1.\" $NetBSD: intro_pmppc.4,v 1.2 2007/10/17 23:36:56 garbled Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 2003 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. 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 NetBSD 17.\" Foundation, Inc. and its contributors. 18.\" 4. Neither the name of The NetBSD Foundation nor the names of its 19.\" contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived 20.\" from this software without specific prior written permission. 21.\" 22.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS 23.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED 24.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 25.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS 26.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 27.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 28.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 29.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 30.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 31.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 32.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 33.\" 34.Dd October 15, 2007 35.Dt INTRO_PMPPC 4 evbppc 36.Os 37.Sh NAME 38.Nm intro_pmppc 39.Nd introduction to pmppc special files and hardware support 40.Sh DESCRIPTION 41This section describes the special files, related driver functions, 42and networking support available in the system. 43In this part of the manual, the 44.Tn SYNOPSIS 45section of each configurable device gives a sample specification 46for use in constructing a system description for the 47.Xr config 1 48program. 49The 50.Tn DIAGNOSTICS 51section lists messages which may appear on the console 52and/or in the system error log 53.Pa /var/log/messages 54due to errors in device operation; 55see 56.Xr syslogd 8 57for more information. 58.Pp 59This section contains both devices 60which may be configured into the system 61and network related information. 62The networking support is introduced in 63.Xr netintro 4 . 64.Sh PMPPC DEVICE SUPPORT 65This section describes the hardware supported on the 66.Tn Artesyn PM/PPC 67card. 68Software support for these devices comes in two forms. 69A hardware device may be supported with a character or block 70.Em device driver , 71or it may be used within the networking subsystem and have a 72.Em network interface driver . 73Block and character devices are accessed through files in the file 74system of a special type; see 75.Xr mknod 8 . 76Network interfaces are indirectly accessed through the interprocess 77communication facilities provided by the system; see 78.Xr socket 2 . 79.Pp 80A hardware device is identified to the system at configuration time 81and the appropriate device or network interface driver is then compiled 82into the system. 83When the resultant system is booted, the 84autoconfiguration facilities in the system probe for the device 85and, if found, enable the software support for it. 86If a device does not respond at autoconfiguration 87time it is not accessible at any time afterwards. 88To enable a device which did not autoconfigure, 89the system will have to be rebooted. 90.Pp 91The autoconfiguration system is described in 92.Xr autoconf 4 . 93A list of the supported devices is given below. 94.Sh SEE ALSO 95.Xr config 1 , 96.Xr autoconf 4 , 97.Xr cpc 4 , 98.Xr cs 4 , 99.Xr rtc 4 100.Sh HISTORY 101The 102.Tn evbppc 103.Nm intro_pmppc 104man page first appeared in 105.Nx 5.0 . 106.Sh LIST OF DEVICES 107The devices listed below are supported in this incarnation of 108the system. 109Devices are indicated by their functional interface. 110Not all supported devices are listed. 111.Pp 112PCI devices are supported through the 113.Xr pci 4 114bus and associated devices. 115.Pp 116USB devices are supported through the 117.Xr usb 4 118bus and associated devices. 119.Pp 120Additionally, the following specific devices are supported: 121.Bl -tag -width "xxxxxxxx" -compact -offset indent 122.It Em com 123serial ports in the CPC700 124.It Em cpc 125PCI host controller CPC700 126.It Em cs 127Ethernet driver 128.It Em rtc 129Real Time Clock driver 130.El 131