1.\" $OpenBSD: intro.4,v 1.43 2003/07/09 13:26:20 jmc Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 1994 Christopher G. Demetriou 4.\" All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 7.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 8.\" are met: 9.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 11.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 12.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 13.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 14.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 15.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 16.\" This product includes software developed by Christopher G. Demetriou. 17.\" 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products 18.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission 19.\" 20.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR 21.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES 22.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. 23.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, 24.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT 25.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, 26.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY 27.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT 28.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF 29.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 30.\" 31.Dd May 16, 1999 32.Dt INTRO 4 i386 33.Os 34.Sh NAME 35.Nm intro 36.Nd introduction to special files and hardware support 37.Sh DESCRIPTION 38The manual pages in section 4 describe the special files, 39related driver functions, and networking support 40available in the system. 41In this part of the manual, the 42.Tn SYNOPSIS 43section of 44each configurable device gives a sample specification 45for use in constructing a system description for the 46.Xr config 8 47program. 48The 49.Tn DIAGNOSTICS 50section lists messages which may appear on the console 51and/or in the system error log 52.Pa /var/log/messages 53due to errors in device operation; 54see 55.Xr syslogd 8 56for more information. 57.Pp 58This section contains both devices 59which may be configured into the system 60and network related information. 61The networking support is introduced in 62.Xr netintro 4 . 63.Sh DEVICE SUPPORT 64This section describes the hardware supported on the i386 65(PC-clone) platform. 66Software support for these devices comes in two forms. 67A hardware device may be supported with a character or block 68.Em device driver , 69or it may be used within the networking subsystem and have a 70.Em network interface driver . 71Block and character devices are accessed through files in the file 72system of a special type; see 73.Xr mknod 8 . 74Network interfaces are indirectly accessed through the interprocess 75communication facilities provided by the system; see 76.Xr socket 2 . 77.Pp 78A hardware device is identified to the system at configuration time 79and the appropriate device or network interface driver is then compiled 80into the system. 81When the resultant system is booted, the autoconfiguration facilities 82in the system probe for the device and, if found, enable the software 83support for it. 84If a device does not respond at autoconfiguration 85time it is not accessible at any time afterwards. 