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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man4/man4.dreamcast/intro.4 b/static/netbsd/man4/man4.dreamcast/intro.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..5a9b1933 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man4/man4.dreamcast/intro.4 @@ -0,0 +1,136 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: intro.4,v 1.9 2017/02/17 22:24:46 christos Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2003 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation +.\" by Marcus Comstedt. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS +.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED +.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR +.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS +.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR +.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF +.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS +.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN +.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) +.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE +.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd February 17, 2017 +.Dt INTRO 4 dreamcast +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm intro +.Nd introduction to dreamcast special files and hardware support +.Sh DESCRIPTION +This section describes the special files, related driver functions, +and networking support +available in the system. +In this part of the manual, the +.Tn SYNOPSIS +section of each configurable device gives a sample specification +for use in constructing a system description for the +.Xr config 1 +program. +The +.Tn DIAGNOSTICS +section lists messages which may appear on the console +and/or in the system error log +.Pa /var/log/messages +due to errors in device operation; +see +.Xr syslogd 8 +for more information. +.Pp +This section contains both devices which may be configured into +the system and network related information. +The networking support is introduced in +.Xr netintro 4 . +.Sh DEVICE SUPPORT +This section describes the hardware supported on the +.Tn Dreamcast +platform. +Software support for these devices come in two forms. +A hardware device may be supported with a character or block +.Em device driver , +or it may be used within the networking subsystem and have a +.Em network interface driver . +Block and character devices are accessed through files in the file +system of a special type; see +.Xr mknod 8 . +Network interfaces are indirectly accessed through the interprocess +communication facilities provided by the system; see +.Xr socket 2 . +.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. +.Pp +The autoconfiguration system is described in +.Xr autoconf 4 . +A list of the supported devices is given below. +.Sh LIST OF DEVICES +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. +.\" +.Pp +Standard builtin devices: +.Bl -tag -width gapspci -offset indent -compact +.It g2bus +.Dq Tn G2 +internal I/O bus +.It gapspci +.Tn PCI +bridge used in expansion port peripherals +.It gdrom +Builtin GD-ROM optical disc drive +.It pvr +Framebuffer device using the builtin NEC PVR graphics subsystem +.It aica +Builtin AICA sound system +.El +.\" +.Pp +Controller port peripherals are supported though the +.Xr dreamcast/maple 4 +bus and associated device drivers. +.\" +.Pp +Network interfaces: +.Bl -tag -width gapspci -offset indent -compact +.It rtk +Ethernet driver for the HIT-0400 Broadband Adapter +.It mbe +Ethernet driver for the HIT-0300 LAN Adapter +.El +.\" +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr config 1 , +.Xr autoconf 4 , +.Xr netintro 4 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +man page appeared in +.Nx 2.0 . +.\" LocalWords: NetBSD its INCIDENTAL EXEMPLARY SERVICES INTERRUPTION |
