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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS 19.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 20.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 21.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 22.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 23.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 24.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 25.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 26.\" 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