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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS 22.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 23.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 24.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 25.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 26.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 27.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 28.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 29.\" 30.Dd March 1, 2007 31.Dt INTRO 4 prep 32.Os 33.Sh NAME 34.Nm intro 35.Nd introduction to prep special files and hardware support 36.Sh DESCRIPTION 37This section describes the special files, related driver functions, 38and networking support available in the system. 39In this part of the manual, the 40.Tn SYNOPSIS 41section of each configurable device gives a sample specification 42for use in constructing a system description for the 43.Xr config 1 44program. 45The 46.Tn DIAGNOSTICS 47section lists messages which may appear on the console 48and/or in the system error log 49.Pa /var/log/messages 50due to errors in device operation; 51see 52.Xr syslogd 8 53for more information. 54.Pp 55This section contains both devices 56which may be configured into the system 57and network related information. 58The networking support is introduced in 59.Xr netintro 4 . 60.Sh PMPPC DEVICE SUPPORT 61This section describes the hardware supported on the 62.Tn PowerPC Reference Platform 63machines. 64Software support for these devices comes in two forms. 65A hardware device may be supported with a character or block 66.Em device driver , 67or it may be used within the networking subsystem and have a 68.Em network interface driver . 69Block and character devices are accessed through files in the file 70system of a special type; see 71.Xr mknod 8 . 72Network interfaces are indirectly accessed through the interprocess 73communication facilities provided by the system; see 74.Xr socket 2 . 75.Pp 76A hardware device is identified to the system at configuration time 77and the appropriate device or network interface driver is then compiled 78into the system. 79When the resultant system is booted, the 80autoconfiguration facilities in the system probe for the device 81and, if found, enable the software support for it. 82If a device does not respond at autoconfiguration 83time it is not accessible at any time afterwards. 84To enable a device which did not autoconfigure, 85the system will have to be rebooted. 86.Pp 87The autoconfiguration system is described in 88.Xr autoconf 4 . 89A list of the supported devices is given below. 90.Sh SEE ALSO 91.Xr config 1 , 92.Xr autoconf 4 , 93.Xr nvram 4 , 94.Xr pnpbus 4 95.Sh HISTORY 96The 97.Tn prep 98.Nm intro 99man page first appeared in 100.Nx 4.0 . 101.Sh LIST OF DEVICES 102The devices listed below are supported in this incarnation of 103the system. 104Devices are indicated by their functional interface. 105Not all supported devices are listed. 106.Pp 107The pnpbus is a psuedo-bus which is a configuration interface for certain 108devices on PReP machines. These devices are defined in the PReP 109residual data with configuration information, similar to 110.Xr isapnp 4 . 111The underlying bus is generally ISA. 112.Pp 113ISA devices are supported through the 114.Xr isa 4 115bus and associated devices. 116.Pp 117PCI devices are supported through the 118.Xr pci 4 119bus and associated devices. 120.Pp 121USB devices are supported through the 122.Xr usb 4 123bus and associated devices. 124.Pp 125Additionally, the following specific devices are supported: 126.Bl -tag -width "xxxxxxxx" -compact -offset indent 127.It Em com 128serial ports 129.It Em nvram 130NVRAM chip 131.It Em wdc 132ISA IDE controller 133.It Em we 134Western Digital/SMC WD80x3 ethernet driver 135.It Em mcclock 136mc146818 compatible time-of-day clock 137.It Em mkclock 138Mostek MK48T18 time-of-day chip 139.El 140