INTRO(4)              OpenBSD Programmer's Manual (i386)              INTRO(4)

NAME
     intro - introduction to special files and hardware support

DESCRIPTION
     This section describes the special files, related driver functions, and
     networking support available in the system.  In this part of the manual,
     the SYNOPSIS section of each configurable device gives a sample specifi-
     cation for use in constructing a system description for the config(8)
     program.  The DIAGNOSTICS section lists messages which may appear on the
     console and/or in the system error log /var/log/messages due to errors in
     device operation; see syslogd(8) for more information.

     This section contains both devices which may be configured into the sys-
     tem and network related information.  The networking support is intro-
     duced in netintro(4).

DEVICE SUPPORT
     This section describes the hardware supported on the i386 (PC-clone)
     platform.  Software support for these devices comes in two forms.  A
     hardware device may be supported with a character or block device driver,
     or it may be used within the networking subsystem and have a network
     interface driver. Block and character devices are accessed through files
     in the file system of a special type; see mknod(8). Network interfaces
     are indirectly accessed through the interprocess communication facilities
     provided by the system; see socket(2).

     A hardware device is identified to the system at configuration time and
     the appropriate device or network interface driver is then compiled into
     the system.  When the resultant system is booted, the autoconfiguration
     facilities in the system probe for the device and, if found, enable the
     software support for it.  If a device does not respond at autoconfigura-
     tion time it is not accessible at any time afterwards.  To enable a de-
     vice which did not autoconfigure, the system must be rebooted.

     The autoconfiguration system is described in autoconf(4). A list of the
     supported devices is given below.

SEE ALSO
     autoconf(4), config(8)

LIST OF DEVICES
     The devices listed below are supported in this incarnation of the system.
     Devices are indicated by their functional interface.  Not all supported
     devices are listed.

         aha      Adaptec 154x ISA SCSI adapter boards.
         ahb      Adaptec 1742 EISA SCSI adapter boards.
         ahc      Adaptec 2xxx and 3xxx series PCI/VLB/EISA SCSI adapter
                  boards
         adv      AdvanSys PCI narrow SCSI Host Adapters
         adw      AdvanSys PCI wide SCSI Host Adapters
         aic      Adaptec AIC-6260, Adaptec AIC-6360, Adaptec 152x, and Sound-
                  Blaster SCSI boards.
         apm      advanced power management.
         aria     Sierra Semiconductor Aria 16 sound cards
         ast      multiplexing serial communications card first made by AST.
         ax       ASIX AX88104A and AX88141 based PCI Ethernet adapters
         bktr     Brooktree video capture.
         boca     BOCA serial cards.
         bt       Buslogic BT-445, BT-74x, and BT-9xx SCSI boards.
         com      NS8250-, NS16450-, and NS16550-based asynchronous serial


                  communications.
         cy       Cyclades Cyclom-4Y, -8Y, and -16Y asynchronous serial commu-
                  nications.
         dc       DEC tulip clone ethernet cards (Macronix, Lite-On, Davicom,
                  ADMtek)
         de       DEC tulip-based ethernet cards
         ec       3Com Etherlink II Ethernet (3C503).
         ef       3Com Fast Etherlink ISA Ethernet (3C515).
         eg       3Com EtherLink Plus Ethernet (3C505).
         el       3Com EtherLink Ethernet (3C501).
         ep       3Com Etherlink III Ethernet (3C5x9, 3C59x).
         ex       Intel EtherExpress PRO/10 ethernet cards
         hifn     Hi/Fn 7751 Encryption Accelerator
         ie       AT&T StarLAN 10, EN100, StarLan Fiber, and 3Com 3c507 Ether-
                  net.
         isp      QLogic PCI SCSI controllers.
         iy       Ether-Express PRO/10
         joy      Joystick
         le       BICC Isolan, Novell NE2100, and Digital DEPCA Ethernet.
         lms      Logitech-style bus mouse.
         lpt      Parallel port.
         mcd      Mitsumi CD-ROM drives.
         mem      Main memory interface.
         mms      Microsoft-style bus mouse.
         ncr      NCR PCI SCSI adapter boards.
         ne       Novell NE1000 and 2000 Ethernet interface.
         npx      Numeric Processing Extension coprocessor and emulator.
         pctr     CPU performance counter registers
         pms      PS/2 auxiliary port mouse.
         pn       Lite-On 82c168/82c169 PNIC ethernet.
         rtfps    another multiplexing serial communications card.
         rl       RealTek 8129/8139 Ethernet.
         sb       Sound Blaster card.
         sea      Seagate/Future Domain SCSI cards.  ST01/02, Future Domain
                  TMC-885, and Future Domain TMC-950.
         sk       SysKonnect 984x Gigabit Ethernet (9841/9842/9843/9844).
         speaker  console speaker.
         ti       Alteon Tigon I & II Gigabit ethernet (3COM 3C985, Netgear
                  GA620, etc).
         tl       Texas Instruments ThunderLAN ethernet
         tx       SMC 9432 10/100 Mbps Ethernet cards
         uha      Ultrastor ISA and EISA SCSI adapter cards.  Ultrastore 14f,
                  Ultrastore 34f, and Ultrastore 24f.
         vr       VIA Rhine Ethernet.
         wb       Winbond W89C840F fast ethernet.
         wdc      Standard ISA Western Digital type hard drives.  MFM, RLL,
                  ESDI, and IDE.
         wds      WD-7000 SCSI host adapters.
         wdt      Industrial Computer Source PCI-WDT50x watchdog timer cards.
         we       Western Digital/SMC WD 80x3, SMC Elite Ultra and SMC EtherEZ
                  Ethernet cards.
         wt       Wangtek and compatible tape drives.  QIC-02 and QIC-36.
         wx       Intel 82452 Pro/1000 Gigabit Ethernet.
         xl       3COM Etherlink XL and Fast Etherlink XL (3c9xx)

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