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        !             7: .TH INTRO 4 "June 1, 1986"
        !             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 /usr/adm/messages
        !            23: due to errors in device operation;
        !            24: see
        !            25: .IR syslogd (8)
        !            26: for more information.
        !            27: .PP
        !            28: This section contains both devices
        !            29: which may be configured into the system, ``4'' entries,
        !            30: and network related information,
        !            31: ``4N'', ``4P'', and ``4F'' entries;
        !            32: The networking support is introduced in
        !            33: .IR intro (4N).
        !            34: .SH "VAX DEVICE SUPPORT"
        !            35: This section describes the hardware supported on the DEC VAX-11.
        !            36: Software support for these devices comes in two forms.  A hardware
        !            37: device may be supported with a character or block
        !            38: .IR "device driver" ,
        !            39: or it may be used within the networking subsystem and have a
        !            40: .IR "network interface driver" .
        !            41: Block and character devices are accessed through files in the file
        !            42: system of a special type; c.f.
        !            43: .IR mknod (8).
        !            44: Network interfaces are indirectly accessed through the interprocess
        !            45: communication facilities provided by the system; see
        !            46: .IR socket (2).
        !            47: .PP
        !            48: A hardware device is identified to the system at configuration time
        !            49: and the appropriate device or network interface driver is then compiled
        !            50: into the system.  When the resultant system is booted, the
        !            51: autoconfiguration facilities in the system probe for the device
        !            52: on either the UNIBUS (or Q-bus) or MASSBUS and, if found, enable the software
        !            53: support for it.  If a UNIBUS device does not respond at autoconfiguration
        !            54: time it is not accessible at any time afterwards.  To
        !            55: enable a UNIBUS device which did not autoconfigure, the system will have to
        !            56: be rebooted.  If a
        !            57: MASSBUS device comes ``on-line'' after the autoconfiguration sequence
        !            58: it will be dynamically autoconfigured into the running system.
        !            59: .PP
        !            60: The autoconfiguration system is described in
        !            61: .IR autoconf (4).
        !            62: A list of the supported devices is given below.
        !            63: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            64: intro(4),
        !            65: intro(4N),
        !            66: autoconf(4),
        !            67: config(8).
        !            68: .PP
        !            69: Building 4.3BSD UNIX Systems with \fIConfig\fP (SMM:2)
        !            70: .SH "LIST OF DEVICES"
        !            71: The devices listed below are supported in this incarnation of
        !            72: the system.  Pseudo-devices are not listed.
        !            73: Devices are indicated by their functional interface.
        !            74: If second vendor products provide functionally identical interfaces
        !            75: they should be usable with the supplied software.
        !            76: (\fBBeware, however, that we promise the software works
        !            77: ONLY with the hardware indicated on the appropriate manual page.\fP)
        !            78: Occasionally, new devices of a similar type may be added
        !            79: simply by creating appropriate table entries in the driver.
        !            80: .sp
        !            81: .ta 1.0i
        !            82: .nf
        !            83: acc    ACC LH/DH IMP communications interface
        !            84: ad     Data translation A/D interface
        !            85: css    DEC IMP-11A communications interface
        !            86: crl    VAX 8600, 8650 console RL02 disk
        !            87: ct     C/A/T or APS phototypesetter
        !            88: ddn    ACC ACP625 DDN Standard Mode X.25 IMP interface
        !            89: de     DEC DEUNA 10Mb/s Ethernet controller
        !            90: dh     DH-11 emulators, terminal multiplexor
        !            91: dhu    DHU-11 terminal multiplexor
        !            92: dmc    DEC DMC-11/DMR-11 point-to-point communications device
        !            93: dmf    DEC DMF-32 terminal multiplexor and parallel printer interface
        !            94: dmz    DEC DMZ-32 terminal multiplexor
        !            95: dn     DEC DN-11 autodialer interface
        !            96: dz     DZ-11 terminal multiplexor
        !            97: ec     3Com 10Mb/s Ethernet controller
        !            98: en     Xerox 3Mb/s Ethernet controller (obsolete)
        !            99: ex     Excelan 10Mb/s Ethernet controller
        !           100: fl     VAX-11/780 console floppy interface
        !           101: hdh    ACC IF-11/HDH IMP interface
        !           102: hk     RK6-11/RK06 and RK07 moving head disk
        !           103: hp     MASSBUS disk interface (with RP06, RM03, RM05, etc.)
        !           104: ht     TM03 MASSBUS tape drive interface (with TE-16, TU-45, TU-77)
        !           105: hy     DR-11B or GI-13 interface to an NSC Hyperchannel
        !           106: ik     Ikonas frame buffer graphics device interface
        !           107: il     Interlan 1010, 1010A 10Mb/s Ethernet controller
        !           108: ix     Interlan NP-100 10Mb/s Ethernet controller
        !           109: kg     KL-11/DL-11W line clock
        !           110: lp     LP-11 parallel line printer interface
        !           111: mt     TM78 MASSBUS tape drive interface
        !           112: np     Interlan NP-100 10Mb/s Ethernet controller (intelligent mode)
        !           113: pcl    DEC PCL-11 communications interface
        !           114: ps     Evans and Sutherland Picture System 2 graphics interface
        !           115: qe     DEC DEQNA Q-bus 10 Mb/s Ethernet interface
        !           116: rx     DEC RX02 floppy interface
        !           117: tm     TM-11/TE-10 tape drive interface
        !           118: tmscp  TMSCP-compatible tape controllers (e.g., TU81, TK50)
        !           119: ts     TS-11 tape drive interface
        !           120: tu     VAX-11/730 TU58 console cassette interface
        !           121: uda    DEC UDA-50 disk controller
        !           122: un     DR-11W interface to Ungermann-Bass
        !           123: up     Emulex SC-21V, SC-31 UNIBUS disk controller
        !           124: ut     UNIBUS TU-45 tape drive interface
        !           125: uu     TU58 dual cassette drive interface (DL11)
        !           126: va     Benson-Varian printer/plotter interface
        !           127: vp     Versatec printer/plotter interface
        !           128: vv     Proteon proNET 10Mb/s and 80Mb/s ring network interface

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