NAME
intro
- introduction to hp300 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).
HP DEVICE SUPPORT
This section describes the hardware supported on the
HP
9000/300 series.
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 will have to be rebooted.
The autoconfiguration system is described in
autoconf(4).
LIST OF DEVICES
The devices listed below are supported in this incarnation of
the system. Pseudo-devices are not listed.
Devices are indicated by their functional interface.
Occasionally, new devices of a similar type may be added
simply by creating appropriate table entries in the driver;
for example, new
CS/80
drives.
com serial interfaces (98644, 98626, and built-in apci and dca)
ct 7946/9144 CS/80 cartridge tape
dcm HP 98642A communications multiplexer
dio DIO/DIO-II bus
dnkbd Domain keyboard
dvbox HP98730 ``DaVinci'' device interface
fhpib ``fast'' HP-IB interface
frodo Frodo ASIC (a.k.a. Apollo Utility Chip)
gbox HP98700 ``Gatorbox'' device interface
grf/ite Topcat/Gatorbox/Renaissance frame buffer
hil HIL interface
nhpib Built-in and 98625 HP-IB interface
hyper Hyperion device interface
intio HP300 internal I/O space driver
ite HP Internal Terminal Emulator
le 98643 Lance-based Ethernet interface
ppi HP-IB printer/plotter interface
rbox HP98720 ``Renaissance'' device interface
rd CS/80 disk interface
rmp HP Remote Maintenance Protocol family
spc HP98265A SCSI interface
topcat HP98544-98550 ``Topcat'' and ``Catseye'' device interface
SEE ALSO
config(1),
autoconf(4)
HISTORY
The
HP300
intro
appeared in
4.3BSDReno.