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 eisa(ADM)                       19 June 1992                       eisa(ADM)


 Name

    eisa - report on boards that are installed on the EISA bus

 Syntax

    /etc/eisa [slots|h|H]

 Description

    The eisa command provides information about the host adapters that are
    installed on the system.  By default, eisa reports on the motherboard and
    15 slots (slots 0-15).  You can specify a number of slots for which you
    want a report.  If you specify a higher number of slots than you have on
    your computer, the eisa report for those slots is invalid.  If you do not
    specify slot information, use the H or h options to get usage informa-
    tion.

    Here is a sample report:

    _________________________________________________________________________

       Slot:   EISA ID:        Vendor: Prod#:  Rev#:   EISA Ver:
       MB      22 f0 fd 09     HWP     0xfd    01      1
        4      04 90 00 00     ADP     0x000   00
        6      04 90 00 00     ADP     0x000   00
       15      22 f0 08 01     HWP     0x080   01

    _________________________________________________________________________


    These columns have the following meanings:

    Slot        logical number of the slot on the EISA bus to which the board
                is attached.  The motherboard is always configured as slot 0,
                so slot 0 is reported as ``MB''.

    EISA ID     standard EISA ID.  The first four digits represent the ven-
                dor; the next four digits represent the product number and
                the revision number for the product.

    Vendor      abbreviation for the vendor of the board.  The sample report
                shows that the motherboard and the board in slot 15 are sold
                by HP and the boards in slots 4 and 6 are sold by Adaptec.
                Note that this column merely interprets the vendor informa-
                tion given in the first four digits of the EISA ID column.

    Prod#       product number of the individual board.  These numbers are
                assigned by the vendor and should be explained in the docu-
                mentation that accompanies the board.

    Rev#        hardware revision number for the board

    EISA Ver    EISA version number.  Each motherboard is encoded with a ver-
                sion of the EISA specification to which it conforms, and that
                version number is given in this column.

 Notes

    The eisa command reports only EISA boards that are installed on an EISA
    system, not the 8- or 16-bit ISA (XT/AT) boards.

    Only root can execute the eisa command.

 Diagnostics

    eisa returns a 0 value if successful.  A return value of 1 indicates a
    command line error, a return value of 2 indicates that the motherboard
    was not located, and a return value greater than 2 indicates an unspeci-
    fied error.

    If the slot number that you specify is larger than the actual number of
    slots, the results are unpredictable; however, the return value is still
    0.

 Value added

    eisa is an extension of AT&T System V provided by The Santa Cruz Opera-
    tion, Inc.


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