1*47672Scael.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991 Regents of the University of California. 2*47672Scael.\" All rights reserved. 344665Sbostic.\" 4*47672Scael.\" %sccs.include.redist.man% 544665Sbostic.\" 6*47672Scael.\" @(#)intro.4 5.2 (Berkeley) 03/27/91 7*47672Scael.\" 8*47672Scael.Dd 9*47672Scael.Dt INTRO 4 hp300 10*47672Scael.Os 11*47672Scael.Sh NAME 12*47672Scael.Nm intro 13*47672Scael.Nd introduction to special files and hardware support 14*47672Scael.Sh DESCRIPTION 1544665SbosticThis section describes the special files, related driver functions, 1644665Sbosticand networking support 1744665Sbosticavailable in the system. 18*47672ScaelIn this part of the manual, the 19*47672Scael.Tn SYNOPSIS 20*47672Scaelsection of 2144665Sbosticeach configurable device gives a sample specification 2244665Sbosticfor use in constructing a system description for the 23*47672Scael.Xr config 8 2444665Sbosticprogram. 25*47672ScaelThe 26*47672Scael.Tn DIAGNOSTICS 27*47672Scaelsection lists messages which may appear on the console 2844665Sbosticand/or in the system error log 29*47672Scael.Pa /usr/adm/messages 3044665Sbosticdue to errors in device operation; 3144665Sbosticsee 32*47672Scael.Xr syslogd 8 3344665Sbosticfor more information. 34*47672Scael.Pp 3544665SbosticThis section contains both devices 36*47672Scaelwhich may be configured into the system 37*47672Scaeland network related information. 3844665SbosticThe networking support is introduced in 39*47672Scael.Xr netintro 4 . 40*47672Scael.Sh HP DEVICE SUPPORT 41*47672ScaelThis section describes the hardware supported on the 42*47672Scael.Tn HP 43*47672Scael9000/300 series. 4444665SbosticSoftware support for these devices comes in two forms. A hardware 4544665Sbosticdevice may be supported with a character or block 46*47672Scael.Em device driver , 4744665Sbosticor it may be used within the networking subsystem and have a 48*47672Scael.Em network interface driver . 4944665SbosticBlock and character devices are accessed through files in the file 50*47672Scaelsystem of a special type; see 51*47672Scael.Xr mknod 8 . 5244665SbosticNetwork interfaces are indirectly accessed through the interprocess 5344665Sbosticcommunication facilities provided by the system; see 54*47672Scael.Xr socket 2 . 55*47672Scael.Pp 5644665SbosticA hardware device is identified to the system at configuration time 5744665Sbosticand the appropriate device or network interface driver is then compiled 5844665Sbosticinto the system. When the resultant system is booted, the 5944665Sbosticautoconfiguration facilities in the system probe for the device 6044665Sbosticand, if found, enable the software support for it. 6144665SbosticIf a device does not respond at autoconfiguration 6244665Sbostictime it is not accessible at any time afterwards. 6344665SbosticTo enable a device which did not autoconfigure, 6444665Sbosticthe system will have to be rebooted. 65*47672Scael.Pp 6644665SbosticThe autoconfiguration system is described in 67*47672Scael.Xr autoconf 4 . 6844665SbosticA list of the supported devices is given below. 69*47672Scael.Sh SEE ALSO 70*47672Scael.Xr intro 4 , 71*47672Scael.Xr intro 4 , 72*47672Scael.Xr autoconf 4 , 73*47672Scael.Xr config 8 . 74*47672Scael.Rs 75*47672Scael.%T "Building 4.3 BSD UNIX Systems with Config (SMM:2)" 76*47672Scael.Re 77*47672Scael.Sh LIST OF DEVICES 7844665SbosticThe devices listed below are supported in this incarnation of 7944665Sbosticthe system. Pseudo-devices are not listed. 8044665SbosticDevices are indicated by their functional interface. 8144665SbosticOccasionally, new devices of a similar type may be added 8244665Sbosticsimply by creating appropriate table entries in the driver; 83*47672Scaelfor example, new 84*47672Scael.Tn CS/80 85*47672Scaeldrives. 86*47672Scael.Bl -column grf/ite -offset indent 8744665Sbosticct 7946/9144 CS/80 cartridge tape 8844665Sbosticdca 98644 built-in serial interface 89*47672Scaeldcl HP 98628A communications link 90*47672Scaeldcm HP 98642A communications multiplexer 9144665Sbosticdma 98620B DMA controller 92*47672Scaeldv HP98730 ``DaVinci'' device interface 93*47672Scaelgb HP98700 ``Gatorbox'' device interface 9444665Sbosticgrf/ite Topcat/Gatorbox/Renaissance frame buffer 9544665Sbostichil HIL interface 9644665Sbostichpib Built-in and 98625 HP-IB interface 97*47672Scaelite HP Internal Terminal Emulator 9844665Sbosticle 98643 Lance-based ethernet interface 99*47672Scaelmem main memory 10044665Sbosticppi HP-IB printer/plotter interface 101*47672Scaelrb HP98720 ``Renaissance'' device interface 10244665Sbosticrd CS/80 disk interface 103*47672Scaelrmp HP Remote Maintenance Protocol family 104*47672Scaelst CCS SCSI tape drive 105*47672Scaeltc HP98544-98550 ``Topcat'' and ``Catseye'' device interface 106*47672Scael.El 107*47672Scael.Sh HISTORY 108*47672ScaelThe 109*47672Scael.Tn HP300 110*47672Scael.Nm intro 111*47672Scaelappeared in 112*47672Scael.Bx 4.3 Reno . 113