HPC(4) | Kernel Interfaces Manual (SGIMIPS) | HPC(4)

# NAME

hpc — SGI High performance Peripheral Controller

# SYNOPSIS

hpc0 at gio0 addr 0x1fb80000
hpc1 at gio0 addr 0x1fb00000
hpc2 at gio0 addr 0x1fb98000
hpc3 at gio0 addr 0x1fb90000

# DESCRIPTION

hpc interfaces the peripherals connected to it to the gio(4) bus. hpc is found on the Personal Iris 4D/3x, Indigo, Indy, Challenge S, Challenge M, and Indigo2 machines.

There are three different numerical revisions of the hpc controller. Revisions 1 and 1.5 exist on Personal Iris 4D/3x and Indigo machines, as well as GIO32bis expansion cards such as the E++ SEEQ-based Ethernet adapter. Revision 1.5 supports bi-endian operation. Revision 3 exists on Indy, Challenge S, Indigo2, and Challenge M systems. It is possible to have an on-board HPC3 as well as HPC1.5-based GIO32bis adapters in the Indy and Challenge S systems. Additionally, the Challenge S may have a secondary HPC3 if the IOPLUS (a.k.a. ''mezzanine'') board is installed.

# HARDWARE

dsclock
  DS1286-based RTC
dpclock
  DP8573A-based RTC
haltwo
  HAL2 audio controller
sq
  Seeq 8003 and 80C03 Ethernet controllers
wdsc
  WD33c93 SCSI controller
zsc
  Zilog Z8530 UART

# SEE ALSO

gio(4), imc(4), pic(4)

# HISTORY

The hpc driver first appeared in NetBSD 1.6 with support for Revision 3. Revision 1 and 1.5 support was added in NetBSD 2.0.

# BUGS

hpc Revisions 1 and 1.5 support DMA buffer pointers of only 28 bits and may therefore only address 256 megabytes of memory. The R4k Indigo and Indy are the only systems that support sufficient memory to illustrate this drawback. A software workaround is not currently implemented. Revision 3, with 32 bit pointers, does not have this limitation.

December 22, 2006 | NetBSD 6.0