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Input/Output Interfaces

5.1Introduction

This chapter describes the standard interfaces that provide input and output (I/O) porting of data and that are controlled through I/O-mapped registers. The following I/O interfaces are covered in this chapter:

■SATA/eSATA interfaces (5.2)

■Diskette drive interface (5.3)

■Serial interfaces (5.4)

■Parallel interface support (5.5)

■Keyboard/pointing device interface (5.6)

■Universal serial bus interface (5.7)

■Audio subsystem (5.8)

■Network interface controller (5.9)

 

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