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5: .\" @(#)intro.4 6.5 (Berkeley) 6/23/90
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7: .TH INTRO 4 "June 23, 1990"
8: .UC 4
9: .SH NAME
10: intro \- introduction to special files and hardware support
11: .SH DESCRIPTION
12: This section describes the special files, related driver functions,
13: and networking support
14: available in the system.
15: In this part of the manual, the SYNOPSIS section of
16: each configurable device gives a sample specification
17: for use in constructing a system description for the
18: .IR config (8)
19: program.
20: The DIAGNOSTICS section lists messages which may appear on the console
21: and/or in the system error log
22: .I /var/log/messages
23: due to errors in device operation;
24: see
25: .IR syslogd (8)
26: for more information.
27: .SH "VAX DEVICE SUPPORT"
28: This section describes the hardware supported on the DEC VAX-11.
29: Software support for these devices comes in two forms. A hardware
30: device may be supported with a character or block
31: .IR "device driver" ,
32: or it may be used within the networking subsystem and have a
33: .IR "network interface driver" .
34: Block and character devices are accessed through files in the file
35: system of a special type; c.f.
36: .IR mknod (8).
37: Network interfaces are indirectly accessed through the interprocess
38: communication facilities provided by the system; see
39: .IR socket (2).
40: .PP
41: A hardware device is identified to the system at configuration time
42: and the appropriate device or network interface driver is then compiled
43: into the system. When the resultant system is booted, the
44: autoconfiguration facilities in the system probe for the device
45: on either the UNIBUS (or Q-bus) or MASSBUS and, if found, enable the software
46: support for it. If a UNIBUS device does not respond at autoconfiguration
47: time it is not accessible at any time afterwards. To
48: enable a UNIBUS device which did not autoconfigure, the system will have to
49: be rebooted. If a
50: MASSBUS device comes ``on-line'' after the autoconfiguration sequence
51: it will be dynamically autoconfigured into the running system.
52: .PP
53: The autoconfiguration system is described in
54: .IR autoconf (4).
55: A list of the supported devices is given below.
56: .SH SEE ALSO
57: intro(4), netintro(4), autoconf(4), config(8).
58: .PP
59: Building 4.3BSD UNIX Systems with \fIConfig\fP (SMM:2)
60: .SH "LIST OF DEVICES"
61: The devices listed below are supported in this incarnation of
62: the system. Pseudo-devices are not listed.
63: Devices are indicated by their functional interface.
64: If second vendor products provide functionally identical interfaces
65: they should be usable with the supplied software.
66: (\fBBeware, however, that we promise the software works
67: ONLY with the hardware indicated on the appropriate manual page.\fP)
68: Occasionally, new devices of a similar type may be added
69: simply by creating appropriate table entries in the driver.
70: .sp
71: .ta 1.0i
72: .nf
73: acc ACC LH/DH IMP communications interface
74: ad Data translation A/D interface
75: css DEC IMP-11A communications interface
76: crl VAX 8600, 8650 console RL02 disk
77: ct C/A/T or APS phototypesetter
78: ddn ACC ACP625 DDN Standard Mode X.25 IMP interface
79: de DEC DEUNA 10Mb/s Ethernet controller
80: dh DH-11 emulators, terminal multiplexor
81: dhu DHU-11 terminal multiplexor
82: dmc DEC DMC-11/DMR-11 point-to-point communications device
83: dmf DEC DMF-32 terminal multiplexor and parallel printer interface
84: dmz DEC DMZ-32 terminal multiplexor
85: dn DEC DN-11 autodialer interface
86: dz DZ-11 terminal multiplexor
87: ec 3Com 10Mb/s Ethernet controller
88: en Xerox 3Mb/s Ethernet controller (obsolete)
89: ex Excelan 10Mb/s Ethernet controller
90: fl VAX-11/780 console floppy interface
91: hdh ACC IF-11/HDH IMP interface
92: hk RK6-11/RK06 and RK07 moving head disk
93: hp MASSBUS disk interface (with RP06, RM03, RM05, etc.)
94: ht TM03 MASSBUS tape drive interface (with TE-16, TU-45, TU-77)
95: hy DR-11B or GI-13 interface to an NSC Hyperchannel
96: ik Ikonas frame buffer graphics device interface
97: il Interlan 1010, 1010A 10Mb/s Ethernet controller
98: ix Interlan NP-100 10Mb/s Ethernet controller
99: kg KL-11/DL-11W line clock
100: lp LP-11 parallel line printer interface
101: mt TM78 MASSBUS tape drive interface
102: np Interlan NP-100 10Mb/s Ethernet controller (intelligent mode)
103: pcl DEC PCL-11 communications interface
104: ps Evans and Sutherland Picture System 2 graphics interface
105: qe DEC DEQNA Q-bus 10 Mb/s Ethernet interface
106: rx DEC RX02 floppy interface
107: tm TM-11/TE-10 tape drive interface
108: tmscp TMSCP-compatible tape controllers (e.g., TU81, TK50)
109: ts TS-11 tape drive interface
110: tu VAX-11/730 TU58 console cassette interface
111: uda DEC UDA-50 disk controller
112: un DR-11W interface to Ungermann-Bass
113: up Emulex SC-21V, SC-31 UNIBUS disk controller
114: ut UNIBUS TU-45 tape drive interface
115: uu TU58 dual cassette drive interface (DL11)
116: va Benson-Varian printer/plotter interface
117: vp Versatec printer/plotter interface
118: vv Proteon proNET 10Mb/s and 80Mb/s ring network interface
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