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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man4/man4.evbmips/intro.4 b/static/netbsd/man4/man4.evbmips/intro.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..986ade15 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man4/man4.evbmips/intro.4 @@ -0,0 +1,151 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: intro.4,v 1.10 2026/02/07 21:30:07 gutteridge Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2003, 2006 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" 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 7, 2026 +.Dt INTRO 4 evbmips +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm intro +.Nd introduction to 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 by +.Nx Ns /evbmips . +Software support for these devices comes 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 HARDWARE +The following systems are supported: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width XXXXXX -offset indent -compact +.It 4G Systems MTX-1 +.It AMD Alchemy DBAU1000 +.It AMD Alchemy DBAU1100 +.It AMD Alchemy DBAU1500 +.It AMD Alchemy DBAU1550 +.It AMD Alchemy Pb1000 +.It AMD Alchemy Pb1100 +.It AMD Alchemy Pb1500 +.It AMD Alchemy Pb1550 +.It Atheros AR5001AP +.It Cavium OCTEON Plus CN50xx +.It Cavium OCTEON III CN71xx +.It Imagination Creator Ci20 +.It MIPS Malta +.It Plat'Home OpenMicroServer OMSAL-400 +.It Senao/Engenius 5354AP1 Aries2 +.El +.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 +.Bl -tag -width com -offset indent -compact +.It ae, aumac +10/100 Ethernet +.It arbus, aubus +Local system bus +.It aupci +PCI bridge +.It aucom, com +serial communications interface +.It cnmac +gigabit Ethernet +.It ohci +USB 1.1 host controller +.El +.Pp +PCI devices are supported through the +.Xr pci 4 +bus and associated device drivers. +.Pp +USB devices are supported through the +.Xr usb 4 +bus and associated device drivers. +.\" .Sh UNSUPPORTED DEVICES +.\" The following devices are not supported, due to unavailability of +.\" either documentation or sample hardware: +.\" .Pp +.\" .Bl -tag -width XXXXX -offset indent -compact +.\" .It not yet +.\" .El +.\" .Pp +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr config 1 , +.Xr autoconf 4 , +.Xr evbmips/aupci 4 , +.Xr evbmips/cnmac 4 +.Sh HISTORY +This +.Tn evbmips +.Nm intro +appeared in +.Nx 4.0 . |