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27.Dd February 17, 2017
28.Dt INTRO 4 sgimips
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm intro
32.Nd introduction to sgimips special files and hardware support
33.Sh DESCRIPTION
34This section describes the special files, related driver functions,
35and networking support available in the system.
36In this part of the manual, the
37.Tn SYNOPSIS
38section of each configurable device gives a sample specification
39for use in constructing a system description for the
40.Xr config 1
41program.
42The
43.Tn DIAGNOSTICS
44section lists messages which may appear on the console
45and/or in the system error log
46.Pa /var/log/messages
47due to errors in device operation; see
48.Xr syslogd 8
49for more information.
50.Pp
51This section contains both devices which may be configured into
52the system and network related information.
53The networking support is introduced in
54.Xr netintro 4 .
55.Sh DEVICE SUPPORT
56This section describes the hardware supported by
57.Nx Ns /sgimips .
58Software support for these devices comes in two forms.
59A hardware device may be supported with a character or block
60.Em device driver ,
61or it may be used within the networking subsystem and have a
62.Em network interface driver .
63Block and character devices are accessed through files in the file
64system of a special type; see
65.Xr mknod 8 .
66Network interfaces are indirectly accessed through the interprocess
67communication facilities provided by the system; see
68.Xr socket 2 .
69.Pp
70A hardware device is identified to the system at configuration time
71and the appropriate device or network interface driver is then
72compiled into the system.
73When the resultant system is booted, the autoconfiguration facilities
74in the system probe for the device and, if found, enable the software
75support for it.
76If a device does not respond at autoconfiguration time it is not
77accessible at any time afterwards.
78To enable a device which did not autoconfigure, the system must be rebooted.
79.Pp
80The autoconfiguration system is described in
81.Xr autoconf 4 .
82A list of the supported devices is given below.
83.Sh HARDWARE
84The following systems are supported:
85.Pp
86.Bl -tag -width XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX -offset indent -compact
87.It O2
88IP32
89.Pq Dq Moosehead
90.It Indy/Challenge S
91IP24
92.Pq Dq Guinness
93.It Indigo 2/Challenge M
94IP22
95.Pq Dq Fullhouse
96.It Indigo R4k
97IP20
98.Pq Dq Blackjack
99.It Indigo R3k
100IP12
101.Pq Dq Hollywood
102.It Personal Iris 4D/3x
103IP12
104.Pq Dq Magnum
105.El
106.Sh LIST OF DEVICES
107The devices listed below are supported in this incarnation of the
108system.
109Devices are indicated by their functional interface.
110Not all supported devices are listed.
111.Pp
112.Bl -tag -width macepci -offset indent -compact
113.It crime
114found on the O2
115.It dpclock
116real-time clock
117.It dsclock
118real-time clock
119.It gio
120PCI-like bus
121.It hpc
122High performance Peripheral Controller
123.It imc
124Indigo R4k/Indy/Challenge S/Indigo2 bus arbiter
125.It mace
126found on the O2
127.\" .It macepci
128.It mec
129O2 MAC110 ethernet
130.It newport
131entry framebuffer on Indy and Indigo2
132.It pic
133Personal Iris 4D/3x and Indigo R3k bus arbiter
134.It sq
135SEEQ 8003/80C03 ethernet
136.It tl
137Set Engineering GIO 100baseTX Fast Ethernet
138.It tlp
139Phobos G130/G160 10/100 GIO Fast Ethernet
140.It wdsc
141WD33C93 SCSI interface
142.El
143.Pp
144PCI devices are supported through the
145.Xr pci 4
146bus and associated device drivers.
147.Pp
148.\" .Sh UNSUPPORTED DEVICES
149.\" The following devices are not supported, due to unavailability of
150.\" either documentation or sample hardware:
151.\" .Pp
152.\" .Bl -tag -width XXXXX -offset indent -compact
153.\" .It not yet
154.\" .El
155.\" .Pp
156.Sh SEE ALSO
157.Xr config 1 ,
158.Xr autoconf 4 ,
159.Xr sgimips/crime 4 ,
160.Xr sgimips/dpclock 4 ,
161.Xr sgimips/dsclock 4 ,
162.Xr sgimips/gio 4 ,
163.Xr sgimips/hpc 4 ,
164.Xr sgimips/imc 4 ,
165.Xr sgimips/mace 4 ,
166.Xr sgimips/mec 4 ,
167.Xr sgimips/newport 4 ,
168.Xr sgimips/pic 4 ,
169.Xr sgimips/sq 4 ,
170.Xr sgimips/wdsc 4 ,
171.Xr tlp 4
172.Sh HISTORY
173This
174.Tn sgimips
175.Nm
176appeared in
177.Nx 2.0 .
178