xref: /netbsd-src/share/man/man4/man4.amiga/intro.4 (revision d0fed6c87ddc40a8bffa6f99e7433ddfc864dd83)
1.\"	$NetBSD: intro.4,v 1.4 1997/03/28 00:29:35 veego Exp $
2.\"
3.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991 Regents of the University of California.
4.\" All rights reserved.
5.\"
6.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
7.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
8.\" are met:
9.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
10.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
11.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
12.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
13.\"    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
14.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
15.\"    must display the following acknowledgement:
16.\"	This product includes software developed by the University of
17.\"	California, Berkeley and its contributors.
18.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
19.\"    may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
20.\"    without specific prior written permission.
21.\"
22.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
23.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
24.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
25.\" ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
26.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
27.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
28.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
29.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
30.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
31.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
32.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
33.\"
34.\"     from: @(#)intro.4	5.2 (Berkeley) 3/27/91
35.\"
36.Dd August 30, 1994
37.Dt INTRO 4 amiga
38.Os NetBSD
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm intro
41.Nd introduction to special files and hardware support
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43This section describes the special files, related driver functions,
44and networking support
45available in the system.
46In this part of the manual, the
47.Tn SYNOPSIS
48section of
49each configurable device gives a sample specification
50for use in constructing a system description for the
51.Xr config 8
52program.
53The
54.Tn DIAGNOSTICS
55section lists messages which may appear on the console
56and/or in the system error log
57.Pa /var/log/messages
58due to errors in device operation;
59see
60.Xr syslogd 8
61for more information.
62.Pp
63This section contains both devices
64which may be configured into the system
65and network related information.
66The networking support is introduced in
67.Xr netintro 4 .
68.Sh AMIGA DEVICE SUPPORT
69This section describes the hardware supported on the
70.Tn Amiga .
71Software support for these devices comes in two forms.  A hardware
72device may be supported with a character or block
73.Em device driver ,
74or it may be used within the networking subsystem and have a
75.Em network interface driver .
76Block and character devices are accessed through files in the file
77system of a special type; see
78.Xr mknod 8 .
79Network interfaces are indirectly accessed through the interprocess
80communication facilities provided by the system; see
81.Xr socket 2 .
82.Pp
83A hardware device is identified to the system at configuration time
84and the appropriate device or network interface driver is then compiled
85into the system.  When the resultant system is booted, the
86autoconfiguration facilities in the system probe for the device
87and, if found, enable the software support for it.
88If a device does not respond at autoconfiguration
89time it is not accessible at any time afterwards.
90To enable a device which did not autoconfigure,
91the system will have to be rebooted.
92.Pp
93The autoconfiguration system is described in
94.Xr autoconf 4 .
95A list of the supported devices is given below.
96.Sh HISTORY
97The
98.Tn Amiga
99.Nm intro
100man page first appeared in
101.Nx 1.0a
102.Sh SEE ALSO
103.Xr intro 4 ,
104.Xr autoconf 4 ,
105.Xr config 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 "xxxxxx" -compact -offset indent
111.It Em afsc
112A4091 low level SCSI adapter interface
113.It Em ahsc
114A3000 low level SCSI adapter interface
115.It Em atzsc
116A2091 low level SCSI adapter interface
117.It Em ed
118DP8390-based ethernet interface
119.It Em es
120SMC91C90-based ethernet interface
121.It Em fdc
122Floppy disk controller device
123.It Em fd
124Floppy disk device
125.It Em grf
126Custom Chips/Retina/Retina ZIII frame buffer
127.It Em gtsc
128GVP low level SCSI adapter interface
129.It Em gvpbus
130GVP custom bus
131.It Em kbd
132Amiga Keyboard device
133.It Em kmem
134kernel virtual memory
135.It Em ite
136Amiga Internal Terminal Emulator
137.It Em ivsc
138IVS low level SCSI adapter interface
139.It Em le
140AMD 7990 and AMD 79C960 Lance-based ethernet interface
141.It Em mem
142physical memory
143.It Em mfcs
144MultiFaceCard II/II serial interface
145.It Em mgnsc
146Magnum 40 low level SCSI adapter interface
147.It Em otgsc
14812 Gauge low level SCSI adapter interface
149.It Em par
1508520 built-in parallel interface
151.It Em ser
1528520 built-in serial interface
153.It Em wesc
154Warp Engine low level SCSI adapter interface
155.It Em wstsc
156Wordsync II low level SCSI adapter interface
157.It Em zssc
158Zeus low level SCSI adapter interface
159.It Em zbus
160Amiga Zorro II/III bus
161.El
162