration file: | ||||
| .Bd -ragged -offset indent | .Bd -ragged -offset indent | ||||
| .Cd "device bhnd" | .Cd "device bhnd" | ||||
| .Cd "device siba" | .Cd "device siba" | ||||
| .Ed | .Ed | ||||
| .Pp | .Pp | ||||
| Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, | To load the driver as a module at boot, add this line to | ||||
| place the following line in | |||||
| .Xr loader.conf 5 : | .Xr loader.conf 5 : | ||||
| .Bd -literal -offset indent | .Bd -literal -offset indent | ||||
| siba_load="YES" | siba_load="YES" | ||||
| .Ed | .Ed | ||||
| .Sh DESCRIPTION | .Sh DESCRIPTION | ||||
| The | The | ||||
| .Nm | .Nm | ||||
| driver provides | driver provides | ||||
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| requests onto the system backplane and a target agent that returns | requests onto the system backplane and a target agent that returns | ||||
| responses to those requests. | responses to those requests. | ||||
| Not all cores contain both an initiator and a target agent. | Not all cores contain both an initiator and a target agent. | ||||
| Initiator agents are present in cores that contain | Initiator agents are present in cores that contain | ||||
| host interfaces (PCI, PCMCIA), embedded processors (MIPS), | host interfaces (PCI, PCMCIA), embedded processors (MIPS), | ||||
| or DMA processors associated with communications cores. | or DMA processors associated with communications cores. | ||||
| .Sh SEE ALSO | .Sh SEE ALSO | ||||
| .Xr bcma 4 , | .Xr bcma 4 , | ||||
| .Xr bhnd 4 | .Xr bhnd 4 , | ||||
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| .Sh HISTORY | .Sh HISTORY | ||||
| The | The | ||||
| .Nm | .Nm | ||||
| device driver first appeared in | device driver first appeared in | ||||
| .Fx 8.0 . | .Fx 8.0 . | ||||
| The driver was rewritten for | The driver was rewritten for | ||||
| .Fx 11.0 | .Fx 11.0 | ||||
| to support the common Broadcom | to support the common Broadcom | ||||
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