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INTRO(4)             NetBSD/sun2 Kernel Interfaces Manual             INTRO(4)


NAME

     intro - introduction to sun2 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 specifi-
     cation for use in constructing a system description for the config(8)
     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 sys-
     tem and network related information.  The networking support is intro-
     duced in netintro(4).


DEVICE SUPPORT

     This section describes the hardware supported on the Sun2 platform.
     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 autoconfigura-
     tion 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.


SEE ALSO

     autoconf(4), cd(4), sd(4), ss(4), st(4), config(8)


SUPPORTED SYSTEMS

     The following Sun2 system architectures and models are supported:

     sun2    Sun2 systems: (MC68010)
             Sun 2/120, 2/170 (10 MHz)


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.

     bwtwo   black and white obio frame buffer

     ie      Intel 82586 Ethernet controller (Sun 2/120, 2/170)

     ec      3Com 3c400 Multibus Ethernet controller (Sun 2/120, 2/170)

     kbd     Sun type 2, type 3, type 4, and type 5 keyboards (on zstty)

     ms      Sun mouse (on zstty)

     sc      Sun "SCSI-2" Multibus SCSI controller

     zs      Zilog 8530 serial controller


HISTORY

     This sun2 intro appeared in NetBSD 1.6.  Large chunks of text carefully
     recycled (shamelessly appropriated) from NetBSD/sun3 intro(4).

NetBSD 2.0                      August 13, 1997                     NetBSD 2.0