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32.Dd February 17, 2017
33.Dt INTRO 4 amiga
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm intro
37.Nd introduction to amiga special files and hardware support
38.Sh DESCRIPTION
39This section describes the special files, related driver functions,
40and networking support
41available in the system.
42In this part of the manual, the
43.Tn SYNOPSIS
44section of
45each configurable device gives a sample specification
46for use in constructing a system description for the
47.Xr config 1
48program.
49The
50.Tn DIAGNOSTICS
51section lists messages which may appear on the console
52and/or in the system error log
53.Pa /var/log/messages
54due to errors in device operation;
55see
56.Xr syslogd 8
57for more information.
58.Pp
59This section contains both devices
60which may be configured into the system
61and network related information.
62The networking support is introduced in
63.Xr netintro 4 .
64.Sh AMIGA DEVICE SUPPORT
65This section describes the hardware supported on the
66.Tn Amiga .
67Software support for these devices comes in two forms.  A hardware
68device may be supported with a character or block
69.Em device driver ,
70or it may be used within the networking subsystem and have a
71.Em network interface driver .
72Block and character devices are accessed through files in the file
73system of a special type; see
74.Xr mknod 8 .
75Network interfaces are indirectly accessed through the interprocess
76communication facilities provided by the system; see
77.Xr socket 2 .
78.Pp
79A hardware device is identified to the system at configuration time
80and the appropriate device or network interface driver is then compiled
81into the system.  When the resultant system is booted, the
82autoconfiguration facilities in the system probe for the device
83and, if found, enable the software support for it.
84If a device does not respond at autoconfiguration
85time it is not accessible at any time afterwards.
86To enable a device which did not autoconfigure,
87the system will have to be rebooted.
88.Pp
89The autoconfiguration system is described in
90.Xr amiga/autoconf 4 .
91A list of the supported devices is given below.
92.Sh SEE ALSO
93.Xr config 1 ,
94.Xr amiga/autoconf 4
95.Sh HISTORY
96The
97.Tn Amiga
98.Nm
99man page first appeared in
100.Nx 1.1
101.Sh LIST OF DEVICES
102The devices listed below are supported in this incarnation of
103the system. Devices are indicated by their functional interface.
104Not all supported devices are listed.
105.Bl -tag -width "xxxxxxx" -compact -offset indent
106.It Em afsc
107A4091 low level SCSI adapter interface
108.It Em ahsc
109A3000 low level SCSI adapter interface
110.It Em atzsc
111A2091 low level SCSI adapter interface
112.It Em ed
113DP8390-based Ethernet interface
114.It Em es
115SMC91C90-based Ethernet interface
116.It Em fdc
117Floppy disk controller device
118.It Em fd
119Floppy disk device
120.It Em grf
121frame buffer for Custom Chips and graphics cards
122.It Em grfcl
123color graphics driver for
124GVP Spectrum/Picasso II, II+ and IV/Piccolo/Piccolo SD64 cards
125.It Em grfcv
126color graphics driver for the Cybervision 64
127.It Em grfcv3d
128color graphics driver for the Cybervision 64/3D
129.It Em grfet
130color graphics driver for Domino/Domino16M proto/oMniBus/Merlin cards
131.It Em grful
132color graphics driver for the A2410
133.It Em grfrh
134color graphics driver for Retina BLT Z3 and Altais cards
135.It Em grfrt
136color graphics driver for the Retina Z2
137.It Em gtsc
138GVP low level SCSI adapter interface
139.It Em gvpbus
140GVP custom bus
141.It Em kbd
142Amiga Keyboard device
143.It Em kmem
144kernel virtual memory
145.It Em ite
146Amiga Internal Terminal Emulator
147.It Em ivsc
148IVS low level SCSI adapter interface
149.It Em le
150AMD 7990 and AMD 79C960 Lance-based Ethernet interface
151.It Em mem
152physical memory
153.It Em mfcs
154MultiFaceCard II/II serial interface
155.It Em mgnsc
156Magnum 40 low level SCSI adapter interface
157.It Em otgsc
15812 Gauge low level SCSI adapter interface
159.It Em par
1608520 built-in parallel interface
161.It Em ser
1628520 built-in serial interface
163.It Em wesc
164Warp Engine low level SCSI adapter interface
165.It Em wstsc
166Wordsync II low level SCSI adapter interface
167.It Em zssc
168Zeus low level SCSI adapter interface
169.It Em zbus
170Amiga Zorro II/III bus
171.El
172