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28.Dd August 1, 2006
29.Dt POWERMAC_NVRAM 4 powerpc
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm powermac_nvram
33.Nd "non-volatile RAM"
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.Cd "device powermac_nvram"
36.Sh DESCRIPTION
37The
38.Nm
39driver provides access to the Open Firmware configuration NVRAM
40available on the Apple PowerPC-based machines.
41.Sh SEE ALSO
42.Xr nvram 8 ,
43.Xr eeprom 8
44.Sh HISTORY
45The
46.Nm
47driver first appeared in
48.Fx 7.0 .
49.Sh AUTHORS
50The
51.Nm
52driver was written by
53.An Maxim Sobolev Aq sobomax@FreeBSD.org .
54.Sh BUGS
55Currently,
56.Nm
57driver only supports systems equipped with AMD flash part and is only
58tested on Apple G4-based Mac Mini machines.
59