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32.Dd February 17, 2017
33.Dt INTRO 4 hp300
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm intro
37.Nd introduction to hp300 special files and hardware support
38.Sh DESCRIPTION
39This section describes the special files, related driver functions,
40and networking support
41available in the system.
42In this part of the manual, the
43.Tn SYNOPSIS
44section of
45each 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 HP DEVICE SUPPORT
65This section describes the hardware supported on the
66.Tn HP
679000/300 series.
68Software support for these devices comes in two forms.  A hardware
69device 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.  When the resultant system is booted, the
83autoconfiguration facilities in the system probe for the device
84and, if found, enable the software support for it.
85If a device does not respond at autoconfiguration
86time it is not accessible at any time afterwards.
87To enable a device which did not autoconfigure,
88the system will have to be rebooted.
89.Pp
90The autoconfiguration system is described in
91.Xr hp300/autoconf 4 .
92.Sh LIST OF DEVICES
93The devices listed below are supported in this incarnation of
94the system.  Pseudo-devices are not listed.
95Devices are indicated by their functional interface.
96Occasionally, new devices of a similar type may be added
97simply by creating appropriate table entries in the driver;
98for example, new
99.Tn CS/80
100drives.
101.Bl -column grf/ite description -offset indent
102.It com	serial interfaces (98644, 98626, and built-in apci and dca)
103.It ct	7946/9144 CS/80 cartridge tape
104.It dcm	HP 98642A communications multiplexer
105.It dio	DIO/DIO-II bus
106.It dnkbd	Domain keyboard
107.It dvbox	HP98730 ``DaVinci'' device interface
108.It fhpib	``fast'' HP-IB interface
109.It frodo	Frodo ASIC (a.k.a. Apollo Utility Chip)
110.It gbox	HP98700 ``Gatorbox'' device interface
111.It grf/ite	Topcat/Gatorbox/Renaissance frame buffer
112.It hil	HIL interface
113.It nhpib	Built-in and 98625 HP-IB interface
114.It hyper	Hyperion device interface
115.It intio	HP300 internal I/O space driver
116.It ite	HP Internal Terminal Emulator
117.It le	98643 Lance-based Ethernet interface
118.It ppi	HP-IB printer/plotter interface
119.It rbox	HP98720 ``Renaissance'' device interface
120.It rd	CS/80 disk interface
121.It rmp	HP Remote Maintenance Protocol family
122.It spc	HP98265A SCSI interface
123.It topcat	HP98544-98550 ``Topcat'' and ``Catseye'' device interface
124.El
125.Sh SEE ALSO
126.Xr config 1 ,
127.Xr hp300/autoconf 4
128.Rs
129.%T "Building 4.3 BSD UNIX Systems with Config (SMM:2)"
130.Re
131.Sh HISTORY
132The
133.Tn HP300
134.Nm intro
135appeared in
136.Bx 4.3 Reno .
137