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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 May 16, 1999 .Dt INTRO 4 i386 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm intro .Nd introduction to 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 8 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 autoconf 4 . A list of the supported devices is given below. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr autoconf 4 , .Xr intro 4 , .Xr config 8 .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 .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 2xxx and 3xxx series PCI/VLB/EISA SCSI adapter boards .It adv AdvanSys PCI narrow SCSI Host Adapters .It adw AdvanSys PCI wide SCSI Host Adapters .It aic Adaptec AIC-6260, Adaptec AIC-6360, Adaptec 152x, and SoundBlaster SCSI boards. .It apm advanced power management device interface. .It aria Sierra Semiconductor Aria 16 sound cards .It ast multiplexing serial communications card first made by AST. .It bktr Brooktree video capture driver .It boca BOCA serial cards. .It bt Buslogic BT-445, BT-74x, and BT-9xx SCSI boards. .It com NS8250-, NS16450-, and NS16550-based asynchronous serial communications device interface. .It cy Cyclades Cyclom-4Y, -8Y, and -16Y asynchronous serial communications device interface. .It de DEC tulip-based ethernet cards .It ec 3Com Etherlink II (3c503) Ethernet interface. .It ef 3Com Fast Etherlink ISA (3c515) Ethernet interface. .It eg 3Com 3c505 Ethernet board. .It el 3Com 3c501 Ethernet board. .It ep 3Com Etherlink III (3c5x9) Ethernet interface. .It ex Intel EtherExpress PRO/10 ethernet cards .It ie Ethernet driver for the AT&T StarLAN 10, EN100, StarLan Fiber, and 3Com 3c507. .It isp QLogic PCI SCSI controllers. .It iy Ether-Express PRO/10 .It joy Joystick .It le Ethernet driver for BICC Isolan, Novell NE2100, and Digital DEPCA cards. .It lms Logitech-style bus mouse device interface. .It lpt Parallel port device interface. .It mcd Mitsumi CD-ROM drives. .It mem Main memory interface. .It mms Microsoft-style bus mouse device interface. .It ncr NCR PCI SCSI adapter boards. .It ne Novell NE1000 and 2000 Ethernet interface. .It npx Numeric Processing Extension coprocessor and emulator. .It pctr CPU performance counter registers .It pms PS/2 auxiliary port mouse device interface. .It rtfps another multiplexing serial communications card. .It rl RealTek 8129/8139 fast ethernet .It sb Sound Blaster card. .It sea Seagate/Future Domain SCSI cards. ST01/02, Future Domain TMC-885, and Future Domain TMC-950. .It speaker console speaker device interface. .It ti Alteon Tigon I & II Gigabit ethernet .It tl Texas Instruments ThunderLAN ethernet .It tx SMC 9432 10/100 Mbps Ethernet cards .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. MFM, RLL, ESDI, and IDE. .It wds WD-7000 SCSI host adapters. .It wdt Industrial Computer Source PCI-WDT50x watchdog timer cards. .It we Western Digital/SMC WD 80x3, SMC Elite Ultra and SMC EtherEZ Ethernet cards. .It wt Wangtek and compatible tape drives. QIC-02 and QIC-36. .It xl 3COM 3c9xx Etherlink XL and Fast Etherlink XL cards .El .Sh HISTORY The .Tn i386 .Nm intro appeared in .Nx 0.9a .