298 lines
8.4 KiB
Groff
298 lines
8.4 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: intro.4,v 1.25 2003/07/26 20:17:34 salo Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 1997 Jonathan Stone
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.\" Copyright (c) 1994 Christopher G. Demetriou
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed for the
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.\" NetBSD Project. See http://www.NetBSD.org/ for
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.\" information about NetBSD.
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.\" 4. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
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.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
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.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
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.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
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.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
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.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
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.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
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.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
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.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" <<Id: LICENSE,v 1.2 2000/06/14 15:57:33 cgd Exp>>
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.\"
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.Dd April 3, 2001
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.Dt INTRO 4 i386
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm intro
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.Nd introduction to i386 special files and hardware support
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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This section describes the special files, related driver functions,
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and networking support
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available in the system.
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In this part of the manual, the
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.Tn SYNOPSIS
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section of
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each configurable device gives a sample specification
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for use in constructing a system description for the
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.Xr config 8
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program.
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The
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.Tn DIAGNOSTICS
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section lists messages which may appear on the console
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and/or in the system error log
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.Pa /var/log/messages
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due to errors in device operation;
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see
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.Xr syslogd 8
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for more information.
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.Pp
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This section contains both devices
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which may be configured into the system
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and network related information.
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The networking support is introduced in
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.Xr netintro 4 .
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.Sh DEVICE SUPPORT
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This section describes the hardware supported on the i386
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(PC-clone) platform.
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Software support for these devices comes in two forms. A hardware
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device may be supported with a character or block
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.Em device driver ,
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or it may be used within the networking subsystem and have a
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.Em network interface driver .
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Block and character devices are accessed through files in the file
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system of a special type; see
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.Xr mknod 8 .
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Network interfaces are indirectly accessed through the interprocess
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communication facilities provided by the system; see
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.Xr socket 2 .
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.Pp
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A hardware device is identified to the system at configuration time
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and the appropriate device or network interface driver is then compiled
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into the system. When the resultant system is booted, the
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autoconfiguration facilities in the system probe for the device
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and, if found, enable the software support for it.
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If a device does not respond at autoconfiguration
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time it is not accessible at any time afterwards.
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To enable a device which did not autoconfigure,
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the system must be rebooted.
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.Pp
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The autoconfiguration system is described in
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.Xr autoconf 4 .
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A list of the supported devices is given below.
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.Sh LIST OF DEVICES
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The devices listed below are supported in this incarnation of
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the system. Devices are indicated by their functional interface.
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Not all supported devices are listed.
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.\"
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.\"
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.\"
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.Pp
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Standard builtin devices:
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.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent -compact
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.\"
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.\"
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.It com
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NS8250-, NS16450-, and NS16550-based asynchronous serial
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communications device interface
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.It lpt
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Parallel port device interface
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.It fdc
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Standard NEC 765 floppy disk controller.
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.It mca
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MCA I/O bus.
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.It mem
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Main memory interface
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.It npx
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Numeric Processing Extension coprocessor and emulator
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.It pci
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PCI I/O bus.
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.It eisa
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EISA I/O bus, either as main bus or via PCI-EISA bridge.
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.It isa
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ISA bus and ISA devices, either as main bus or via PCI-ISA bridge.
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.It isa
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isa I/O bus.
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.It isapnp
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``bus'' for ISA devices with PnP support.
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.It speaker
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console speaker device interface
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.El
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.\"
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.\"
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.\"
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.Pp
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PCMCIA devices are supported through the
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.Xr pcmcia 4
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bus and associated device drivers.
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.\"
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.\"
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.\"
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.Pp
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Cardbus devices are supported through the
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.Xr cardbus 4
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bus and associated device drivers.
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.\"
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.\"
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.\"
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.Pp
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USB devices are supported through the
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.Xr usb 4
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bus and associated device drivers.
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.\"
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.\"
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.\"
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.Pp
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Console devices using ISA, EISA, or PCI video adaptors and standard
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AT or PS/2 keyboards are supported by the machine independent
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.Xr wscons 4
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console driver.
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.\"
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.\"
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.\"
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.Pp
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Disk, tape and SCSI devices:
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.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent -compact
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.It aha
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Adaptec 154x ISA SCSI adapter boards.
