IOAPIC(4) Device
Drivers Manual (amd64) IOAPIC(4)
NAME
ioapic —
I/O Advanced Programmable Interrupt
Controller
SYNOPSIS
ioapic0 at mainbus0
DESCRIPTION
ioapic is an I/O Advanced Programmable
Interrupt Controller (APIC). It provides interrupt management for systems
with multiple I/O subsystems and can distribute interrupts across multiple
processors.
SEE ALSO
STANDARDS
ioapic is based on Intel's 82093AA I/O
Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (I/O APIC) specification.
HISTORY
The ioapic driver first appeared in
OpenBSD 3.5.
AUTHORS
The ioapic driver was written by
Bill Sommerfield.
OpenBSD 7.8 May
31, 2007 IOAPIC(4)