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.Dd October 5, 2001
.Dt AGP 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm agp
.Nd "generic interface to the Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Cd "device agp"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
driver provides uniform, abstract methods for controlling
the following devices:
.Bl -bullet -offset indent -compact
.It
Ali M1541 host-to-AGP bridge
.It
.\" 761 not in -stable
AMD 751 and 761 host-to-AGP bridges
.It
Intel i820, i840, i845, i850, and i860 host-to-AGP bridge
.It
Intel i810, i810-DC100, i810E, and i815 SVGA controllers
.It
Intel 82443GX host-to-AGP bridge
.It
SiS 5591 host-to-AGP bridge
.El
.Pp
The most common application of
.Nm
is for running
.Xr XFree86 1
on the Intel i81x controllers.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /dev/agpgart" -compact
.It Pa /dev/agpgart
AGP device node.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr XFree86 1
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
driver first appeared in
.Fx 4.1 .