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.It ahb
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Adaptec 1742 EISA SCSI adapter boards.
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.It ahc
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Adaptec 274x, 284x, 2940 and 3940 VL/EISA/PCI SCSI adapter boards.
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.It aic
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Adaptec AIC-6260, Adaptec AIC-6360, Adaptec 152x, and SoundBlaster SCSI boards.
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.It bha
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Buslogic BT-445 (ISA), BT-74x (EISA), and BT-9[45][68] (PCI) SCSI boards.
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.It mcd
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Mitsumi CD-ROM drives.
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.It ncr
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Symbios (formerly NCR) PCI SCSI adapter boards.
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.It pciide
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PCI IDE controllers.
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.It sea
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Seagate/Future Domain SCSI cards. ST01/02, Future Domain TMC-885, and
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Future Domain TMC-950.
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.It uha
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Ultrastor ISA and EISA SCSI adapter cards. Ultrastore 14f, Ultrastore 34f,
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and Ultrastore 24f.
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.It wdc
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Standard ISA Western Digital type hard drives controllers. MFM, RLL, ESDI, and
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IDE.
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.It wt
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Wangtek and compatible ISA controllers for QIC-02 and QIC-36 tapes.
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.El
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.\"
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.\"
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.\"
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.Pp
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Network interfaces:
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.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent -compact
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.It de
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Ethernet driver for dc21040, dc21042, and dc21140-based 10Mbit and 100Mbit
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PCI Ethernet adaptors, including DE-430, DE-450 DE-500, SMC EtherPower,
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and Znyx.
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.It fea, fpa
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FDDI driver for Digital DEFEA (EISA) and DEFPA FDDI adaptors.
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.It ed
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Western Digital/SMC 80x3 and Ultra, 3Com 3c503, and Novell NE1000 and 2000
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Ethernet interface
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.It eg
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3Com 3c505 Ethernet board.
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.It el
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3Com 3c501 Ethernet board.
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.It ep
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3Com EtherLink III (3c5x9) Ethernet interface
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.It ie
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Ethernet driver for the AT\*[Am]T StarLAN 10, EN100, StarLan Fiber, and 3Com 3c507.
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.It iy
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Ethernet driver for the ISA Intel EtherExpress PR0/10 adaptor.
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.It le
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Ethernet driver for BICC Isolan, Novell NE2100, Digital DEPCA cards,
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and PCnet-PCI cards.
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.It tl
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Ethernet driver for ThunderLAN-based Ethernet adaptor.
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.El
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.\"
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.\"
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.\"
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.Pp
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Serial communication cards:
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.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent -compact
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.It ast
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multiplexing serial communications card first made by AST.
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.It boca
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Boca BB100[48] and BB2016 multiplexing serial communications cards.
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NS8250-, NS16450-, and NS16550-based asynchronous serial
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communications device interface, or internal modems that provide
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a serial-chip compatible interface.
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.It cy
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Cyclades Cyclom-4Y, -8Y, and -16Y asynchronous serial communications
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device interface
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.It rtfps
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a multiplexing serial communications card derived from IBM PC/RT hardware.
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.El
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Sound cards:
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.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent -compact
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.It gus
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Gravis Ultrasound non-PnP soundcards.
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.It guspnp
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Gravis Ultrasound PnP soundcards.
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.It pas
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ProAudio Spectrum soundcards.
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.It pss
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Personal Sound System-compatible soundcards, including
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Cardinal Digital SoundPro 16 and Orchid Soundwave 32.
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.It sb
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Soundblaster, Soundblaster 16, and Soundblaster Pro soundcards.
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.It wss
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Windows Sound System-compatible sound cards based on the ad1848 chip.
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.El
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.\"
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.\"
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.Pp
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Mouse and pointer devices:
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.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent -compact
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.It joy
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joystick game adaptor
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.It lms
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Logitech-style bus mouse device interface
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.It mms
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Microsoft-style bus mouse device interface
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.It pms
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PS/2 auxiliary port mouse device interface
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.El
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.Pp
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Serial mice can be configured on any supported serial port.
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.Pp
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.\"
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.\"
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.\"
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr autoconf 4 ,
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.Xr netintro 4 ,
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.Xr config 8
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Tn i386
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.Nm intro
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appeared in
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.Nx 1.0 .
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