1.\" $OpenBSD: intro.4,v 1.9 2001/11/13 13:54:26 mpech Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 1998 The OpenBSD Project 4.\" All Rights Reserved. 5.\" 6.Dd March 7, 1998 7.Dt INTRO 4 alpha 8.Os 9.Sh NAME 10.Nm intro 11.Nd introduction to special files and hardware support 12.Sh DESCRIPTION 13The manual pages in section 4 describe the special files, 14related driver functions, and networking support 15available in the system. 16In this part of the manual, the 17.Tn SYNOPSIS 18section of 19each configurable device gives a sample specification 20for use in constructing a system description for the 21.Xr config 8 22program. 23The 24.Tn DIAGNOSTICS 25section lists messages which may appear on the console 26and/or in the system error log 27.Pa /var/log/messages 28due to errors in device operation; 29see 30.Xr syslogd 8 31for more information. 32.Pp 33This section contains both devices 34which may be configured into the system 35and network related information. 36The networking support is introduced in 37.Xr netintro 4 . 38.Sh DEVICE SUPPORT 39This section describes the hardware supported on the 40Alpha 41platform. 42Software support for these devices comes in two forms. 43A hardware device may be supported with a character or block 44.Em device driver , 45or it may be used within the networking subsystem and have a 46.Em network interface driver . 47Block and character devices are accessed through files in the file 48system of a special type; see 49.Xr mknod 8 . 50Network interfaces are indirectly accessed through the interprocess 51communication facilities provided by the system; see 52.Xr socket 2 . 53.Pp 54A hardware device is identified to the system at configuration time 55and the appropriate device or network interface driver is then compiled 56into the system. 57When the resultant system is booted, the autoconfiguration facilities in 58the system probe for the device and, if found, enable the software support 59for it. 60If a device does not respond at autoconfiguration 61time it is not accessible at any time afterwards. 62To enable a device which did not autoconfigure, 63the system will have to be rebooted. 64.Pp 65The autoconfiguration system is described in 66.Xr autoconf 4 . 67A list of the supported devices is given below. 68.Sh LIST OF DEVICES 69The devices listed below are supported in this incarnation of 70the system. 71Pseudo-devices are not listed. 72Devices are indicated by their functional interface. 73Not all supported devices are listed. 74.Pp 75.Bl -tag -width speaker -compact -offset indent 76.It adv 77AdvanSys PCI narrow SCSI Host Adapters. 78.It adw 79AdvanSys PCI wide SCSI Host Adapters. 80.It ahc 81Adaptec 2xxx and 3xxx series PCI/VLB/EISA SCSI adapter boards. 82.It aic 83Adaptec AIC-6260, Adaptec AIC-6360, Adaptec 152x, and SoundBlaster SCSI boards. 84.It ami 85American Megatrends Inc. 86MegaRAID Controllers. 87.It an 88Aironet Communications 4500/4800 IEEE 802.11DS wireless network adapter. 89.It aue 90ADMtek AN986-based USB Ethernet adapters. 91.It auvia 92VIA VT82C686A integrated AC'97 audio device. 93.It cmpci 94C-Media CMI8x38 audio. 95.It com 96NS8250-, NS16450-, NS16550-, ST16550- and TI16750-based asynchronous 97serial communications. 98.It cue 99CATC USB-EL1201A based USB Ethernet adapters. 100.It cy 101Cyclades Cyclom-4Y, -8Y, and -16Y asynchronous serial adapters. 102.It dc 103DEC tulip clone ethernet cards (Macronix, Lite-On, Davicom, ADMtek). 104.It de 105DEC tulip-based ethernet cards. 106.It dpt 107DPT SmartCache/SmartRAID III and IV SCSI controllers. 108.It eap 109Ensoniq AudioPCI (ES137x) audio. 110.It ec 1113Com Etherlink II Ethernet (3C503). 112.It ep 1133Com Etherlink III Ethernet (3C5x9, 3C59x). 114.It eso 115ESS Technology Solo-1 PCI AudioDrive (ES1938/ES1946) audio. 116.It fea 117.Tn DEC 118DEFEA PCI FDDI controller. 119.It fms 120Forte Media FM801 audio. 121.It fpa 122.Tn DEC 123DEFPA PCI FDDI controller. 124.It fxp 125.Tn Intel 126EtherExpress PRO/100 Ethernet. 127.It gdt 128ICP-Vortex GDT RAID controllers. 129.It hifn 130Hi/Fn 7751 Encryption Accelerator. 131.It ises 132Securealink PCC-ISES hardware crypto accelerator. 133.It isp 134QLogic PCI SCSI controllers. 135.It le 136AMD Lance Ethernet. 137.It lmc 138Lan Media Corporation SS1/DS1/HSSI/DS3 PCI WAN adapters. 139.It lpt 140Parallel port. 141.It ne 142Novell NE1000 and 2000 Ethernet interface. 143.It pckbc 144Traditional PC (ISA) keyboard. 145.It pms 146PS/2 auxiliary port mouse, for generic mice. 147.It rl 148RealTek 8129/8139 Ethernet. 149.It sf 150Adaptec AIC-6915 Starfire PCI Fast Ethernet. 151.It siop 152LSI/Symbios Logic/NCR 53c8xx SCSI adapter boards. 153.It sis 154SiS 900, Sis 7016 and NS DP83815 Fast Ethernet. 155.It sk 156SysKonnect 984x Gigabit Ethernet (9841/9842/9843/9844). 157.It speaker 158Console speaker. 159.It ti 160Alteon Tigon I & II Gigabit ethernet (3COM 3C985, Netgear GA620, etc). 161.It tl 162Texas Instruments ThunderLAN ethernet. 163.It twe 1643ware Escalade RAID controller. 165.It tx 166SMC 9432 10/100 Mbps Ethernet cards. 167.It txp 1683Com 3XP Typhoon/Sidewinder (3CR990) Ethernet. 169.It ubsec 170Broadcom Bluesteelnet uBsec 5501, 5601, 5805, and 5820. 171.It uftdi 172FTDI FT8U100AX-based USB serial adapters. 173.It upl 174Prolific PL2301/PL2302-based host-to-host USB connectors. 175.It uplcom 176I/O Data USB-RSAQ2 USB serial adapters. 177.It urio 178Diamond Multimedia Rio MP3 device interface. 179.It uvisor 180Handspring Visor device interface. 181.It uyap 182YAP phone firmware interface. 183.It vga 184PC display adapter driver for VGA compatible adapters. 185.It vr 186VIA Rhine Ethernet. 187.It wb 188Winbond W89C840F fast ethernet. 189.It wdc 190Standard ISA Western Digital type hard drive controllers. 191MFM, RLL, ESDI, and IDE. 192.It we 193Western Digital/SMC WD 80x3, SMC Elite Ultra and SMC EtherEZ Ethernet cards. 194.It wss 195Windows Sound System audio. 196.It wx 197Intel 82452 Pro/1000 Gigabit Ethernet. 198.It xl 1993COM Etherlink XL and Fast Etherlink XL (3c9xx). 200.El 201.Sh SEE ALSO 202.Xr autoconf 4 , 203.Xr config 8 204.Sh HISTORY 205The 206Alpha 207.Nm intro 208first appeared in 209.Ox 2.3 . 210