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update for recent changes in IBM PS/2 support

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.\" $NetBSD: hardware,v 1.93 2001/05/21 00:57:06 jhawk Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: hardware,v 1.94 2001/07/30 13:46:03 jdolecek Exp $
.
.Nx \*V
runs on ISA (AT-Bus), EISA, PCI, and VL-bus systems
with 386-family processors, with or without math coprocessors. Support
for MCA systems (such as some
.Tn IBM
PS/2 systems) is present, but
still very experimental and needs special setup. The
runs on ISA (AT-Bus), EISA, MCA, PCI, and VL-bus systems
with 386-family processors, with or without math coprocessors. The
minimal configuration is said to require 4 MB of RAM and 50 MB 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
@ -37,6 +33,8 @@ Contaq Microsystems/Cypress CY82C693 IDE Controller
.It
HighPoint HPT366 and HPT370
.It
IBM ESDI Fixed Disk Controllers [m]
.It
Intel PIIX, PIIX3 and PIIX4 IDE Controllers
.It
Intel 82801 (ICH/ICH0/ICH2) IDE Controllers
@ -143,15 +141,15 @@ MDA, CGA, VGA, SVGA, and HGC Display Adapters.
Not all of the display adapters
.Nx*M
can work with are supported by X.
See the XFree86 FAQ for more information. [m]
See the XFree86 FAQ for more information.
.Note)
.Pp
.It
Serial ports
.(bullet -compact
8250/16450-based ports [m]
8250/16450-based ports
.It
16550/16650/16750-based ports [m]
16550/16650/16750-based ports
.It
AST-style 4-port serial cards [*]
.It
@ -173,7 +171,7 @@ Byte Runner Technologies TC-400 and TC-800 serial cards [*]
PCI universal communication cards
.bullet)
.It
Parallel ports. [*] [+] [m]
Parallel ports. [*] [+]
.It
Ethernet adapters
.(bullet -compact
@ -188,6 +186,13 @@ Kingston 21xx
Digital EtherWORKS II ISA adapters (DE200/DE201/DE202)
.bullet)
.It
AMD LANCE and PCnet-based MCA Ethernet adapters [m]
.(bullet -compact
SKNET Personal
.It
SKNET MC+
.bullet)
.It
AMD PCnet-based PCI Ethernet adapters
.(bullet -compact
Addtron AE-350
@ -214,6 +219,10 @@ AT\*&T StarLAN 10, EN100, and StarLAN Fiber
.It
3COM 3c509, 3c579, 3c589, and 3c59X
.It
3COM 3c523 EtherLink/MC [m]
.It
3COM 3c529 EtherLink III [m]
.It
3COM 3c90X (including 3c905B), 3c450, 3c55X, 3c575, 3c980, 3cSOHO100
.It
.ne 4
@ -272,6 +281,8 @@ Fujitsu FMV-180 series
.It
Allied-Telesis AT1700 series
.It
Allied-Telesis AT1700 series MCA [m]
.It
Allied-Telesis RE2000 series
.bullet)
.It
@ -289,6 +300,8 @@ SMC/WD 8003, 8013, and the SMC
.Sq Elite16
ISA boards
.It
SMC/WD 8003, 8013 and IBM PS/2 Adapter/A MCA boards [m]
.It
SMC/WD 8216 (the SMC
.Sq "Elite16 Ultra"
ISA boards)
@ -348,7 +361,7 @@ Token-Ring Network Adapter/A [+]
Token-Ring Network 16/4 Adapter [+]
.It
.Tn IBM
Token-Ring Network 16/4 Adapter/A [+] [m]
Token-Ring Network 16/4 Adapter/A [m]
.It
.Tn IBM
16/4 ISA Adapter [+]
@ -430,7 +443,7 @@ bus mice [*] [+]
.It
.Dq "PS/2"
.Ns -style
mice [*] [+] [m]
mice [*] [+]
.It
Serial mice (no kernel support necessary)
.bullet)
@ -581,14 +594,7 @@ Devices require BIOS support for PCI-PCI bridging on your motherboard.
Most reasonably modern Pentium motherboards have this support,
or can acquire it via a BIOS upgrade.
.It [m]
Devices are also supported by MCA-enabled kernels, such as one compiled from the
.Li PS2
configuration file.
Support for MCA is
.Em not
in the
.Li GENERIC
or installation kernels at this moment.
Devices are only supported by MCA-enabled kernels.
.tag)
.Pp
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