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5: .\" @(#)intro.4 6.3 (Berkeley) 6/1/86
6: .\"
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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