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The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products .\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission. .\" .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR .\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES .\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. .\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, .\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT .\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, .\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY .\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" <> .\" .Dd February 17, 2017 .Dt INTRO 4 i386 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm intro .Nd introduction to i386 special files and hardware support .Sh DESCRIPTION This section describes the special files, related driver functions, and networking support available in the system. In this part of the manual, the .Tn SYNOPSIS section of each configurable device gives a sample specification for use in constructing a system description for the .Xr config 1 program. The .Tn DIAGNOSTICS section lists messages which may appear on the console and/or in the system error log .Pa /var/log/messages due to errors in device operation; see .Xr syslogd 8 for more information. .Pp This section contains both devices which may be configured into the system and network related information. The networking support is introduced in .Xr netintro 4 . .Sh DEVICE SUPPORT This section describes the hardware supported on the i386 (PC-clone) platform. Software support for these devices comes in two forms. A hardware device may be supported with a character or block .Em device driver , or it may be used within the networking subsystem and have a .Em network interface driver . Block and character devices are accessed through files in the file system of a special type; see .Xr mknod 8 . Network interfaces are indirectly accessed through the interprocess communication facilities provided by the system; see .Xr socket 2 . .Pp A hardware device is identified to the system at configuration time and the appropriate device or network interface driver is then compiled into the system. When the resultant system is booted, the autoconfiguration facilities in the system probe for the device and, if found, enable the software support for it. If a device does not respond at autoconfiguration time it is not accessible at any time afterwards. To enable a device which did not autoconfigure, the system must be rebooted. .Pp The autoconfiguration system is described in .Xr i386/autoconf 4 . A list of the supported devices is given below. .Sh LIST OF DEVICES The devices listed below are supported in this incarnation of the system. Devices are indicated by their functional interface. Not all supported devices are listed. .\" .\" .\" .Pp Standard builtin devices: .Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent -compact .\" .\" .\" .It com NS8250-, NS16450-, and NS16550-based asynchronous serial communications device interface .It lpt Parallel port device interface .It fdc Standard NEC 765 floppy disk controller. .It mca MCA I/O bus. .It mem Main memory interface .It pci PCI I/O bus. .It eisa EISA I/O bus, either as main bus or via PCI-EISA bridge. .It isa ISA bus and ISA devices, either as main bus or via PCI-ISA bridge. .It isa isa I/O bus. .It isapnp ``bus'' for ISA devices with PnP support. .It speaker console speaker device interface .El .\" .\" .\" .Pp PCMCIA devices are supported through the .Xr pcmcia 4 bus and associated device drivers. .\" .\" .\" .Pp Cardbus devices are supported through the .Xr cardbus 4 bus and associated device drivers. .\" .\" .\" .Pp USB devices are supported through the .Xr usb 4 bus and associated device drivers. .\" .\" .\" .Pp Console devices using ISA, EISA, or PCI video adaptors and standard AT or PS/2 keyboards are supported by the machine independent .Xr wscons 4 console driver. .\" .\" .\" .Pp Disk, tape and SCSI devices: .Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent -compact .It aha Adaptec 154x ISA SCSI adapter boards. .It ahb Adaptec 1742 EISA SCSI adapter boards. .It ahc Adaptec 274x, 284x, 2940 and 3940 VL/EISA/PCI SCSI adapter boards. .It aic Adaptec AIC-6260, Adaptec AIC-6360, Adaptec 152x, and SoundBlaster SCSI boards. .It bha Buslogic BT-445 (ISA), BT-74x (EISA), and BT-9[45][68] (PCI) SCSI boards. .It mcd Mitsumi CD-ROM drives. .It ncr Symbios (formerly NCR) PCI SCSI adapter boards. .It pciide PCI IDE controllers. .It sea Seagate/Future Domain SCSI cards. ST01/02, Future Domain TMC-885, and Future Domain TMC-950. .It uha Ultrastor ISA and EISA SCSI adapter cards. Ultrastore 14f, Ultrastore 34f, and Ultrastore 24f. .It wdc Standard ISA Western Digital type hard drives controllers. MFM, RLL, ESDI, and IDE. .It wt Wangtek and compatible ISA controllers for QIC-02 and QIC-36 tapes. .El .\" .\" .\" .Pp Network interfaces: .Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent -compact .It de Ethernet driver for dc21040, dc21042, and dc21140-based 10Mbit and 100Mbit PCI Ethernet adaptors, including DE-430, DE-450 DE-500, SMC EtherPower, and Znyx. .It fea, fpa FDDI driver for Digital DEFEA (EISA) and DEFPA FDDI adaptors. .It ed Western Digital/SMC 80x3 and Ultra, 3Com 3c503, and Novell NE1000 and 2000 Ethernet interface .It eg 3Com 3c505 Ethernet board. .It el 3Com 3c501 Ethernet board. .It ep 3Com EtherLink III (3c5x9) Ethernet interface .It ie Ethernet driver for the AT&T StarLAN 10, EN100, StarLan Fiber, and 3Com 3c507. .It iy Ethernet driver for the ISA Intel EtherExpress PR0/10 adaptor. .It le Ethernet driver for BICC Isolan, Novell NE2100, Digital DEPCA cards, and PCnet-PCI cards. .It tl Ethernet driver for ThunderLAN-based Ethernet adaptor. .El .\" .\" .\" .Pp Serial communication cards: .Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent -compact .It ast multiplexing serial communications card first made by AST. .It boca Boca BB100[48] and BB2016 multiplexing serial communications cards. NS8250-, NS16450-, and NS16550-based asynchronous serial communications device interface, or internal modems that provide a serial-chip compatible interface. .It cy Cyclades Cyclom-4Y, -8Y, and -16Y asynchronous serial communications device interface .It rtfps a multiplexing serial communications card derived from IBM PC/RT hardware. .El .\" .\" .\" Sound cards: .Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent -compact .It gus Gravis Ultrasound non-PnP soundcards. .It guspnp Gravis Ultrasound PnP soundcards. .It pas ProAudio Spectrum soundcards. .It pss Personal Sound System-compatible soundcards, including Cardinal Digital SoundPro 16 and Orchid Soundwave 32. .It sb Soundblaster, Soundblaster 16, and Soundblaster Pro soundcards. .It wss Windows Sound System-compatible sound cards based on the ad1848 chip. .El .\" .\" .\" .Pp Mouse and pointer devices: .Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent -compact .It joy joystick game adaptor .It lms Logitech-style bus mouse device interface .It mms Microsoft-style bus mouse device interface .It pms PS/2 auxiliary port mouse device interface .El .Pp Serial mice can be configured on any supported serial port. .\" .\" .\" .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr config 1 , .Xr i386/autoconf 4 , .Xr netintro 4 .Sh HISTORY The .Tn i386 .Nm intro appeared in .Nx 1.0 .