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<table class="head">
  <tr>
    <td class="head-ltitle">INTRO(4)</td>
    <td class="head-vol">Device Drivers Manual (sun2)</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 sun2 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 on the Sun2
    platform. 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">sun2/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">cd(4)</a>,
    <a class="Xr">sd(4)</a>, <a class="Xr">ss(4)</a>, <a class="Xr">st(4)</a>,
    <a class="Xr">sun2/autoconf(4)</a></p>
</section>
<section class="Sh">
<h1 class="Sh" id="SUPPORTED_SYSTEMS"><a class="permalink" href="#SUPPORTED_SYSTEMS">SUPPORTED
  SYSTEMS</a></h1>
<p class="Pp">The following Sun2 system architectures and models are
  supported:</p>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
  <dt>sun2</dt>
  <dd>Sun2 systems: (MC68010)
    <br/>
    Sun 2/120, 2/170 (10 MHz)</dd>
</dl>
</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>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
  <dt>bwtwo</dt>
  <dd>black and white obio frame buffer</dd>
  <dt>ie</dt>
  <dd>Intel 82586 Ethernet controller (Sun 2/120, 2/170)</dd>
  <dt>ec</dt>
  <dd>3Com 3c400 Multibus Ethernet controller (Sun 2/120, 2/170)</dd>
  <dt>kbd</dt>
  <dd>Sun type 2, type 3, type 4, and type 5 keyboards (on zstty)</dd>
  <dt>ms</dt>
  <dd>Sun mouse (on zstty)</dd>
  <dt>sc</dt>
  <dd>Sun &quot;SCSI-2&quot; Multibus SCSI controller</dd>
  <dt>zs</dt>
  <dd>Zilog 8530 serial controller</dd>
</dl>
</section>
<section class="Sh">
<h1 class="Sh" id="HISTORY"><a class="permalink" href="#HISTORY">HISTORY</a></h1>
<p class="Pp">This sun2 <code class="Nm">intro</code> appeared in
    <span class="Ux">NetBSD 1.6</span>. Large chunks of text carefully recycled
    (shamelessly appropriated) from <span class="Ux">NetBSD</span>/sun3
    <a class="Xr">sun2/intro(4)</a>.</p>
</section>
</div>
<table class="foot">
  <tr>
    <td class="foot-date">February 17, 2017</td>
    <td class="foot-os">NetBSD 10.1</td>
  </tr>
</table>