ASTRO(4) Device
Drivers Manual (hppa) ASTRO(4)
NAME
astro —
Astro Memory and I/O
controller
SYNOPSIS
astro* at mainbus?
elroy* at astro?
DESCRIPTION
The astro driver provides support for the
Astro memory and I/O controller used on systems with PA-8500 and later
64-bit CPUs. It functions as a bridge from the Runway bus to up to 8 I/O
ropes that connect to Elroy chips. Astro contains an IOMMU and provides
support for cache coherent DMA.
SEE ALSO
HISTORY
The astro driver first appeared in
OpenBSD 4.2.
OpenBSD 7.8 May
31, 2007 ASTRO(4)