(HW) - Device drivers, hardware

(HW) - Device drivers, hardware


Intro
introduction to machine-related miscellaneous features and files

80387
math coprocessor for 80386 (obsolete)

ad
Adaptec 154x, 154x emulation, 164x SCSI host adapter device (obsolete)

ad160
Adaptec Ultra160 SCSI host adapter driver (obsolete)

ad320
Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI host adapter driver (obsolete)

ahslink
link boot-time loadable drivers (obsolete)

aio
pseudo-device driver for asynchronous disk I/O on raw disk partitions

alad
Adaptec AHA-294x SCSI host adapter driver (obsolete)

alad
Adaptec AIC-7870 and AIC-7850 SCSI host adapter driver (obsolete)

ams
Advanced Micro Devices host adapter driver (obsolete)

apm
bootstrings for advanced power management

arad
Adaptec 7770 SCSI host adapter driver (obsolete)

aud
pseudo-device driver to read from or write to the audit subsystem (obsolete)

audit
audit subsystem device interface (obsolete)

autoboot
automatically boot the system

bhba
Symbios Logic host adapter driver (old name) (obsolete)

blad
Adaptec Ultra II SCSI host adapter driver (obsolete)

blc
BusLogic Multimaster SCSI host adapter driver (obsolete)

boot
UNIX system loader

bootos
load and run an operating system from a partition (obsolete)

bootstring
parameters passed to the kernel and device drivers (obsolete)

busmouse
bus mouse driver

cartridge, ct
QIC-02 and QIC-36 tape device (obsolete)

cdrom: Srom, cdt
compact disk devices (obsolete)

cdt
tape emulator for SCSI CD-ROM driver (obsolete)

cga
CGA screen routines for console device driver

cha
Compaq 32-Bit Fast-SCSI-2 Controller driver (obsolete)

ciha
386/486 CBUS SCSI host adapter device driver (obsolete)

ciss
Compaq Intelligent Storage Subsystem driver (obsolete)

clad
Compaq Array Controller driver (obsolete)

clock
High-precision system clock

console
console device driver

cpqs
Compaq CPQS tape driver

cpu
SMP ioctl's

debug
boot debugger

dos
boot a DOS partition (obsolete)

dptr
DPT host adapter device driver (obsolete)

efp
Olivetti ESC-1, ESC-2, and EFP host adapter driver (obsolete)

ega
EGA screen routines for console device driver

eiad
Adaptec 174x EISA SCSI host adapter driver (obsolete)

emul
80387 math coprocessor emulator (obsolete)

emul.att
80387 math coprocessor emulator (obsolete)

emul.ms
8087/287 math coprocessor emulator (obsolete)

err
kernel error output pseudo-device driver

error
kernel error output device file

esdi
IBM Fixed Disk Adapter/A driver (obsolete)

fd
floppy disk device driver

fdha
Future Domain Corp 1650, 1670, 1680, 600, 700 SCSI host adapter driver (old name) (obsolete)

fdhb
Adaptec AHA-2920 host adapter series and Future Domain Corp 1650, 1670, 1680, 600, 700 SCSI host adapter driver (obsolete)

flashpt
BusLogic Flashpoint SCSI host adapter driver (obsolete)

floppy
floppy devices

floppytape, ft
QIC-40 and QIC-80 cartridge floppy tape drive (obsolete)

floptical
21MB floptical disk device interface

fp
floating-point hardware and emulators (obsolete)

hd
hard disk drive

hf
IBM Hardfile SCSI host adapter driver (obsolete)

hyperthread
enable two logical processors per physical CPU

ida
Compaq EISA/PCI Integrated Drive Array (IDA) driver

iiop
Tricord ES5000 Motherboard host adapter driver (obsolete)

iir
Intel Integrated RAID host adapter driver (obsolete)

irwin, mc
Irwin tape drive interface (obsolete)

juke
operate a SCSI media changer

jukebox, Sjk
media changer devices

kbmouse
PS/2 keyboard mouse device driver

kernel
module name for kernel bootstrings (obsolete)

keyboard
the PC keyboard

link, ahslink
link boot-time loadable drivers (obsolete)

lp
line printer device interface

lp0
line printer device interface

lp1
line printer device interface

lp2
line printer device interface

LS-120
120MB SuperDisk device interface

LS-240
240MB SuperDisk device interface

marry
marriage driver

mdac
Mylex Disk Array driver

mem
memory definition bootstring

mono
monochrome ANSI adapter routines for console device driver

mouse
system mouse

mpm
master pseudo-mouse device driver used by scoterm

ncr
NCR MCA SCSI host adapter driver (obsolete)

omti
OMTI hard disk device driver

p6updata
microcode update file for Intel Pentium processors

p6update
update microcode for Intel Pentium processors

pa
parallel port device driver

parallel
parallel interface device driver

pci
PCI bus device

prf
operating system profiler

pwr
Power Management STREAMS protocol

ram
ramdisk device driver

ramdisk
memory block device

rtc
real-time clock interface

scancode
PC-scancode capable terminal

screen
tty [01-n], color, monochrome, ega, vga display adapter and video monitor

scsi
small computer systems interface (obsolete)

scsidisk: Sdsk
SCSI hard disk (obsolete)

scsitape: Stp, dat, Exabyte, nine-track
SCSI tape devices (obsolete)

Sdsk
SCSI hard disk driver (obsolete)

serial
interface to serial ports

Sflp, LS-120, LS-240, floptical
generic floppy device interface

sio
clist-based serial driver

Sjk
SCSI media changer (juke box) device driver

slha
Symbios Logic/LSI Logic host adapter driver (obsolete)

smad
Adaptec AIC-6x60 chipset host adapter driver (obsolete)

spm
slave pseudo-mouse device driver used by scoterm

spx
STREAMS bi-directional pipe device

Srom
SCSI CD-ROM device driver (obsolete)

st506
ST506 fixed disk adapter device driver

string
boot, configuration, and other system strings pseudo-device driver

sumo
NEC Storage Plus SCSI-AT (SUMO) host adapter driver (obsolete)

syscon
system console device

systty
device on which system error messages are displayed

tab
kernel tables pseudo-device driver

tape
magnetic tape device drivers

terminal
special device files and clist driver for serial terminal control

tmcha
Future Domain Corp TMC 845, 8x0, 885 SCSI host adapter driver (obsolete)

tty1A
device file for first COM1 serial port with modem control

tty1a
device file for first COM1 serial port without modem control

tty2A
device file for first COM2 serial port with modem control

tty2a
device file for first COM2 serial port without modem control

uapm
Advanced Power Management BIOS-APM firmware

usb
Universal Serial Bus

vga
VGA screen routines for console device driver

vtoc
fdisk disk partition and slices

wd
EIDE disk and ATAPI host adapter driver (obsolete)

wdex
Western Digital 7000ex SCSI host adapter driver (obsolete)

wdha
Western Digital 7000 SCSI host adapter driver (obsolete)

weitek
Weitek math coprocessor device driver (obsolete)

win
boot a Windows partition (obsolete)

xt
multiplexed tty driver for AT&T windowing terminals

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