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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man4/man4.sparc64/intro.4 b/static/netbsd/man4/man4.sparc64/intro.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..107d593f --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man4/man4.sparc64/intro.4 @@ -0,0 +1,195 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: intro.4,v 1.5 2017/07/03 21:30:59 wiz Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1996 Jonathan Stone. +.\" 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. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by Jonathan Stone. +.\" 4. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products +.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``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 AUTHOR 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 May 10, 2007 +.Dt INTRO 4 sparc64 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm intro +.Nd introduction to sparc64 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 SPARC64 +platform. +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 SEE ALSO +.Xr config 1 , +.Xr autoconf 4 , +.Xr cd 4 , +.Xr cgsix 4 , +.Xr ch 4 , +.Xr kbd 4 , +.Xr le 4 , +.Xr magma 4 , +.Xr mem 4 , +.Xr ms 4 , +.Xr openprom 4 , +.Xr scsi 4 , +.Xr sd 4 , +.Xr ss 4 , +.Xr st 4 , +.Xr tcx 4 , +.Xr uk 4 +.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 leXlebufferXX +.It auxio +Auxiliary I/O & LED +.It bpp +Bi-directional Parallel port +.It cgsix +8 bit obio (sun4c & sun4m), Sbus color graphics frame buffer +.It com +PC-style serial port +.It eeprom +Sun non-volatile configuration RAM driver +.It esp +ESP200 SCSI controller +.br +FSBE/S (X1053A, part # 501-2015) Fast SCSI-2/Buffered Ethernet Sbus controller +.It fdc +Floppy Disk Controller +.It ffb +Creator & Creaor3D graphics frame buffer +.It isp +Qlogic ISP Sbus and PCI SCSI controller +.It kbd +Sun type 2, type 3, type 4, and type 5 keyboards (on zs or com) +.It le/lebuffer +AMD 7990 LANCE Ethernet controller +.It lpt +PC-style parallel port +.It magma +Magma Sp Serial/Parallel board device driver +.It ms +Sun mouse (on zs or com) +.It openprom +Sun Open boot PROM (what became IEEE 1275) configuration driver +.It power +power management +.Xr halt 8 +and +.Xr shutdown 8 +commands can use it to power down the system. +.It sab +Siemens 82532 & 83538 serial controller +.It zs +Zilog 8530 serial controller +.El +.Pp +PCI devices are supported through the +.Xr pci 4 +bus and associated devices. +.Pp +PCMCIA devices are supported through the +.Xr pcmcia 4 +bus and associated devices. +.Pp +Cardbus devices are supported through the +.Xr cardbus 4 +bus and associated devices. +.Pp +USB devices are supported through the +.Xr usb 4 +bus and associated devices. +.Sh UNSUPPORTED DEVICES +The following devices are not supported, due to unavailability of +either documentation, sample hardware, or willing volunteer: +.Bl -tag -width cgfourteenXX +.It atifb +ATI 3D Rage Pro VGA graphics adapter (Ultra5, Ultra10) +.It fdc +sun4u floppy drive controllers (EBus based machines only) +.It cgfourteen +24 bit Sbus color frame buffer +.It cgthree +8 bit Sbus color frame buffer +.El +.Sh HISTORY +This +.Tn sparc64 +.Nm intro +appeared in +.Nx 1.6 . +Large chunks of text carefully recycled (shamelessly appropriated) from +.Nx Ns Tn /sparc +.Nm . |