86To enable a device which did not autoconfigure, 87the system will have to be rebooted. 88.Pp 89The autoconfiguration system is described in 90.Xr autoconf 4 . 91A list of the supported devices is given below. 92.Sh LIST OF DEVICES 93The devices listed below are supported in this incarnation of 94the system. 95Pseudo-devices are not listed. 96Devices are indicated by their functional interface. 97Not all supported devices are listed. 98.Pp 99.Bl -tag -width pcdisplay(4) -compact -offset indent 100.It Xr aac 4 101Adaptec "FSA" family (Adaptec AAC, Dell PERC, HP NetRaid) RAID controllers. 102.It Xr addcom 4 103Addonics FlexPort serial boards. 104.It Xr adv 4 105AdvanSys PCI narrow SCSI Host Adapters. 106.It Xr adw 4 107AdvanSys PCI wide SCSI Host Adapters. 108.It Xr aha 4 109Adaptec 154x ISA SCSI adapter boards. 110.It Xr ahb 4 111Adaptec 1742 EISA SCSI adapter boards. 112.It Xr ahc 4 113Adaptec 2xxx and 3xxx series PCI/VLB/EISA SCSI adapter boards. 114.It Xr aic 4 115Adaptec AIC-6260, Adaptec AIC-6360, Adaptec 152x, and SoundBlaster SCSI boards. 116.It Xr amdpm 4 117AMD768 Power Management. 118.It Xr ami 4 119American Megatrends Inc. MegaRAID Controllers. 120.It Xr an 4 121Aironet Communications 4500/4800 IEEE 802.11DS wireless network adapter. 122.It Xr apm 4 123Advanced Power Management. 124.It Xr aria 4 125Sierra Semiconductor Aria 16 sound cards. 126.It Xr ast 4 127Multiplexing serial communications card first made by AST. 128.It Xr aue 4 129ADMtek AN986-based USB Ethernet adapters. 130.It Xr auich 4 131Intel 82801AA/AB/BA and 440MX PCI audio. 132.It Xr auvia 4 133VIA VT82C686A and VT8233 integrated AC'97 audio device. 134.It Xr awi 4 135BayStack 650 PCMCIA wireless network adapter. 136.It Xr az 4 137Aztech/PackardBell FM Radio card. 138.It Xr bge 4 139Broadcom BCM570x (Tigon3) Gigabit Ethernet boards. 140.It Xr bha 4 141Buslogic BT-445, BT-74x, and BT-9xx SCSI boards. 142.It Xr bktr 4 143Brooktree video capture. 144.It Xr boca 4 145BOCA serial cards. 146.It Xr cac 4 147Compaq Smart ARRAY RAID controllers. 148.It Xr clcs 4 149Cirrus Logic CS4280 audio. 150.It Xr clct 4 151Cirrus Logic CS4281 audio. 152.It Xr cmpci 4 153C-Media CMI8x38 audio. 154.It Xr cnw 4 155Xircom CreditCard Netwave wireless network adapter. 156.It Xr cue 4 157CATC USB-EL1201A based USB Ethernet adapters. 158.It Xr cy 4 159Cyclades Cyclom-4Y, -8Y, and -16Y asynchronous serial adapters. 160.It Xr cz 4 161Cyclades Cyclades-Z asynchronous serial adapters. 162.It Xr dc 4 163DEC tulip clone ethernet cards (Macronix, Lite-On, Davicom, ADMtek). 164.It Xr de 4 165DEC tulip-based ethernet cards. 166.It Xr dpt 4 167DPT SmartCache/SmartRAID III and IV SCSI controllers. 168.It Xr eap 4 169Ensoniq AudioPCI (ES137x) audio. 170.It Xr ec 4 1713Com EtherLink II Ethernet (3C503). 172.It Xr ef 4 1733Com Fast EtherLink ISA Ethernet (3C515). 174.It Xr eg 4 1753Com EtherLink Plus Ethernet (3C505). 176.It Xr el 4 1773Com EtherLink Ethernet (3C501). 178.It Xr em 4 179Intel i82542, i82543, and i82544 Pro/1000 Gigabit Ethernet. 180.It Xr emu 4 181Creative Labs SBLive! and PCI 512 audio. 