INTRO(4) NetBSD/hppa Kernel Interfaces Manual INTRO(4)
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 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).
DEVICE SUPPORT
This section describes the hardware supported on the HP PA-RISC 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. Character and block 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).
SUPPORTED SYSTEMS
NetBSD hppa should run on systems similar to those, listed below, as long as they're based upon the following: · HP PA-RISC 1.1 processors: PA7000 PA7100/PA7150 PA7200/PA7250 PA7100LC PA7300LC · Viper memory controller; · GSC bus controllers: ASP LASI Super-integrated I/O WAX Basic I/O · SCSI I/O-processors: NCR53c700/710 Narrow Single-Ended NCR53c720 Fast Wide Differential · Intel i82596 CA/DX LAN coprocessors · Venom, (H)CRX-8 and (H)CRX-24 video controllers · EISA Adapters: i82350 (Mongoose) WAX-EISA · PCI Adapters: Dino GSC-PCI bridge Cujo GSC-PCI 64bit bridge · Human Interface Loop (HIL) keyboard and mouse · PS/2 port keyboard and mouse Below a list of HP 9000/700 models targetted for support is listed, including basic system characteristics. Model MHz CPU Caches, KB Expansion 705 35 7000 32/64 N/A 710 50 7000 32/64 N/A 720 50 7000 128/256 EISA, GSC 730 66 7000 128/256 EISA, GSC 750 66 7000 256/256 4 EISA, 2 SGC 715 33 7100 64/64 EISA/SGC 715 50 7100 64/64 EISA/SGC 715 75 7100 256/256 EISA/SGC 725 50 7100 64/64 3 EISA, EISA/SGC 725 75 7100 256/256 3 EISA, EISA/SGC 735 100 7100 256/256 EISA, SGC 742i 50 7100 64/64 N/A 745i 50 7100 64/64 4 EISA 745i 100 7100 256/256 4 EISA 747i 50 7100 64/64 2 EISA, SGC, 6 VME 747i 100 7100 256/256 2 EISA, SGC, 6 VME 755 100 7100 256/256 4 EISA, 2 SGC 735 125 7150 256/256 EISA, SGC 755 125 7150 256/256 4 EISA, 2 SGC 712 60 7100LC 32/32 GIO, TSIO 712 80 7100LC 128/128 GIO, TSIO 712 100 7100LC 128/128 GIO, TSIO 715 64 7100LC 128/128 EISA/GSC 715 80 7100LC 128/128 EISA/GSC 715 100 7100LC 128/128 EISA/GSC 715XC 100 7100LC 512/512 EISA/GSC 725 64 7100LC 128/128 EISA, 3 EISA/GSC 725 100 7100LC 128/128 EISA, 3 EISA/GSC 743i 64 7100LC 128/128 2 GSC-M/2(4), VME 743i 100 7100LC 128/128 2 GSC-M/2(4), VME 748i 64 7100LC 128/128 2 GSC-M/2(4), 4 EISA/PCI, 6 VME 748i 100 7100LC 128/128 2 GSC-M/2(4), 4 EISA/PCI, 6 VME SAIC 60 7100LC 32/32 GIO, TSIO, 2 PCMCIA SAIC 80 7100LC 128/128 GIO, TSIO, 2 PCMCIA J200 100 7200 256/256 GSC, 2 EISA, 2 EISA/GSC J210 120 7200 256/256 GSC, 2 EISA, 2 EISA/GSC J210XC 120 7200 1MB/1MB GSC, 2 EISA, 2 EISA/GSC C100 100 7200 256/256 GSC, 3 EISA/GSC C110 120 7200 256/256 GSC, 3 EISA/GSC 744 132 7300LC 64/64 2 GSC-M/2(4), VME 744 165 7300LC 64/64+512 2 GSC-M/2(4), VME 745 132 7300LC 64/64 2 GSC-M/2(4), 4 EISA/PCI 745 165 7300LC 64/64+512 2 GSC-M/2(4), 4 EISA/PCI 748 132 7300LC 64/64 2 GSC-M/2(4), 4 EISA/PCI, 6 VME 748 165 7300LC 64/64+512 2 GSC-M/2(4), 4 EISA/PCI, 6 VME A180 180 7300LC 64/64 2 HSC/PCI A180C 180 7300LC 64/64+1MB 2 HSC/PCI B132L 132 7300LC 64/64(+1MB) GSC/PCI, GSC/PCI/EISA B132L+ 132 7300LC 64/64(+1MB) GSC/PCI, GSC/PCI/EISA B160L 160 7300LC 64/64(+1MB) GSC/PCI, GSC/PCI/EISA B180L+ 180 7300LC 64/64(+1MB) GSC/PCI, GSC/PCI/EISA C132L 132 7300LC 64/64(+1MB) 2 GSC/PCI/EISA, 2 GSC/EISA C160L 160 7300LC 64/64(+1MB) 2 GSC/PCI/EISA, 2 GSC/EISA RDI 132 7300LC 64/64(+1MB) 2 CardBus RDI 160 7300LC 64/64(+1MB) 2 CardBus RDI 180 7300LC 64/64(+1MB) 2 CardBus
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. hppa/asp(4) The ASP I/O controller; found in most of the older machines which don't have LASI or WAX. Includes GSC-bus controller, to which most of the devices are attached. Most of I/O is still on external chips though. com(4) The RS-232 ports. hppa/cpu(4) The Central Processor itself, makes sure the machine does something useful. tlp(4) DEC/Intel 21140, 21143, 21145 and clone 10/100 Ethernet con- troller. hppa/dino(4) The pci(4) bridge on most of the newer systems. hppa/harmony(4) CS4215/AD1849 audio. hil(4) Human Interface Loop, sporting several input devices, e.g. keyboards, mice, tablets and such. iee(4) i82596 CA/DX LAN controller. Found in every 700, either included in the MBA or on an external chip on mainboard. hppa/lasi(4) LSI?, found in almost all HP 9000/700 workstations. Inte- grates most of the bus and I/O functions into one chip. lpt(4) The Centronics printer port. hppa/mem(4) Memory files and memory controller. mongoose(4) The eisa(4) bus controller on most of the older 700 machines. oosiop(4) Symbios/NCR 53C700 SCSI I/O processor. osiop(4) Symbios/NCR 53C710 SCSI I/O processor. pdc(4) The PROM interface, allows to call the routines in the machine's PROM for things like initial console output and such. siop(4) LSI/Symbios Logic/NCR 53C8xx SCSI I/O processor. sti(4) The system graphics driver. hppa/wax(4) The other reincarnation of hppa/lasi(4) used for cheap ASIC implementations for add-on devices.
SEE ALSO
config(1), autoconf(4) PA-RISC Information Resource: http://www.openpa.net/
HISTORY
The hppa intro first appeared with OpenBSD 2.0. It was ported to NetBSD 2.0 by Jochen Kunz. NetBSD 9.3 February 17, 2017 NetBSD 9.3
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