196 lines
5.9 KiB
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196 lines
5.9 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: intro.4,v 1.4 2007/05/10 07:47:27 jnemeth Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 1996 Jonathan Stone.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed by Jonathan Stone.
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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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.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.Dd May 10, 2007
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.Dt INTRO 4 sparc64
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm intro
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.Nd introduction to sparc64 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 1
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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 SPARC64
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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 SEE ALSO
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.Xr config 1 ,
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.Xr autoconf 4 ,
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.Xr cd 4 ,
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.Xr cgsix 4 ,
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.Xr ch 4 ,
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.Xr kbd 4 ,
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.Xr le 4 ,
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.Xr magma 4 ,
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.Xr mem 4 ,
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.Xr ms 4 ,
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.Xr openprom 4 ,
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.Xr scsi 4 ,
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.Xr sd 4 ,
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.Xr ss 4 ,
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.Xr st 4 ,
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.Xr tcx 4 ,
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.Xr uk 4
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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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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width leXlebufferXX
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.It auxio
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Auxiliary I/O \*[Am] LED
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.It bpp
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Bi-directional Parallel port
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.It cgsix
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8 bit obio (sun4c \*[Am] sun4m), Sbus color graphics frame buffer
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.It com
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PC-style serial port
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.It eeprom
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Sun non-volatile configuration RAM driver
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.It esp
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ESP200 SCSI controller
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.br
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FSBE/S (X1053A, part # 501-2015) Fast SCSI-2/Buffered Ethernet Sbus controller
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.It fdc
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Floppy Disk Controller
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.It ffb
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Creator \*[Am] Creaor3D graphics frame buffer
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.It isp
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Qlogic ISP Sbus and PCI SCSI controller
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.It kbd
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Sun type 2, type 3, type 4, and type 5 keyboards (on zs or com)
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.It le/lebuffer
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AMD 7990 LANCE Ethernet controller
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.It lpt
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PC-style parallel port
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.It magma
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Magma Sp Serial/Parallel board device driver
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.It ms
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Sun mouse (on zs or com)
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.It openprom
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Sun Open boot PROM (what became IEEE 1275) configuration driver
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.It power
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power management
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.Xr halt 8
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and
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.Xr shutdown 8
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commands can use it to power down the system.
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.It sab
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Siemens 82532 \*[Am] 83538 serial controller
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.It zs
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Zilog 8530 serial controller
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.El
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.Pp
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PCI devices are supported through the
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.Xr pci 4
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bus and associated devices.
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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 devices.
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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 devices.
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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 devices.
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.Sh UNSUPPORTED DEVICES
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The following devices are not supported, due to unavailability of
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either documentation, sample hardware, or willing volunteer:
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.Bl -tag -width cgfourteenXX
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.It atifb
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ATI 3D Rage Pro VGA graphics adapter (Ultra5, Ultra10)
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.It fdc
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sun4u floppy drive controllers (EBus based machines only)
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.It cgfourteen
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24 bit Sbus color frame buffer
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.It cgthree
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8 bit Sbus color frame buffer
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.El
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.Sh HISTORY
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This
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.Tn sparc64
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.Nm intro
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appeared in
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.Nx 1.6 .
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Large chunks of text carefully recycled (shamelessly appropriated) from
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.Nx Ns Tn /sparc
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.Nm .
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