WAX(4)

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

HISTORY
The wax driver appeared in OpenBSD 3.4.