NetBSD/distrib/notes/arm32/hardware

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NetBSD/arm32 \*V runs on a number of systems with
.Tn ARM6
or later processors,
with or without FPU coprocessor. The minimal configuration is said to
require 8M of RAM and 50M of disk space, though we do not know of anyone
running with a system quite this minimal today. To install the entire
system requires much more disk space (the unpacked binary distribution,
without sources, requires at least 65M without counting space needed for
swap space, etc), and to run X or compile the system, more RAM is
recommended. (8M of RAM will actually allow you to run X and/or compile,
but it won't be speedy. Note that until you have around 16M of RAM,
getting more RAM is more important than getting a faster CPU.)
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Supported devices include (but is not limited to):
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	RiscPC/A7000(+) floppy controller.
	IDE controllers:
		Acorn motherboard IDE.
		Simtec IDE controller.
		RapIDE Issue 2 IDE controller.
		ICS V5 & V6 IDE controller.

	SCSI host adapters:
		Cumana SCSI 2.
		PowerTec SCSI 2.
		MCS Connect32 SCSI 2.
		Acorn SCSI.
		Oak SCSI I.
		Morley SCSI I (uncached only).

	VIDC20 video.
	RiscPC Motherboard serial port.
	RiscPC Motherboard parallel port.
	Ethernet adapters:
		Acorn Ether1.
		Atomwide Ether3.
		ANT Ether3.
		ANT Ether5.
		Atomwide EtherA.
		ANT EtherB.
		Acorn EtherH.
		I-cubed EtherH.
		ANT EtherM.

	Most SCSI disk drives.
	Most SCSI tape drives.
	CD-ROM drives:
		Most SCSI CD-ROM drives.
		Most ATAPI CD-ROM drives.
			[ Note: Some low-priced IDE CDROM drives are known
			 for being not or not fully ATAPI compliant, and thus
			 requires some hack (generally an entry to a quirk
			 table) to work with NetBSD.]

	Mice:
		RiscPC quadrature mouse.
		A7000 PS/2 mouse.

	Processors:
		ARM 610.
		ARM 700.
		ARM 700 + FPA11.
		ARM 710.
		ARM 7500.
		ARM 7500FE.
		ARM 810. [*]
		SA110.

	Motherboards:
		Acorn RiscPC.
		Acorn A7000.
		Acorn A7000+.
		VLSI RC7500.
		Digital DNARD.
		Intel EBSA285.
		Chalice CATS.

	Other devices:
		RiscPC keyboard.
		A7000 keyboard.
		RiscPC realtime clock.
		VLSI RC7500 motherboard devices.

	Digital DNARD devices
		IDE
		keyboard
		mouse
		ethernet
		smartcard
		audio
		joystick

	Chalice CATS devices
		ALI M1543 southbridge inc PS/2 keyboard & mouse, ide, serial
		parallel, USB and ISA bus
		RTC

	Intel EBSA285 & Chalice CATS PCI devices
		PCI - PCI bridges
			DC21150
			DC21152
			DC21153
			DC21154
			Hint HB1
		Digital DC21x4x-based PCI Ethernet adapters, including:
			Cogent EM1X0, EM960 (a.k.a. Adaptec ANA-69XX)
			Cogent EM964 [b]
			Cogent EM4XX [b]
			Compex Readylink PCI
			DANPEX EN-9400P3
			Digital Celebris GL, GLST on-board ethernet
			Digital (DEC) PCI Ethernet/Fast Ethernet adapters (all)
			JCIS Condor JC1260
			Linksys PCI Fast Ethernet
			SMC EtherPower 10, 10/100 (PCI only!)
			SMC EtherPower
			SVEC PN0455
			SVEC FD1000-TP
			Znyx ZX34X
		Qlogic ISP [12]0x0 SCSI/FibreChannel boards
		Adaptec AHA-2910, 2915, 2920, and 2930C adapters.
		Adaptec AHA-2x4x[U][2][W] cards and onboard PCI designs
			using the AIC-7770, AIC-7850, AIC-7860, AIC-7870,
			AIC-7880 and AIC-789x chipsets.
		Adaptec AHA-394x[U][W] cards [b]
		Adaptec AHA-3950U2 cards
		Adaptec AHA-3960, 19160 and 29160 Ultra-160 adapters
		NE2000 PCI ethernet adapters
		Universal Serial Bus:
			UHCI host controllers
			OHCI host controllers
			Hubs
			Keyboards using the boot protocol
			Mice
			Printers
			Generic support for HID devices

		Video cards
			Diamond Stealth 3D 2000 Pro
			ATI Charger 4MB
			STB Velocity 128
			Cirrus Logic 5446
			IGS 2010
			IGS 5000
			S3 based interfaces
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Drivers for hardware marked with "[*]" are NOT present in installation
kernels. 
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Other PCI device may be supported by Intel EBSA285 & Chalice CATS but
have not been tested.
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Support for some devices is limited to particular kernels. eg there is no
SA110 support in A7000 kernels.
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Hardware the we do NOT currently support, but get many questions
about:
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Acorn/Aleph1 PC cards.
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Any SCSI card using a PowerROM.
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Podule based serial ports.
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Castle SCSI/Ethernet cards.
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Drivers are planned for some of the above devices.