182.It Xr ep 4 1833Com EtherLink III Ethernet (3C5x9, 3C59x). 184.It Xr esa 4 185ESS Alegro 1 and Maestro 3 audio. 186.It Xr eso 4 187ESS Technology Solo-1 PCI AudioDrive (ES1938/ES1946) audio. 188.It Xr ess 4 189ESS Technology AudioDrive (ESS 1788, 1888, 1887 and 888) audio. 190.It Xr ex 4 191Intel EtherExpress PRO/10 ethernet cards. 192.It Xr fdc 4 193Floppy disk controllers. 194.It Xr fea 4 195.Tn DEC 196DEFEA PCI FDDI controller. 197.It Xr fms 4 198Forte Media FM801 audio. 199.It Xr fpa 4 200.Tn DEC 201DEFPA PCI FDDI controller. 202.It Xr fxp 4 203.Tn Intel 204EtherExpress PRO/100 Ethernet. 205.It Xr gdt 4 206ICP-Vortex GDT RAID controllers. 207.It Xr gtp 4 208Gemtek PCI FM radio adapter. 209.It Xr gus 4 210Gravis UltraSound and UltraSound/MAX audio. 211.It Xr hifn 4 212Hifn 7751 crypto accelerator. 213.It Xr hsq 4 214Hostess multiplexing serial communications boards. 215.It Xr ie 4 216StarLAN 10, EN100, StarLan Fiber, and 3Com 3c507 Ethernet. 217.It Xr iha 4 218Initio INIC-940 and INIC-950 based SCSI interfaces. 219.It Xr iop 4 220I2O adapter. 221.It Xr ises 4 222Securealink PCC-ISES hardware crypto accelerator. 223.It Xr isp 4 224QLogic PCI SCSI controllers. 225.It Xr iy 4 226Ether-Express PRO/10. 227.It Xr joy 4 228Joystick. 229.It Xr kue 4 230Kawasaki LSI KL5KUSB101B-based USB Ethernet. 231.It Xr lc 4 232.Tn DEC 233EtherWORKS III Ethernet. 234.It Xr le 4 235BICC Isolan, Novell NE2100, and Digital DEPCA Ethernet. 236.It Xr lge 4 237Level 1 LXT1001 NetCellerator PCI gigabit ethernet. 238.It Xr lmc 4 239Lan Media Corporation SS1/DS1/HSSI/DS3 PCI WAN adapters. 240.It Xr lms 4 241Logitech-style bus mouse. 242.It Xr lofn 4 243Hifn 6500 crypto accelerator. 244.It Xr lpt 4 245Parallel port. 246.It Xr maestro 4 247ESS Maestro 1, 2 and 2E audio. 248.It Xr mcd 4 249Mitsumi CD-ROM drives. 250.It Xr mms 4 251Microsoft-style bus mouse. 252.It Xr ncr 4 253NCR PCI SCSI adapter boards. 254.It Xr ne 4 255Novell NE1000 and 2000 Ethernet interface. 256.It Xr neo 4 257NeoMagic 256AV/ZX audio. 258.It Xr nge 4 259National Semiconductor PCI Gigabit Ethernet. 260.It Xr nofn 4 261Hifn 7814/7851/7854 HIPP1 crypto processor. 262.It Xr npx 4 263Numeric Processing Extension coprocessor and emulator. 264.It Xr opl 4 265Yamaha OPL2 and OPL3 FM synthesizer. 266.It Xr pas 4 267ProAudio spectrum audio. 268.It Xr pccom 4 269NS8250-, NS16450-, NS16550-, ST16550-, TI16750- and XR16850-based asynchronous 270serial communications. 271.It Xr pcdisplay 4 272PC display adapter driver for MDA or CGA compatible adapters. 273.It Xr pckbc 4 274Traditional PC (ISA) keyboard. 275.It Xr pctr 4 276CPU performance counter registers. 277.It Xr pms 4 278PS/2 auxiliary port mouse, for generic mice. 279.It Xr pmsi 4 280PS/2 auxiliary port mouse, for wheel mice. 281.It Xr pss 4 282Personal Sound System audio. 283.It Xr puc 4 284PCI ``universal'' communications card driver. 285.It Xr ray 4 286Raytheon Raylink/WebGear Aviator wireless network adapter. 287.It Xr rl 4 288Realtek 8129/8139 Ethernet. 289.It Xr rt 4 290AIMS Lab Radiotrack FM radio adapter. 291.It Xr rtfps 4 292Another multiplexing serial communications card. 293.It Xr sb 4 294Sound Blaster card. 295.It Xr sea 4 296Seagate/Future Domain SCSI cards. 