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35.Dd August 30, 1994
36.Dt INTRO 4 amiga
37.Os NetBSD 1.0
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm intro
40.Nd introduction to special files and hardware support
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42This section describes the special files, related driver functions,
43and networking support
44available in the system.
45In this part of the manual, the
46.Tn SYNOPSIS
47section of
48each configurable device gives a sample specification
49for use in constructing a system description for the
50.Xr config.new 8
51program.
52The
53.Tn DIAGNOSTICS
54section lists messages which may appear on the console
55and/or in the system error log
56.Pa /var/log/messages
57due to errors in device operation;
58see
59.Xr syslogd 8
60for more information.
61.Pp
62This section contains both devices
63which may be configured into the system
64and network related information.
65The networking support is introduced in
66.Xr netintro 4 .
67.Sh AMIGA DEVICE SUPPORT
68This section describes the hardware supported on the
69.Tn Amiga .
70Software support for these devices comes in two forms.  A hardware
71device may be supported with a character or block
72.Em device driver ,
73or it may be used within the networking subsystem and have a
74.Em network interface driver .
75Block and character devices are accessed through files in the file
76system of a special type; see
77.Xr mknod 8 .
78Network interfaces are indirectly accessed through the interprocess
79communication facilities provided by the system; see
80.Xr socket 2 .
81.Pp
82A hardware device is identified to the system at configuration time
83and the appropriate device or network interface driver is then compiled
84into the system.  When the resultant system is booted, the
85autoconfiguration facilities in the system probe for the device
86and, if found, enable the software support for it.
87If a device does not respond at autoconfiguration
88time it is not accessible at any time afterwards.
89To enable a device which did not autoconfigure,
90the system will have to be rebooted.
91.Pp
92The autoconfiguration system is described in
93.Xr autoconf 4 .
94A list of the supported devices is given below.
95.Sh HISTORY
96The
97.Tn Amiga
98.Nm intro
99man page first appeared in
100.Nx 1.0a
101.Sh SEE ALSO
102.Xr intro 4 ,
103.Xr intro 4 ,
104.Xr autoconf 4 ,
105.Xr config.new 8 .
106.Sh LIST OF DEVICES
107The devices listed below are supported in this incarnation of
108the system.  Pseudo-devices are not listed.
109Devices are indicated by their functional interface.
110.Bl -tag -width "zthreebus" -compact -offset indent
111.It Em ahsc
112A3000 low level SCSI controller interface
113.It Em atzsc
114A2091 low level SCSI controller interface
115.It Em ed
116DP8390-based ethernet interface
117.It Em fdc
118Floppy disk controller device
119.It Em fd
120Floppy disk device
121.It Em grf
122Custom Chips/Retina/Retina ZIII frame buffer
123.It Em gtsc
124GVP low level SCSI controller interface
125.It Em gvpbus
126GVP custom bus
127.It Em kbd
128Amiga Keyboard device
129.It Em kmem
130kernel virtual memory
131.It Em ite
132Amiga Internal Terminal Emulator
133.It Em ivsc
134IVS low level scsi controller interface
135.It Em le
136AMD 7990 Lance-based ethernet interface
137.It Em mem
138physical memory
139.It Em mgnsc
140Magnum low level SCSI controller interface
141.It Em otgsc
14212 Gauge low level SCSI controller interface
143.It Em par
1448520 built-in parallel interface
145.It Em ser
1468520 built-in serial interface
147.It Em wesc
148Warp Engine low level SCSI controller interface
149.It Em wstsc
150Wordsync II low level SCSI controller interface
151.It Em zssc
152Zeus low level SCSI controller interface
153.It Em ztwobus
154Amiga Zorro II bus
155.It Em zthreebus
156Amiga Zorro III bus
157.El
158