INTRO(4)             OpenBSD Programmer's Manual (SPARC64)            INTRO(4)

NNAAMMEE
     iinnttrroo - introduction to special files and hardware support

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
     The manual pages in section 4 describe 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 specification for use in constructing a system description for the
     config(8) program.  The DIAGNOSTICS section lists messages which may ap-
     pear on the console and/or in the system error log _/_v_a_r_/_l_o_g_/_m_e_s_s_a_g_e_s 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).

DDEEVVIICCEE SSUUPPPPOORRTT
     This section describes the hardware supported on the sparc64 platform.
     Software support for these devices comes in two forms.  A hardware device
     may be supported with a character or block _d_e_v_i_c_e _d_r_i_v_e_r, or it may be
     used within the networking subsystem and have a _n_e_t_w_o_r_k _i_n_t_e_r_f_a_c_e _d_r_i_v_e_r.
     Block and character devices are accessed through files in the file system
     of a special type; see mknod(8).  Network interfaces are indirectly ac-
     cessed 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 will have to be rebooted.

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

LLIISSTT OOFF DDEEVVIICCEESS
     The devices listed below are supported in this incarnation of the system.
     Pseudo-devices are not listed.  Devices are indicated by their functional
     interface.  Not all supported devices are listed.

           apio(4)            Aurora SBus pio1 parallel ports.
           asio(4)            Aurora SBus sio2 serial ports.
           audioce(4)         EBus CS4231 based audio.
           audiocs(4)         SBus CS4231 based audio.
           autri(4)           PCI Trident 4DWAVE DX/NX, SiS 7018, ALi M5451
                              audio.
           be(4)              10BaseT/100BaseTX SBus Ethernet controller.
           beeper(4)          Simple speaker beeper.
           bwtwo(4)           SBus monochrome graphics frame buffer.
           cgsix(4)           8 bit SBus color graphics frame buffer.
           cgthree(4)         8 bit SBus color graphics frame buffer.
           com(4)             EBUS clones of the NS16550 serial UART.
           comkbd(4)          Sun serial keyboards on com(4) ports.
           creator(4)         UPA Creator/Creator 3D/Elite 3D color graphics
                              frame buffer.
           dc(4)              Clones of the DEC Tulip ethernet controller.
           eap(4)             Ensoniq AudioPCI based audio.
           eso(4)             ESS Technology Solo-1 PCI AudioDrive based au-
                              dio.
           esp(4)             ESP SCSI controller.
           fxp(4)             Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 Ethernet driver.
           gem(4)             GEM gigabit ethernet interface.
           hifn(4)            Hifn 7751/7811/7951 cryptography accelerators.
           hme(4)             SBus HME Ethernet controllers (SunSwift).
           isp(4)             Qlogic ISP SBus SCSI controller.
           le/lebuffer(4)     AMD 7990 LANCE ethernet controller.
           lofn(4)            Hifn 6500 public key cryptography engine.
           lpt(4)             Parallel port driver.
           magma(4)           MAGMA serial/parallel communication boards.
           openprom(4)        Sun Open boot PROM (what became IEEE 1275) con-
                              figuration driver.
           pckbd(4)           PS/2-style keyboard driver.
           pcons(4)           PROM console input/output device.
           pms/pmsi(4)        PS/2 auxiliary port mouse driver.
           qe(4)              Quad 10BaseT SBus Ethernet controller.
           qec(4)             Supported as carrier for bbee or qqee Ethernet con-
                              trollers.
           sab(4)             Infineon (formerly Siemens) SAB82532 serial con-
                              troller.
           siop(4)            LSI/Symbios Logic/NCR 53c8xxx SCSI driver.
           spif(4)            Sun SUNW,spif serial/parallel communication
                              boards.
           stp(4)             SBus pcmcia(4) bridge.
           ti(4)              Alteon Networks Tigon I and II Gigabit Ethernet
                              driver.
           ubsec(4)           Bluesteelnet 5501/5601, Broadcom 5805/5820/5821
                              cryptography accelerators.
           ukbd(4)            USB keyboard.
           ums(4)             USB mouse.
           uperf(4)           Performance counters on SBUS/PCI machines.
           vgafb(4)           PCI graphics frame buffer.
           xl(4)              xl 3Com EtherLink XL and Fast EtherLink XL Eth-
                              ernet driver.
           zs/zstty/zskbd(4)  Zilog 8530 serial controller (and serial key-
                              boards).

SSEEEE AALLSSOO
     autoconf(4), config(8)

HHIISSTTOORRYY
     The sparc64 iinnttrroo first appeared in OpenBSD 3.0.

OpenBSD 3.5                     October 4, 2001                              2
