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author | Mike Pritchard <mpp@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-03-21 20:04:21 +0000 |
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committer | Mike Pritchard <mpp@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-03-21 20:04:21 +0000 |
commit | fb5ce63a63cc22c5740037f3be09a9d0ebc137f7 (patch) | |
tree | 808e0c4aeab57e58fc51e078764fadbb68b86482 /share/man | |
parent | 29f7017cff5a22c2a8d34f6d0e3b1beb2ea415b8 (diff) | |
download | src-fb5ce63a63cc22c5740037f3be09a9d0ebc137f7.tar.gz src-fb5ce63a63cc22c5740037f3be09a9d0ebc137f7.zip |
Fix a number of typos and use the .Tn macro where appropriate.
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svn path=/head/; revision=24090
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-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/si.4 | 28 |
2 files changed, 34 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/si.4 b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/si.4 index 97c349e5cb2b..16e0b940eed1 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/si.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/si.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id$ +.\" $Id: si.4,v 1.9 1997/02/22 13:25:41 peter Exp $ .\" The following requests are required for all man pages. .Dd September 16, 1995 .Os FreeBSD @@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ The Specialix SI and XIO hardware makes up an 8 to 32 port RS-232 serial multiplexor. .Pp -This driver was ported and tested on an ISA bus machine, and has rudimentry +This driver was ported and tested on an ISA bus machine, and has rudimentary support for operation on an EISA bus system as well, but as of this time the EISA version has not been tested by the Author - it may or may not work. It -has yet to be updated to the 'new style' eisa configuration system. +has yet to be updated to the 'new style' EISA configuration system. .Pp The system uses two components.. A "Host adapter", which is plugged into an ISA/EISA slot and provides intelligence and buffering/processing @@ -33,16 +33,18 @@ The XIO module panels can operate each of their 8 ports at 115,200 baud, while the SI version can run at 57,600 baud. .Pp The host adapter uses a shared memory block in the traditional ISA bus -"hole" betweem 0xA0000 and 0xEFFFF. The adapter can be configured outside +"hole" between 0xA0000 and 0xEFFFF. The adapter can be configured outside range, but requires the memory range to be explicitly non-cached. The driver does not yet support this mode of operation. .Pp -The adapter can use Irq's 11, 12 or 15. It is rumoured that the ISA adapter +The adapter can use Irq's 11, 12 or 15. It is rumored that the ISA adapter cards provide their own tri-state drivers and pullups, and may be able to share an IRQ between all SI/XIO host cards. This has not been tested, and the driver does not support this mode of operation. The actual IRQ used is soft-configured onto the host card at boot time, but automatic selection -of a free IRQ is not yet implemented in the FreeBSD version. +of a free IRQ is not yet implemented in the +.Tn FreeBSD +version. .Pp The si device driver may have some of it's configuration settings changed at run-time with the @@ -69,7 +71,7 @@ implemented, although it is a standard mode of operation for Specialix shipped drivers. Once this is implemented, all four cards may be used. .Pp The lowest 5 bits of the minor device number are used to select the port -number on the mudule cluster. +number on the module cluster. si driver, but due to the lack of available interrupts that the card can be configured to use, only three may be presently used. Polling operation is not currently @@ -77,13 +79,15 @@ implemented, although it is a standard mode of operation for Specialix shipped drivers. Once this is implemented, all four cards may be used. .Pp The lowest 5 bits of the minor device number are used to select the port -number on the mudule cluster. The next 2 bits select which of 4 host adapter +number on the module cluster. The next 2 bits select which of 4 host adapter cards. This allows a maximum of 128 ports on this driver. .Pp Bit 7 is used to differentiate a tty/dialin port (bit 7=0) and a cua/callout port (bit 7=1). .Pp -Bit 8 through 15 (on FreeBSD) are unavailable as they are a shadow of the +Bit 8 through 15 (on +.Tn FreeBSD ) +are unavailable as they are a shadow of the major device number. .Pp If bit 16 is a 1, the device node is referring to the "initial state" device. @@ -143,8 +147,10 @@ The System V driver source is/was available by ftp from This driver is not supported by Specialix International. .Sh AUTHORS .Sy Peter Wemm <peter@freebsd.org> -obtained the code from Andy Rutter and ported it to FreeBSD, with a large -amount of invalueable assistance from +obtained the code from Andy Rutter and ported it to +.Tn FreeBSD , +with a large +amount of invaluable assistance from .Sy Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> .Pp Man page by Peter Wemm. diff --git a/share/man/man4/si.4 b/share/man/man4/si.4 index 97c349e5cb2b..16e0b940eed1 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/si.