Reference

wax(4)

GSC bus controller and I/O subsystem

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, Dwg No. A-A2263-66510-31, Revision 1.1, Hewlett-Packard, 12 February 1993. Volume 46 Number 2, Hewlett-Packard Journal, April 1995.

HISTORY

The wax driver appeared in OpenBSD 3.4.