185 lines
6.7 KiB
Groff
185 lines
6.7 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: intro.4,v 1.5 1999/03/16 01:19:24 garbled Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993
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.\" from: @(#)intro.4 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
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.\"
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.Dd June 5, 1993
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.Dt INTRO 4 vax
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm intro
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.Nd introduction to 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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.Sh VAX DEVICE SUPPORT
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This section describes the hardware supported on the
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.Tn DEC
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.Tn VAX-11 .
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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 physio 4
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and
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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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on either the
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.Tn UNIBUS
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(or
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.Tn Q-bus )
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or
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.Tn MASSBUS
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and, if found, enable the software
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support for it. If a
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.Tn UNIBUS
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device does not respond at autoconfiguration
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time it is not accessible at any time afterwards. To
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enable a
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.Tn UNIBUS
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device which did not autoconfigure, the system will have to
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be rebooted. If a
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.Tn MASSBUS
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device comes
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.Dq on-line
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after the autoconfiguration sequence
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it will be dynamically autoconfigured into the running system.
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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 intro 4 ,
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.Xr netintro 4 ,
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.Xr autoconf 4 ,
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.Xr config 8 .
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.Rs
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.%T "Building 4.3 BSD UNIX Systems with Config"
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.%B SMM
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.%N 2
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.Re
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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. Pseudo-devices are not listed.
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Devices are indicated by their functional interface.
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If second vendor products provide functionally identical interfaces
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they should be usable with the supplied software.
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.Bf -symbolic
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Beware,
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however, that we promise the software works
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ONLY with the hardware indicated on the appropriate manual page.
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.Ef
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Occasionally, new devices of a similar type may be added
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simply by creating appropriate table entries in the driver.
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.Pp
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.Bl -column tmscp -offset indent
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acc ACC LH/DH IMP communications interface
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ad Data translation A/D interface
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css DEC IMP-11A communications interface
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crl VAX 8600, 8650 console RL02 disk
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ct C/A/T or APS phototypesetter
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ddn ACC ACP625 DDN Standard Mode X.25 IMP interface
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de DEC DEUNA 10Mb/s Ethernet controller
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dh DH-11 emulators, terminal multiplexor
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dhu DHU-11 terminal multiplexor
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dmc DEC DMC-11/DMR-11 point-to-point communications device
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dmf DEC DMF-32 terminal multiplexor and parallel printer interface
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dmz DEC DMZ-32 terminal multiplexor
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dn DEC DN-11 autodialer interface
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dz DZ-11 terminal multiplexor
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ec 3Com 10Mb/s Ethernet controller
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en Xerox 3Mb/s Ethernet controller (obsolete)
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ex Excelan 10Mb/s Ethernet controller
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fl VAX-11/780 console floppy interface
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hdh ACC IF-11/HDH IMP interface
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hk RK6-11/RK06 and RK07 moving head disk
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hp MASSBUS disk interface (with RP06, RM03, RM05, etc.)
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ht TM03 MASSBUS tape drive interface (with TE-16, TU-45, TU-77)
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hy DR-11B or GI-13 interface to an NSC Hyperchannel
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ik Ikonas frame buffer graphics device interface
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il Interlan 1010, 1010A 10Mb/s Ethernet controller
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ix Interlan NP-100 10Mb/s Ethernet controller
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kg KL-11/DL-11W line clock
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lp LP-11 parallel line printer interface
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mt TM78 MASSBUS tape drive interface
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np Interlan NP-100 10Mb/s Ethernet controller (intelligent mode)
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pcl DEC PCL-11 communications interface
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ps Evans and Sutherland Picture System 2 graphics interface
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qe DEC DEQNA Q-bus 10 Mb/s Ethernet interface
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rx DEC RX02 floppy interface
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tm TM-11/TE-10 tape drive interface
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tmscp TMSCP-compatible tape controllers (e.g., TU81, TK50)
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ts TS-11 tape drive interface
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tu VAX-11/730 TU58 console cassette interface
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uda DEC UDA-50 disk controller
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un DR-11W interface to Ungermann-Bass
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up Emulex SC-21V, SC-31 UNIBUS disk controller
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ut UNIBUS TU-45 tape drive interface
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uu TU58 dual cassette drive interface (DL11)
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va Benson-Varian printer/plotter interface
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vp Versatec printer/plotter interface
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vv Proteon proNET 10Mb/s and 80Mb/s ring network interface
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.El
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.Sh HISTORY
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The section 4
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.Nm intro
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appeared in
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.Bx 4.1 .
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