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INTRO(4) NetBSD/atari Kernel Interfaces Manual INTRO(4)
NAME
intro -- introduction to atari 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(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 sys-
tem and network related information. The networking support is intro-
duced in netintro(4).
LIST OF PLATFORMS SUPPORTED
Platforms supported by the atari port:
TT030 A standard TT030 model with at least 4Mb of RAM.
Falcon A standard Falcon with at least 4Mb of RAM. An FPU is not
required as the default kernels include FP-emulation sup-
port.
Hades A standard Hades with either an 040 or 060 processor and at
least 8 Mb of RAM.
DEVICE SUPPORT
This section describes the hardware supported on the atari (atari-clone)
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.
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, not all devices exist on all models.
Standard builtin devices:
clock System clock
fd Floppy device as found on the Falcon/TT030
grf The standard internal video as found on the Falcon and
TT030.
grfet The et4000-PCI video as found on the HADES
hdfd Floppy device as found on the Hades (NEC 765 compatible)
isa ISA I/O bus (Hades only)
kbd Standard keyboard
lpt Parallel port device interface
mem Main memory interface
ncrscsi Onboard 5380 SCSI-bus
nvr Non-volatile RAM interface
pci PCI I/O bus (Hades only).
ser0 Serial1 (when connector available).
vme VME I/O bus
wd IDE interface (not on TT030)
zs0 Serial2 and modem2 ports.
SEE ALSO
config(1), autoconf(4), netintro(4)
HISTORY
The atari intro appeared in NetBSD 1.3.
NetBSD 4.0 June 6, 2000 NetBSD 4.0
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