INTRO(4) | Device Drivers Manual (evbmips) | 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 specification 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 system and network related information. The networking support is introduced in netintro(4).

# DEVICE SUPPORT

This section describes the hardware supported by NetBSD/evbmips. 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 autoconfiguration 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.

# HARDWARE

The following systems are supported:

4G Systems MTX-1
AMD Alchemy DBAU1000
AMD Alchemy DBAU1100
AMD Alchemy DBAU1500
AMD Alchemy DBAU1550
AMD Alchemy Pb1000
AMD Alchemy Pb1100
AMD Alchemy Pb1500
AMD Alchemy Pb1550
Atheros AR5001AP
MIPS Malta
Plat'Home OpenMicroServer OMSAL-400
Senao/Engenius 5354AP1 Aries2

# 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.

ae, aumac
  10/100 Ethernet
arbus, aubus
  Local system bus
aupci
  PCI bridge
aucom, com
  serial communications interface
ohci
  USB 1.1 host controller

PCI devices are supported through the pci(4) bus and associated device drivers.

USB devices are supported through the usb(4) bus and associated device drivers.

# SEE ALSO

config(1), autoconf(4), evbmips/aupci(4)

# HISTORY

This evbmips `intro` appeared in NetBSD 4.0.

February 17, 2017 | NetBSD 10.0