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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man4/man4.landisk/intro.4 b/static/openbsd/man4/man4.landisk/intro.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..3b5077b2 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man4/man4.landisk/intro.4 @@ -0,0 +1,139 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: intro.4,v 1.8 2022/03/31 17:27:22 naddy Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1986, 1991 Regents of the University of California. +.\" 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. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS 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 REGENTS 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 $Mdocdate: March 31 2022 $ +.Dt INTRO 4 landisk +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm intro +.Nd introduction to special files and hardware support +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The manual pages in section 4 describe 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 +.Xr config 8 +program. +The 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 landisk 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 will have to 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. +Pseudo-devices are not listed. +.\" Devices are indicated by their functional interface. +Not all supported devices are listed. +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width lotsofletters -compact -offset indent +.It Xr cd 4 +ATAPI and SCSI CD-ROM driver +.It Xr obio 4 +landisk onboard I/O bus device +.It Xr pciide 4 +PCI IDE controller driver +.It Xr power 4 +power switch +.\" cpu +.\" rsclock +.It Xr sd 4 +SCSI disk driver +.\" shb +.\" scif +.It Xr shpcic 4 +landisk SuperH PCI-Host Bridge +.It Xr wd 4 +WD100x compatible hard disk driver +.It Xr wdc 4 +WD100x compatible hard disk controller driver +.El +.Pp +A further list of available devices is contained within the pages +describing the system buses and controllers. +For example, a PCI device would be listed in the +.Xr pci 4 +man page. +The following buses and controllers list these devices: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width "cardbus(4)XX" -offset 3n -compact +.It Xr onewire 4 +1-Wire bus +.It Xr pci 4 +introduction to PCI bus support +.It Xr usb 4 +introduction to Universal Serial Bus support +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr autoconf 4 , +.Xr config 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +landisk +.Nm intro +first appeared in +.Ox 4.1 . |
