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+<table class="head">
+ <tr>
+ <td class="head-ltitle">INTRO(4)</td>
+ <td class="head-vol">Device Drivers Manual (arc)</td>
+ <td class="head-rtitle">INTRO(4)</td>
+ </tr>
+</table>
+<div class="manual-text">
+<section class="Sh">
+<h1 class="Sh" id="NAME"><a class="permalink" href="#NAME">NAME</a></h1>
+<p class="Pp"><code class="Nm">intro</code> &#x2014;
+ <span class="Nd">introduction to special files and hardware
+ support</span></p>
+</section>
+<section class="Sh">
+<h1 class="Sh" id="DESCRIPTION"><a class="permalink" href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></h1>
+<p class="Pp">This section describes the special files, related driver
+ functions, and networking support available in the system. In this part of
+ the manual, the SYNOPSIS section of each configurable device gives a sample
+ specification for use in constructing a system description for the
+ <a class="Xr">config(1)</a> program. The DIAGNOSTICS section lists messages
+ which may appear on the console and/or in the system error log
+ <span class="Pa">/var/log/messages</span> due to errors in device operation;
+ see <a class="Xr">syslogd(8)</a> for more information.</p>
+<p class="Pp">This section contains both devices which may be configured into
+ the system and network related information. The networking support is
+ introduced in <a class="Xr">netintro(4)</a>.</p>
+</section>
+<section class="Sh">
+<h1 class="Sh" id="DEVICE_SUPPORT"><a class="permalink" href="#DEVICE_SUPPORT">DEVICE
+ SUPPORT</a></h1>
+<p class="Pp">This section describes the hardware supported by
+ <span class="Ux">NetBSD</span>/arc. Software support for these devices comes
+ in two forms. A hardware device may be supported with a character or block
+ <a class="permalink" href="#device"><i class="Em" id="device">device
+ driver</i></a>, or it may be used within the networking subsystem and have a
+ <a class="permalink" href="#network"><i class="Em" id="network">network
+ interface driver</i></a>. Block and character devices are accessed through
+ files in the file system of a special type; see <a class="Xr">mknod(8)</a>.
+ Network interfaces are indirectly accessed through the interprocess
+ communication facilities provided by the system; see
+ <a class="Xr">socket(2)</a>.</p>
+<p class="Pp">A hardware device is identified to the system at configuration
+ time and the appropriate device or network interface driver is then compiled
+ into the system. When the resultant system is booted, the autoconfiguration
+ facilities in the system probe for the device and, if found, enable the
+ software support for it. If a device does not respond at autoconfiguration
+ time it is not accessible at any time afterwards. To enable a device which
+ did not autoconfigure, the system must be rebooted.</p>
+<p class="Pp">The autoconfiguration system is described in
+ <a class="Xr">autoconf(4)</a>. A list of the supported devices is given
+ below.</p>
+</section>
+<section class="Sh">
+<h1 class="Sh" id="SEE_ALSO"><a class="permalink" href="#SEE_ALSO">SEE
+ ALSO</a></h1>
+<p class="Pp"><a class="Xr">config(1)</a>, <a class="Xr">autoconf(4)</a></p>
+</section>
+<section class="Sh">
+<h1 class="Sh" id="HARDWARE"><a class="permalink" href="#HARDWARE">HARDWARE</a></h1>
+<p class="Pp"><span class="Ux">NetBSD</span>/arc supports a variety of systems
+ conforming to the ARC machine specification. The following systems are
+ supported:</p>
+<p class="Pp"></p>
+<div class="Bd-indent">
+<dl class="Bl-tag Bl-compact">
+ <dt>Acer PICA</dt>
+ <dd style="width: auto;">&#x00A0;</dd>
+ <dt>DESKstation rPC44</dt>
+ <dd style="width: auto;">&#x00A0;</dd>
+ <dt>DESKstation Tyne</dt>
+ <dd style="width: auto;">&#x00A0;</dd>
+ <dt>MIPS Magnum 4000</dt>
