(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