NAME
intro
- introduction to special files and hardware support
DESCRIPTION
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
config(1)
program.
The
DIAGNOSTICS
section lists messages which may appear on the console
and/or in the system error log
/var/log/messages
due to errors in device operation; see
syslogd(8)
for more information.
This section contains both devices which may be configured into
the system and network related information.
The networking support is introduced in
netintro(4).
DEVICE SUPPORT
This section describes the hardware supported by
NetBSD/evbmips.
Software support for these devices comes in two forms.
A hardware device may be supported with a character or block
device driver,
or it may be used within the networking subsystem and have a
network interface driver.
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 autoconfiguration time it is not
accessible at any time afterwards.
To enable a device which did not autoconfigure, the system must be
rebooted.
The autoconfiguration system is described in
autoconf(4).
A list of the supported devices is given below.
HARDWARE
The following systems are supported:
- 4G Systems MTX-1
-
- AMD Alchemy DBAU1000
-
- AMD Alchemy DBAU1100
-
- AMD Alchemy DBAU1500
-
- AMD Alchemy DBAU1550
-
- AMD Alchemy Pb1000
-
- AMD Alchemy Pb1100
-
- AMD Alchemy Pb1500
-
- AMD Alchemy Pb1550
-
- Atheros AR5001AP
-
- MIPS Malta
-
- Plat'Home OpenMicroServer OMSAL-400
-
- Senao/Engenius 5354AP1 Aries2
-
LIST OF DEVICES
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.
- ae, aumac
-
10/100 Ethernet
- arbus, aubus
-
Local system bus
- aupci
-
PCI bridge
- aucom, com
-
serial communications interface
- ohci
-
USB 1.1 host controller
PCI devices are supported through the
pci(4)
bus and associated device drivers.
USB devices are supported through the
usb(4)
bus and associated device drivers.
SEE ALSO
config(1),
aupci(4),
autoconf(4)
HISTORY
This
evbmips
intro
appeared in
NetBSD4.0.