P5PB(4)

NAME
p5pb - Phase5 PCI bridge driver

SYNOPSIS
p5pb0 at p5bus0
pci* at p5pb?
genfb* at pci?
voodoofb* at pci?
options P5PB_DEBUG
options P5PB_CONSOLE

DESCRIPTION
The p5pb driver provides support for the PCI bus present on various devices equipped with the Phase5 PCI bridge.

The P5PB_CONSOLE option activates the necessary support for the console on CyberVisionPPC and BlizzardVisionPPC, allowing the attachment of the genfb(4) driver. 3Dfx Voodoo 3 boards installed in G-REX are also supported as console by this option in conjuction with the voodoofb(4) driver.

Additional, excessive debugging output is enabled by the P5PB_DEBUG option.

HARDWARE
The p5pb driver supports the following hardware:

Phase5 BlizzardVisionPPC graphics card

Phase5 CyberVisionPPC graphics card

DCE Computer G-REX 1200

DCE Computer G-REX 4000

SEE ALSO
cv3dpb(4), genfb(4), p5membar(4), pci(4)

Programming the G-REX PCI bridge: http://wiki.netbsd.org/users/rkujawa/g-rex/

HISTORY
The p5pb device first appeared in NetBSD 6.0.

AUTHORS
-nosplit The p5pb driver was written by Radoslaw Kujawa <radoslaw.kujawa@gmail.com>.

CAVEATS
The NetBSD developers don't have access to G-REX hardware or documentation. Support for this device is based on best wishes.

Support for genfb(4) framebuffer on CVPPC/BVPPC needs more testing.

BUGS
DMA to host memory is not supported. This is a driver limitation.