NetBSD-5.0.2/distrib/notes/sandpoint/hardware

.\"$NetBSD: hardware,v 1.6 2007/12/14 21:16:00 pavel Exp $
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Currently,
.Nx*M
requires the use of Motorola's
.Tn "DINK32"
ROM to load over a serial port.
This means that there is no way to boot from a local disk or PCI device.
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.Ss2 Supported processor cards
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Unity X4 with MPC8240
.It
Altimus X3 with either MPC755 or MPC7410
.bullet)
.Pp
Other PMCs should work, but may need minor adjustments or more
substantial work to support additional functionality.
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.Ss2 Supported devices
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Ethernet
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Asante Mac 10/100 PCI Rev A, part number 09-00169-01
.Pq Em de
.It
Farallon Fast EtherTX 10/100, part number PN996L-TX
.Pq Em de
.It
SMC Etherpower II (9432TX)
.Pq Em epic
.It
SMC 83c170
.Pq Em epic
.It
3Com 3c905
.Pq Em ex
.It
Intel EtherExpress PRO/10+ PCI LAN Adapter
.Pq Em fxp
.It
Realtek 8029 Ethernet
.Pq Em ne
.It
VIA Technologies VT86C926
.Pq Em ne
.It
D-Link DFE-530TX+
.Pq Em rtk
.It
Realtek 8139
.Pq Em rtk
.It
Netgear FA-311
.Pq Em sip
.It
Lite-On PNIC
.Pq Em tlp
.It
D-Link DFE-530TX
.Pq Em vr
.It
Many other PCI Ethernet interfaces, such as
Tulip-compatible
.Pq Em de No and Em tlp ,
3Com
.Pq Em ep ,
SMC
.Pq Em epic ,
Intel
.Pq Em fxp ,
NE2000-compatible
.Pq Em ne ,
and Realtek
.Pq Em rtk
.bullet)
.It
SCSI
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Adaptec PCI controllers 291x, 2920, 2930C, 294x, 295x, 39xx, 19160, 29160
and AIC-78xx
.Pq Em ahc
.It
AdvanSys ABP-940UW[68], ABP-970UW[68], ASB3940UW-00 SCSI host adapters
.Pq Em adw
.It
AdvanSys 1200[A,B], 9xx[U,UA] SCSI controller
.Pq Em adv
.It
AMD 53c974
.Pq Em pcscp
.It
DPT SmartCache/SmartRAID
.Pq Em dpt
.It
NCR/Symbios 53C8xx
.Pq Em siop No or Em esiop
.It
Many other PCI SCSI controllers should work, but no one has tried them
.It
Most SCSI disk/tape/CD-ROM devices should work
.bullet)
.It
IDE
.(bullet -compact
Promise Ultra66
.Pq Em pciide
.It
Some other PCI IDE controllers should work, although no one has had much success
.It
Most IDE disk/CD-ROM/ATAPI devices should work
.bullet)
.It
Audio
.(bullet -compact
PCI audio cards, although none have been tested.
.bullet)
.It
Serial ports
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On-board serial ports (the modem and printer ports)
.Pq Em com0 No and Em com1
.It
Some PCI serial ports should work, but no one has tried them
.bullet)
.It
PCI cards
.(bullet -compact
Most MI PCI cards should work, although very few have been tested with
.Nx*M
.Lk http://www.NetBSD.org/support/hardware/pci.html
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.Ss2 Unsupported devices
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Built-in PS/2 keyboard & mouse
.It
Built-in parallel
.It
Built-in floppy
.It
Built-in IDE
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.Ss2 Supported boot devices and media
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Currently, the only way to boot the system is with the DINK32 ROM
monitor's serial download or a JTAG device.