+ <dd style="width: auto;">&#x00A0;</dd>
+ <dt>NEC Express 5800/230 PCI R4K</dt>
+ <dd style="width: auto;">&#x00A0;</dd>
+ <dt>NEC Express 5800/240 EISA R4K</dt>
+ <dd style="width: auto;">&#x00A0;</dd>
+ <dt>NEC Express RISCserver</dt>
+ <dd style="width: auto;">&#x00A0;</dd>
+ <dt>NEC ImageRISCstation</dt>
+ <dd style="width: auto;">&#x00A0;</dd>
+ <dt>NEC RISCserver 2200</dt>
+ <dd style="width: auto;">&#x00A0;</dd>
+ <dt>NEC RISCstation 2200 EISA</dt>
+ <dd style="width: auto;">&#x00A0;</dd>
+ <dt>NEC RISCstation 2200 PCI</dt>
+ <dd style="width: auto;">&#x00A0;</dd>
+ <dt>NEC RISCstation 2250</dt>
+ <dd style="width: auto;">&#x00A0;</dd>
+</dl>
+</div>
+</section>
+<section class="Sh">
+<h1 class="Sh" id="LIST_OF_DEVICES"><a class="permalink" href="#LIST_OF_DEVICES">LIST
+ OF DEVICES</a></h1>
+<p class="Pp">The devices listed below are supported in this incarnation of the
+ system. Devices are indicated by their functional interface. Not all
+ supported devices are listed.</p>
+<p class="Pp"></p>
+<div class="Bd-indent">
+<dl class="Bl-tag Bl-compact">
+ <dt>arcsisabr</dt>
+ <dd>DESKstation rPC44 ISA host bridge</dd>
+ <dt>jazzio</dt>
+ <dd>Jazz internal bus host bridge</dd>
+ <dt>jazzisabr</dt>
+ <dd>Jazz ISA/EISA bus bridge</dd>
+ <dt>necpb</dt>
+ <dd>NEC RISCstation PCI host bridge</dd>
+ <dt>tyneisabr</dt>
+ <dd>DESKstation Tyne ISA host bridge</dd>
+</dl>
+</div>
+<p class="Pp">The following devices on the Jazz internal bus are supported.</p>
+<p class="Pp"></p>
+<div class="Bd-indent">
+<dl class="Bl-tag Bl-compact">
+ <dt>asc</dt>
+ <dd>NCR 53c9x-based SCSI interface</dd>
+ <dt>com</dt>
+ <dd>NS16550-based serial communications interface</dd>
+ <dt>fdc</dt>
+ <dd>Floppy disk controller</dd>
+ <dt>lpt</dt>
+ <dd>Parallel port</dd>
+ <dt>mcclock</dt>
+ <dd>DS1287 real-time clock</dd>
+ <dt>oosiop</dt>
+ <dd>Symbios/NCR 53c700-based SCSI interface</dd>
+ <dt>osiop</dt>
+ <dd>Symbios/NCR 53c710-based SCSI interface</dd>
+ <dt>pckbc</dt>
+ <dd>PC keyboard controller</dd>
+ <dt>sn</dt>
+ <dd>SONIC Ethernet</dd>
+ <dt>timer</dt>
+ <dd>Interval timer</dd>
+ <dt>vga</dt>
+ <dd>VGA graphics</dd>
+</dl>
+</div>
+<p class="Pp">PCI devices are supported through the <a class="Xr">pci(4)</a> bus
+ and associated device drivers.</p>
+<p class="Pp">ISA devices are supported through the <a class="Xr">isa(4)</a> bus
+ and associated device drivers.</p>
+<p class="Pp">Console devices using ISA, Jazzio, or PCI video adaptors and
+ standard AT or PS/2 keyboards are supported by the machine independent
+ <a class="Xr">wscons(4)</a> console driver.</p>
+</section>
+<section class="Sh">
+<h1 class="Sh" id="UNSUPPORTED_DEVICES"><a class="permalink" href="#UNSUPPORTED_DEVICES">UNSUPPORTED
+ DEVICES</a></h1>
+<p class="Pp">The following devices are not supported, due to unavailability of
+ either documentation or sample hardware:</p>
+<p class="Pp"></p>
+<div class="Bd-indent">
+<dl class="Bl-tag Bl-compact">
+ <dt>AD1848 audio on Jazzio</dt>
+ <dd style="width: auto;">&#x00A0;</dd>
+ <dt>EISA devices</dt>
+ <dd style="width: auto;">&#x00A0;</dd>
+ <dt>VXL framebuffer on MIPS Magnum and RISCstation 2200 EISA</dt>
+ <dd style="width: auto;">&#x00A0;</dd>
+</dl>
+</div>
+</section>
+<section class="Sh">
+<h1 class="Sh" id="HISTORY"><a class="permalink" href="#HISTORY">HISTORY</a></h1>
+<p class="Pp">This arc <code class="Nm">intro</code> appeared in
+ <span class="Ux">NetBSD 2.0</span>.</p>
+</section>
+<section class="Sh">
+<h1 class="Sh" id="BUGS"><a class="permalink" href="#BUGS">BUGS</a></h1>
+<p class="Pp">DESKstation rPC44 and Tyne support is currently broken.</p>
+</section>
+</div>
+<table class="foot">
+ <tr>
+ <td class="foot-date">April 29, 2003</td>
+ <td class="foot-os">NetBSD 10.1</td>
+ </tr>
+</table>