INTRO(4)             NetBSD/amiga Kernel Interfaces Manual            INTRO(4)

NNAAMMEE
     iinnttrroo -- introduction to amiga special files and hardware support

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
     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 specifi-
     cation for use in constructing a system description for the config(1)
     program.  The DIAGNOSTICS section lists messages which may appear on the
     console and/or in the system error log _/_v_a_r_/_l_o_g_/_m_e_s_s_a_g_e_s due to errors in
     device operation; see syslogd(8) for more information.

     This section contains both devices which may be configured into the sys-
     tem and network related information.  The networking support is intro-
     duced in netintro(4).

AAMMIIGGAA DDEEVVIICCEE SSUUPPPPOORRTT
     This section describes the hardware supported on the Amiga.  Software
     support for these devices comes in two forms.  A hardware device may be
     supported with a character or block _d_e_v_i_c_e _d_r_i_v_e_r, or it may be used
     within the networking subsystem and have a _n_e_t_w_o_r_k _i_n_t_e_r_f_a_c_e _d_r_i_v_e_r.
     Block and character devices are accessed through files in the file system
     of a special type; see mknod(8).  Network interfaces are indirectly
     accessed through the interprocess communication facilities provided by
     the system; see socket(2).

     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 autoconfigura-
     tion time it is not accessible at any time afterwards.  To enable a
     device which did not autoconfigure, the system will have to be rebooted.

     The autoconfiguration system is described in autoconf(4).  A list of the
     supported devices is given below.

SSEEEE AALLSSOO
     config(1), autoconf(4)

HHIISSTTOORRYY
     The Amiga iinnttrroo man page first appeared in NetBSD 1.1

LLIISSTT OOFF DDEEVVIICCEESS
     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.
           _a_f_s_c     A4091 low level SCSI adapter interface
           _a_h_s_c     A3000 low level SCSI adapter interface
           _a_t_z_s_c    A2091 low level SCSI adapter interface
           _e_d       DP8390-based Ethernet interface
           _e_s       SMC91C90-based Ethernet interface
           _f_d_c      Floppy disk controller device
           _f_d       Floppy disk device
           _g_r_f      frame buffer for Custom Chips and graphics cards
           _g_r_f_c_l    color graphics driver for GVP Spectrum/Picasso II, II+ and
                    IV/Piccolo/Piccolo SD64 cards
           _g_r_f_c_v    color graphics driver for the Cybervision 64
           _g_r_f_c_v_3_d  color graphics driver for the Cybervision 64/3D
           _g_r_f_e_t    color graphics driver for Domino/Domino16M
                    proto/oMniBus/Merlin cards
           _g_r_f_u_l    color graphics driver for the A2410
           _g_r_f_r_h    color graphics driver for Retina BLT Z3 and Altais cards
           _g_r_f_r_t    color graphics driver for the Retina Z2
           _g_t_s_c     GVP low level SCSI adapter interface
           _g_v_p_b_u_s   GVP custom bus
           _k_b_d      Amiga Keyboard device
           _k_m_e_m     kernel virtual memory
           _i_t_e      Amiga Internal Terminal Emulator
           _i_v_s_c     IVS low level SCSI adapter interface
           _l_e       AMD 7990 and AMD 79C960 Lance-based Ethernet interface
           _m_e_m      physical memory
           _m_f_c_s     MultiFaceCard II/II serial interface
           _m_g_n_s_c    Magnum 40 low level SCSI adapter interface
           _o_t_g_s_c    12 Gauge low level SCSI adapter interface
           _p_a_r      8520 built-in parallel interface
           _s_e_r      8520 built-in serial interface
           _w_e_s_c     Warp Engine low level SCSI adapter interface
           _w_s_t_s_c    Wordsync II low level SCSI adapter interface
           _z_s_s_c     Zeus low level SCSI adapter interface
           _z_b_u_s     Amiga Zorro II/III bus

NetBSD 4.0                      August 30, 1994                     NetBSD 4.0
