2.11BSD/src/man/man4/intro.4
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.TH INTRO 4 "January 27, 1996"
.UC 4
.SH NAME
intro \- introduction to special files and hardware support
.SH 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
.IR /sys/conf/config script,
the
.IR autoconfig (8),
program and descibes the major and minor device numbers and their encoding.
The DIAGNOSTICS section lists messages which may appear on the console
and/or in the system error log
.I /usr/adm/messages
due to errors in device operation.
.PP
This section contains both devices
which may be configured into the system, ``4'' entries,
and network related information,
``4N'', ``4P'', and ``4F'' entries;
The networking support is introduced in
.IR intro (4N).
.SH "PDP DEVICE SUPPORT"
This section describes the hardware supported on the DEC PDP-11.
Software support for these devices comes in two forms. A hardware
device may be supported with a character or block
.IR "device driver" ,
or it may be used within the networking subsystem and have a
.IR "network interface driver" .
Block and character devices are accessed through files in the file
system of a special type; c.f.
.IR mknod (8).
Network interfaces are indirectly accessed through the interprocess
communication facilities provided by the system; see
.IR socket (2).
.PP
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
on either the UNIBUS (or Q-bus) or MASSBUS 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.
.PP
The autoconfiguration system is described in
.IR autoconfig (8).
A list of the supported devices is given below.
.SH SEE ALSO
intro(4), networking(4), config(8).
.SH "LIST OF DEVICES"
The devices listed below are supported in this incarnation of
the system. Pseudo-devices are not listed.
Listed also are devices which are in various stages of porting to
2.11BSD from 4.3BSD.
.PP
Devices are indicated by their functional interface.
If second vendor products provide functionally identical interfaces
they should be usable with the supplied software.
(\fBBeware, however, that we promise the software works
ONLY with the hardware indicated on the appropriate manual page.\fP)
Occasionally, new devices of a similar type may be added
simply by creating appropriate table entries in the driver.
.sp
.ta 1.0i
.nf
.ne 4
.B "The following are known to work:"
acc ACC LH/DH IMP communications interface
de DEC DEUNA 10Mb/s Ethernet controller
dh DH-11 emulators, terminal multiplexor
dhu DHU-11 terminal multiplexor
dz DZ-11 terminal multiplexor
ec 3Com 10Mb/s Ethernet controller
hk RK6-11/RK06 and RK07 moving head disk
ht TM03 MASSBUS tape drive interface (with TE-16, TU-45, TU-77)
il Interlan 1010, 1010A, 2010A 10Mb/s Ethernet controller
lp LP-11 parallel line printer interface
qe DEC DEQNA Q-bus 10 Mb/s Ethernet interface
ra DEC UDA-50, RQDX, KLESI disk controllers
rk DEC RK05 disk controller
rl DEC RL-11 disk controller
rx DEC RX02 floppy interface
si SI 9500 disk controller
tm TM-11/TE-10 tape drive interface
tmscp TMSCP-compatible tape controllers (e.g., TU81, TK50)
ts TS-11 tape drive interface
vv Proteon proNET 10Mb/s and 80Mb/s ring network interface
xp General purpose SMD disk controller
.ne 4
.B "The following should work:"
dr DR-11W general purpose DMA UNIBUS interface
.ne 4
.B "The following worked in the past but will probably require work:"
css DEC IMP-11A communications interface
dmc DEC DMC-11/DMR-11 point-to-point communications device
en Xerox 3Mb/s Ethernet controller (obsolete)
sri DR-11C IMP interface
.ne 4
.B "It should be possible to port these from 4.3BSD:"
ex Excelan 10Mb/s Ethernet controller
ix Interlan NP-100 10Mb/s Ethernet controller
np Interlan NP-100 10Mb/s Ethernet controller (intelligent mode)
pcl DEC PCL-11 communications interface
.ne 4
.B "No idea whether any of the following could be ported:"
ad Data translation A/D interface
ct C/A/T or APS phototypesetter
ddn ACC ACP625 DDN Standard Mode X.25 IMP interface
dmf DEC DMF-32 terminal multiplexor and parallel printer interface
dmz DEC DMZ-32 terminal multiplexor
dn DEC DN-11 autodialer interface
hdh ACC IF-11/HDH IMP interface
hp MASSBUS disk interface (with RP06, RM03, RM05, etc.)
hy DR-11B or GI-13 interface to an NSC Hyperchannel
kg KL-11/DL-11W line clock
mt TM78 MASSBUS tape drive interface
tu VAX-11/730 TU58 console cassette interface
un DR-11W interface to Ungermann-Bass
up Emulex SC-21V, SC-31 UNIBUS disk controller
ut UNIBUS TU-45 tape drive interface
uu TU58 dual cassette drive interface (DL11)
va Benson-Varian printer/plotter interface
vp Versatec printer/plotter interface