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33.Dd
34.Dt INTRO 4 atari
35.Os
36.Sh NAME
37.Nm intro
38.Nd introduction to atari special files and hardware support
39.Sh DESCRIPTION
40This section describes the special files, related driver functions,
41and networking support
42available in the system.
43In this part of the manual, the
44.Tn SYNOPSIS
45section of
46each configurable device gives a sample specification
47for use in constructing a system description for the
48.Xr config 8
49program.
50The
51.Tn DIAGNOSTICS
52section lists messages which may appear on the console
53and/or in the system error log
54.Pa /var/log/messages
55due to errors in device operation;
56see
57.Xr syslogd 8
58for more information.
59.Pp
60This section contains both devices
61which may be configured into the system
62and network related information.
63The networking support is introduced in
64.Xr netintro 4 .
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66.\"
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68.Sh LIST OF PLATFORMS SUPPORTED
69.Pp
70Platforms supported by the atari port:
71.Bl -tag -width Falcon -offset indent -compact
72.It TT030
73A standard TT030 model with at least 4Mb of RAM.
74.It Falcon
75A standard Falcon with at least 4Mb of RAM. An FPU is not required as the
76default kernels include FP-emulation support.
77.It Hades
78A standard Hades with either an 040 or 060 processor and at least 8 Mb of RAM.
79.El
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81.\"
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83.Sh DEVICE SUPPORT
84This section describes the hardware supported on the atari
85(atari-clone) platform.
86Software support for these devices comes in two forms.  A hardware
87device may be supported with a character or block
88.Em device driver ,
89or it may be used within the networking subsystem and have a
90.Em network interface driver .
91Block and character devices are accessed through files in the file
92system of a special type; see
93.Xr mknod 8 .
94Network interfaces are indirectly accessed through the interprocess
95communication facilities provided by the system; see
96.Xr socket 2 .
97.Pp
98A hardware device is identified to the system at configuration time
99and the appropriate device or network interface driver is then compiled
100into the system.  When the resultant system is booted, the
101autoconfiguration facilities in the system probe for the device
102and, if found, enable the software support for it.
103If a device does not respond at autoconfiguration
104time it is not accessible at any time afterwards.
105To enable a device which did not autoconfigure,
106the system must be rebooted.
107.Pp
108The autoconfiguration system is described in
109.Xr autoconf 4 .
110A list of the supported devices is given below.
111.Sh LIST OF DEVICES
112The devices listed below are supported in this incarnation of
113the system.  Devices are indicated by their functional interface.
114Not all supported devices are listed, not all devices exist on all models.
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118.Pp
119Standard builtin devices:
120.Bl -tag -width ncrscsi -offset indent -compact
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124.It clock
125System clock
126.It fd
127Floppy device as found on the Falcon/TT030
128.It grf
129The standard internal video as found on the Falcon and TT030.
130.It grfet
131The et4000-PCI video as found on the HADES
132.It hdfd
133Floppy device as found on the Hades (NEC 765 compatible)
134.It isa
135ISA I/O bus (Hades only)
136.It kbd
137Standard keyboard
138.It lpt
139Parallel port device interface
140.It mem
141Main memory interface
142.It ncrscsi
143Onboard 5380 SCSI-bus
144.It nvr
145Non-volatile RAM interface
146.It pci
147PCI I/O bus (Hades only).
148.It ser0
149Serial1 (when connector available).
150.It vme
151VME I/O bus
152.It wd
153IDE interface (not on TT030)
154.It zs0
155Serial2 and modem2 ports.
156.El
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160.Sh SEE ALSO
161.Xr intro 4 ,
162.Xr autoconf 4 ,
163.Xr netintro 4 ,
164.Xr config 8 .
165.Sh HISTORY
166The
167.Tn atari
168.Nm intro
169appeared in
170.Nx 1.3.
171