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32.Dd February 17, 2017
33.Dt INTRO 4 mvme68k
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm intro
37.Nd introduction to mvme68k 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 MVME68K DEVICE SUPPORT
65This section describes the hardware supported on the
66.Tn Motorola
67MVME68K series of single board computers .
68Software support for these devices comes in two forms.  A hardware
69device may be supported with a character or block
70.Em device driver ,
71or it may be used within the networking subsystem and have a
72.Em network interface driver .
73Block and character devices are accessed through files in the file
74system of a special type; see
75.Xr mknod 8 .
76Network interfaces are indirectly accessed through the interprocess
77communication facilities provided by the system; see
78.Xr socket 2 .
79.Pp
80A hardware device is identified to the system at configuration time
81and the appropriate device or network interface driver is then compiled
82into the system.  When the resultant system is booted, the
83autoconfiguration facilities in the system probe for the device
84and, if found, enable the software support for it.
85If a device does not respond at autoconfiguration
86time it is not accessible at any time afterwards.
87To enable a device which did not autoconfigure,
88the system will have to be rebooted.
89.Pp
90The autoconfiguration system is described in
91.Xr mvme68k/autoconf 4 .
92A list of the supported devices is given below.
93.Sh LIST OF DEVICES
94The devices listed below are supported in this incarnation of
95the system.
96Devices are indicated by their functional interface.
97Not all supported devices are listed.
98.Bl -tag -width "xxxxxx" -compact -offset indent
99.It Em clmpcc
100Cirrus Logic CD2401 four channel Communications controller
101.It Em clock
102Hardware counter/timer clock driver
103.It Em ie
104.Tn Intel
10582596-based Ethernet interface
106.It Em kmem
107kernel virtual memory
108.It Em le
109.Tn AMD
110Lance-based Ethernet interface
111.It Em lpt
112Onboard parallel printer interface
113.It Em mem
114physical memory
115.It Em mcchip
116MVME162 and MVME172 MCChip (similar to PCCchip2)
117.It Em ncrsc
118.Tn NCR
11953c710 SCSI I/O Processor
120.It Em pcc
121MVME147 PCC Chip
122.It Em pcctwo
123MVME167 and MVME177 PCCchip2
124.It Em vmepcc
125MVME147 VMEbus interface chip
126.It Em vmetwo
127MVME1[67]x Enhanced VMEbus interface chip
128.It Em wdsc
129WD33c93 SCSI Bus Interface Controller
130.It Em zsc
131.Tn Zilog
132Z8530 Dual-port Serial Interface on MVME147 and MVME162
133.El
134.Sh SEE ALSO
135.Xr config 1 ,
136.Xr mvme68k/autoconf 4
137.Sh HISTORY
138The
139.Tn mvme68k
140.Nm intro
141man page first appeared in
142.Nx 1.5 .
143