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17, 2017 37.Dt INTRO 4 i386 38.Os 39.Sh NAME 40.Nm intro 41.Nd introduction to i386 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 1 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 DEVICE SUPPORT 69This section describes the hardware supported on the i386 70(PC-clone) platform. 71Software support for these devices comes in two forms. 72A hardware device 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. 86When the resultant system is booted, the 87autoconfiguration facilities in the system probe for the device 88and, if found, enable the software support for it. 89If a device does not respond at autoconfiguration 90time it is not accessible at any time afterwards. 91To enable a device which did not autoconfigure, 92the system must be rebooted. 93.Pp 94The autoconfiguration system is described in 95.Xr i386/autoconf 4 . 96A list of the supported devices is given below. 97.Sh LIST OF DEVICES 98The devices listed below are supported in this incarnation of 99the system. 100Devices are indicated by their functional interface. 101Not all supported devices are listed. 102.\" 103.\" 104.\" 105.Pp 106Standard builtin devices: 107.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent -compact 108.\" 109.\" 110.\" 111.It com 112NS8250-, NS16450-, and NS16550-based asynchronous serial 113communications device interface 114.It lpt 115Parallel port device interface 116.It fdc 117Standard NEC 765 floppy disk controller. 118.It mca 119MCA I/O bus. 120.It mem 121Main memory interface 122.It pci 123PCI I/O bus. 124.It eisa 125EISA I/O bus, either as main bus or via PCI-EISA bridge. 126.It isa 127ISA bus and ISA devices, either as main bus or via PCI-ISA bridge. 128.It isa 129isa I/O bus. 130.It isapnp 131``bus'' for ISA devices with PnP support. 132.It speaker 133console speaker device interface 134.El 135.\" 136.\" 137.\" 138.Pp 139PCMCIA devices are supported through the 140.Xr pcmcia 4 141bus and associated device drivers. 142.\" 143.\" 144.\" 145.Pp 146Cardbus devices are supported through the 147.Xr cardbus 4 148bus and associated device drivers. 149.\" 150.\" 151.\" 152.Pp 153USB devices are supported through the 154.Xr usb 4 155bus and associated device drivers. 156.\" 157.\" 158.\" 159.Pp 160Console devices using ISA, EISA, or PCI video adaptors and standard 161AT or PS/2 keyboards are supported by the machine independent 162.Xr wscons 4 163console driver. 164.\" 165.\" 166.\" 167.Pp 168Disk, tape and SCSI devices: 169.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent -compact 170.It aha 171Adaptec 154x ISA SCSI adapter boards. 172.It ahb 173Adaptec 1742 EISA SCSI adapter boards. 174.It ahc 175Adaptec 274x, 284x, 2940 and 3940 VL/EISA/PCI SCSI adapter boards. 176.It aic 177Adaptec AIC-6260, Adaptec AIC-6360, Adaptec 152x, and SoundBlaster SCSI boards. 178.It bha 179Buslogic BT-445 (ISA), BT-74x (EISA), and BT-9[45][68] (PCI) SCSI boards. 180.It mcd 181Mitsumi CD-ROM drives. 182.It ncr 183Symbios (formerly NCR) PCI SCSI adapter boards. 184.It pciide 185PCI IDE controllers. 186.It sea 187Seagate/Future Domain SCSI cards. 188ST01/02, Future Domain TMC-885, and Future Domain TMC-950. 189.It uha 190Ultrastor ISA and EISA SCSI adapter cards. 191Ultrastore 14f, Ultrastore 34f, and Ultrastore 24f. 192.It wdc 193Standard ISA Western Digital type hard drives controllers. 194MFM, RLL, ESDI, and IDE. 195.It wt 196Wangtek and compatible ISA controllers for QIC-02 and QIC-36 tapes. 197.El 198.\" 199.\" 200.\" 201.Pp 202Network interfaces: 203.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent -compact 204.It de 205Ethernet driver for dc21040, dc21042, and dc21140-based 10Mbit and 100Mbit 206PCI Ethernet adaptors, including DE-430, DE-450 DE-500, SMC EtherPower, 207and Znyx. 208.It fea, fpa 209FDDI driver for Digital DEFEA (EISA) and DEFPA FDDI adaptors. 210.It ed 211Western Digital/SMC 80x3 and Ultra, 3Com 3c503, and Novell NE1000 and 2000 212Ethernet interface 213.It eg 2143Com 3c505 Ethernet board. 215.It el 2163Com 3c501 Ethernet board. 217.It ep 2183Com EtherLink III (3c5x9) Ethernet interface 219.It ie 220Ethernet driver for the AT&T StarLAN 10, EN100, StarLan Fiber, and 3Com 3c507. 221.It iy 222Ethernet driver for the ISA Intel EtherExpress PR0/10 adaptor. 223.It le 224Ethernet driver for BICC Isolan, Novell NE2100, Digital DEPCA cards, 225and PCnet-PCI cards. 226.It tl 227Ethernet driver for ThunderLAN-based Ethernet adaptor. 228.El 229.\" 230.\" 231.\" 232.Pp 233Serial communication cards: 234.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent -compact 235.It ast 236multiplexing serial communications card first made by AST. 237.It boca 238Boca BB100[48] and BB2016 multiplexing serial communications cards. 239NS8250-, NS16450-, and NS16550-based asynchronous serial 240communications device interface, or internal modems that provide 241a serial-chip compatible interface. 242.It cy 243Cyclades Cyclom-4Y, -8Y, and -16Y asynchronous serial communications 244device interface 245.It rtfps 246a multiplexing serial communications card derived from IBM PC/RT hardware. 247.El 248.\" 249.\" 250.\" 251Sound cards: 252.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent -compact 253.It gus 254Gravis Ultrasound non-PnP soundcards. 255.It guspnp 256Gravis Ultrasound PnP soundcards. 257.It pas 258ProAudio Spectrum soundcards. 259.It pss 260Personal Sound System-compatible soundcards, including 261Cardinal Digital SoundPro 16 and Orchid Soundwave 32. 262.It sb 263Soundblaster, Soundblaster 16, and Soundblaster Pro soundcards. 264.It wss 265Windows Sound System-compatible sound cards based on the ad1848 chip. 266.El 267.\" 268.\" 269.\" 270.Pp 271Mouse and pointer devices: 272.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent -compact 273.It joy 274joystick game adaptor 275.It lms 276Logitech-style bus mouse device interface 277.It mms 278Microsoft-style bus mouse device interface 279.It pms 280PS/2 auxiliary port mouse device interface 281.El 282.Pp 283Serial mice can be configured on any supported serial port. 284.\" 285.\" 286.\" 287.Sh SEE ALSO 288.Xr config 1 , 289.Xr i386/autoconf 4 , 290.Xr netintro 4 291.Sh HISTORY 292The 293.Tn i386 294.Nm intro 295appeared in 296.Nx 1.0 . 297