dcons_crom (4)

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(The comments found at the beginning of the groff file "man4/dcons_crom.4freebsd".)

NAME

dcons_crom - Configuration ROM stub for dcons(4)

SYNOPSIS

device dcons_crom device dcons device firewire

DESCRIPTION

The ifconfig exposes the buffer address of dcons(4) through the Configuration ROM of firewire(4). This address is supposed to be used by dconschat(8).

SEE ALSO

dcons(4), firewire(4), fwohci(4), dconschat(8), fwcontrol(8)

AUTHORS

An Hidetoshi Shimokawa Aq simokawa@FreeBSD.org

BUGS

If you load dcons_crom.ko manually after the system is booted, you may have to initiate a bus reset using ``fwcontrol -r '' to update the Configuration ROM.