SBus — introduction to machine-independent SBus bus support and drivers
SYNOPSIS
sbus* at mainbus?
sbus* at iommu?
sbus* at xbox?
These
SBus
attachments are specific to the NetBSD/sparc and NetBSD/sparc64 ports.
DESCRIPTION
SBus is a I/O interconnect bus mostly found in SPARC workstations and small to medium server class systems. It supports both on-board peripherals and extension boards. The SBus specifications define the bus protocol as well as the electrical and mechanical properties of the extension slots.
HARDWARE
NetBSD includes machine-independent SBus drivers, sorted by device type and driver name:
SCSI interfaces
esp
NCR53c94 and compatible SCSI interfaces.
isp
Qlogic SCSI interfaces.
Network interfaces
le
Lance 7990 series Ethernet interfaces.
hme
“Happy Meal” Ethernet interfaces.
en
Midway-based Efficient Networks Inc. and Adaptec ATM interfaces.