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/si.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id$ +.\" $Id: si.4,v 1.9 1997/02/22 13:25:41 peter Exp $ .\" The following requests are required for all man pages. .Dd September 16, 1995 .Os FreeBSD @@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ The Specialix SI and XIO hardware makes up an 8 to 32 port RS-232 serial multiplexor. .Pp -This driver was ported and tested on an ISA bus machine, and has rudimentry +This driver was ported and tested on an ISA bus machine, and has rudimentary support for operation on an EISA bus system as well, but as of this time the EISA version has not been tested by the Author - it may or may not work. It -has yet to be updated to the 'new style' eisa configuration system. +has yet to be updated to the 'new style' EISA configuration system. .Pp The system uses two components.. A "Host adapter", which is plugged into an ISA/EISA slot and provides intelligence and buffering/processing @@ -33,16 +33,18 @@ The XIO module panels can operate each of their 8 ports at 115,200 baud, while the SI version can run at 57,600 baud. .Pp The host adapter uses a shared memory block in the traditional ISA bus -"hole" betweem 0xA0000 and 0xEFFFF. The adapter can be configured outside +"hole" between 0xA0000 and 0xEFFFF. The adapter can be configured outside range, but requires the memory range to be explicitly non-cached. The driver does not yet support this mode of operation. .Pp -The adapter can use Irq's 11, 12 or 15. It is rumoured that the ISA adapter +The adapter can use Irq's 11, 12 or 15. It is rumored that the ISA adapter cards provide their own tri-state drivers and pullups, and may be able to share an IRQ between all SI/XIO host cards. This has not been tested, and the driver does not support this mode of operation. The actual IRQ used is soft-configured onto the host card at boot time, but automatic selection -of a free IRQ is not yet implemented in the FreeBSD version. +of a free IRQ is not yet implemented in the +.Tn FreeBSD +version. .Pp The si device driver may have some of it's configuration settings changed at run-time with the @@ -69,7 +71,7 @@ implemented, although it is a standard mode of operation for Specialix shipped drivers. Once this is implemented, all four cards may be used. .Pp The lowest 5 bits of the minor device number are used to select the port -number on the mudule cluster. +number on the module cluster. si driver, but due to the lack of available interrupts that the card can be configured to use, only three may be presently used. Polling operation is not currently @@ -77,13 +79,15 @@ implemented, although it is a standard mode of operation for Specialix shipped drivers. Once this is implemented, all four cards may be used. .Pp The lowest 5 bits of the minor device number are used to select the port -number on the mudule cluster. The next 2 bits select which of 4 host adapter +number on the module cluster. The next 2 bits select which of 4 host adapter cards. This allows a maximum of 128 ports on this driver. .Pp Bit 7 is used to differentiate a tty/dialin port (bit 7=0) and a cua/callout port (bit 7=1). .Pp -Bit 8 through 15 (on FreeBSD) are unavailable as they are a shadow of the +Bit 8 through 15 (on +.Tn FreeBSD ) +are unavailable as they are a shadow of the major device number. .Pp If bit 16 is a 1, the device node is referring to the "initial state" device. @@ -143,8 +147,10 @@ The System V driver source is/was available by ftp from This driver is not supported by Specialix International. .Sh AUTHORS .Sy Peter Wemm <peter@freebsd.org> -obtained the code from Andy Rutter and ported it to FreeBSD, with a large -amount of invalueable assistance from +obtained the code from Andy Rutter and ported it to +.Tn FreeBSD , +with a large +amount of invaluable assistance from .Sy Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> .Pp Man page by Peter Wemm. |