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35.Dd March 27, 1991
36.Dt INTRO 4 hp300
37.Os
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 8
51program.
52The
53.Tn DIAGNOSTICS
54section lists messages which may appear on the console
55and/or in the system error log
56.Pa /usr/adm/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 HP DEVICE SUPPORT
68This section describes the hardware supported on the
69.Tn HP
709000/300 series.
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 SEE ALSO
97.Xr intro 4 ,
98.Xr intro 4 ,
99.Xr autoconf 4 ,
100.Xr config 8 .
101.Rs
102.%T "Building 4.3 BSD UNIX Systems with Config (SMM:2)"
103.Re
104.Sh LIST OF DEVICES
105The devices listed below are supported in this incarnation of
106the system.  Pseudo-devices are not listed.
107Devices are indicated by their functional interface.
108Occasionally, new devices of a similar type may be added
109simply by creating appropriate table entries in the driver;
110for example, new
111.Tn CS/80
112drives.
113.Bl -column grf/ite -offset indent
114ct	7946/9144 CS/80 cartridge tape
115dca	98644 built-in serial interface
116dcl	HP 98628A communications link
117dcm	HP 98642A communications multiplexer
118dma	98620B DMA controller
119dv	HP98730 ``DaVinci'' device interface
120gb	 HP98700 ``Gatorbox'' device interface
121grf/ite	Topcat/Gatorbox/Renaissance frame buffer
122hil	HIL interface
123hpib	Built-in and 98625 HP-IB interface
124ite	HP Internal Terminal Emulator
125le	98643 Lance-based ethernet interface
126mem	main memory
127ppi	HP-IB printer/plotter interface
128rb	HP98720 ``Renaissance'' device interface
129rd	CS/80 disk interface
130rmp	HP Remote Maintenance Protocol family
131st	CCS SCSI tape drive
132tc	HP98544-98550 ``Topcat'' and ``Catseye'' device interface
133.El
134.Sh HISTORY
135The
136.Tn HP300
137.Nm intro
138appeared in
139.Bx 4.3 Reno .
140