NAME

intro — introduction to x68k 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 specification for use in constructing a system description for the config(1) 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 system and network related information. The networking support is introduced in netintro(4).

X68k DEVICE SUPPORT

This section describes the hardware supported on the x68k 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 autoconfiguration time it is not accessible at any time afterwards. To enable a device 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.

SEE ALSO

config(1), autoconf(4), intio(4), mfp(4), neptune(4), vs(4)

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.

intio

Internal I/O virtual device

mfp

MC68901 MFP (Multi-Function Peripheral)

spc

Sharp genuine MB89352 SCSI host adaptor

mha

MK-HA1 Mankai-Seisakusho Mach-2 SCSI host adaptor

neptune

Neptune-X Ethernet interface

fdc

Built-in floppy disk controller device

fd

Floppy disk device

grf

Built-in frame buffer

kmem

kernel virtual memory

ite

x68k Internal Terminal Emulator

mem

physical memory

par

Centronics printer interface

com

NS16450 serial interface

zs

Z8530 built-in serial interface

kbd

x68k Keyboard device

ms

x68k mouse / trackball

bell

The keyboard bell emulator

pow

The power switch

vs

MSM6258V built-in voice synthesizer

HISTORY

The x68k intro man page first appeared in NetBSD 1.3.