WAX(4) - Device Drivers Manual (hppa)

WAX(4) - Device Drivers Manual (hppa) #

WAX(4) - Device Drivers Manual (hppa)

NAME #

wax - GSC bus controller and I/O subsystem

SYNOPSIS #

wax* at mainbus0 irq 24 wax* at phantomas0 irq 24 gsc2 at wax?

DESCRIPTION #

The wax GSC bus controller is a version of lasi(4) with limited functionality and no additional devices on the crystal. It is mainly used as a GSC bus controller for additional onboard devices (e.g. 2nd RS232 or HIL) and sometimes add-on cards (such as a TR-9000 card for the HP 9000/712 models).

MACHINES #

An incomplete list of machines that use the wax bus controller:

  • 712/* add-on cards
  • 715/{64/80/100}[XC]
  • 725/{64/80/100}
  • 743/*
  • 744/*
  • 745/*
  • A180[C]
  • B132L[+], B160L, B180L+
  • C100, C110
  • J200, J210[XC]
  • RDI PrecisionBook

SEE ALSO #

asp(4), gsc(4), intro(4), io(4), lasi(4), phantomas(4)

Precision I/O Architecture Reference Specification, Hewlett-Packard.

712 I/O Subsystem ERS, Revision 1.1, Dwg No. A-A2263-66510-31, Hewlett-Packard, 12 February 1993.

Volume 46 Number 2, Hewlett-Packard Journal, April 1995.

HISTORY #

The wax driver appeared in OpenBSD 3.4.

OpenBSD 7.5 - May 31, 2007