297.It Xr sf 4 298Adaptec AIC-6915 Starfire PCI Fast Ethernet. 299.It Xr sf2r 4 300SoundForte RadioLink SF16-FMR2 FM radio adapter. 301.It Xr sf4r 4 302SoundForte RadioLink SF64-PCR FM radio adapter. 303.It Xr sfr 4 304SoundForte RadioLink SF16-FMR FM radio adapter. 305.It Xr siop 4 306LSI/Symbios Logic/NCR 53c8xx SCSI adapter boards. 307.It Xr sis 4 308SiS 900, Sis 7016 and NS DP83815 Fast Ethernet. 309.It Xr sk 4 310SysKonnect 984x Gigabit Ethernet (9841/9842/9843/9844). 311.It Xr sm 4 312SMC91C9x Ethernet. 313.It Xr speaker 4 314Console speaker. 315.It Xr ste 4 316Sundance Technologies ST201 Fast Ethernet. 317.It Xr stge 4 318Sundance/Tamarack TC9021 Gigabit Ethernet. 319.It Xr sv 4 320S3 SonicVibes cards. 321.It Xr tcic 4 322Databook PCMCIA controllers. 323.It Xr ti 4 324Alteon Tigon I & II Gigabit ethernet (3Com 3C985, Netgear GA620, etc). 325.It Xr tl 4 326Texas Instruments ThunderLAN ethernet. 327.It Xr tr 4 328IBM TROPIC Token-Ring adapters. 329.It Xr trm 4 330TRM-S1040 based PCI SCSI Host Adapters. 331.It Xr twe 4 3323ware Escalade RAID controller. 333.It Xr tx 4 334SMC 9432 10/100 Mbps Ethernet cards. 335.It Xr txp 4 3363Com 3XP Typhoon/Sidewinder (3CR990) Ethernet. 337.It Xr uaudio 4 338USB audio devices. 339.It Xr ubsec 4 340Broadcom Bluesteelnet uBsec 5501, 5601, 5805, and 5820. 341.It Xr udsbr 4 342D-Link DSB-R100 USB radio adapter. 343.It Xr uftdi 4 344FTDI FT8U100AX-based USB serial adapters. 345.It Xr uha 4 346Ultrastor ISA and EISA SCSI adapter cards. 347.It Xr ukbd 4 348USB keyboard. 349.It Xr ulpt 4 350USB printers. 351.It Xr umass 4 352USB mass storage. 353.It Xr umct 4 354MCT USB-RS232 serial adapter. 355.It Xr umidi 4 356USB MIDI devices. 357.It Xr umodem 4 358USB modems. 359.It Xr ums 4 360USB mouse. 361.It Xr upl 4 362Prolific PL2301/PL2302-based host-to-host USB connectors. 363.It Xr uplcom 4 364I/O Data USB-RSAQ2 USB serial adapters. 365.It Xr urio 4 366Diamond Multimedia Rio MP3 device interface. 367.It Xr url 4 368Realtek RTL8150L USB ethernet adapter. 369.It Xr uscanner 4 370USB scanners. 371.It Xr usscanner 4 372SCSI-over-USB scanners. 373.It Xr uvisor 4 374Handspring Visor device interface. 375.It Xr uyap 4 376YAP phone firmware interface. 377.It Xr vga 4 378PC display adapter driver for VGA compatible adapters. 379.It Xr vr 4 380VIA Rhine Ethernet. 381.It Xr wb 4 382Winbond W89C840F fast ethernet. 383.It Xr wdc 4 384Standard ISA Western Digital type hard drive controllers. 385MFM, RLL, ESDI, and IDE. 386.It Xr wds 4 387WD-7000 SCSI host adapters. 388.It Xr wdt 4 389Industrial Computer Source PCI-WDT50x watchdog timer cards. 390.It Xr we 4 391Western Digital/SMC WD 80x3, SMC Elite Ultra and SMC EtherEZ Ethernet cards. 392.It Xr wi 4 393WaveLAN/IEEE and PRISM-II 802.11DS wireless network adapters. 394.It Xr wss 4 395Windows Sound System audio. 396.It Xr wt 4 397Wangtek and compatible tape drives. 398QIC-02 and QIC-36. 399.It Xr xe 4 400Xircom PCMCIA Ethernet. 401.It Xr xl 4 4023Com EtherLink XL and Fast EtherLink XL (3c9xx). 403.It Xr yds 4 404Yamaha DS-XG audio. 405.It Xr ym 4 406Yamaha OPL3-SAx audio. 407.El 408.Sh SEE ALSO 409.Xr autoconf 4 , 410.Xr config 8 411.Sh HISTORY 412The 413i386 414.Nm intro 415first appeared in 416.Nx 1.0 . 417