INTRO(4)        NetBSD Programmer's Manual (AMIGA Architecture)       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(8)
     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).

AMIGA DEVICE SUPPORT
     This section describes the hardware supported on the Amiga. Software sup-
     port for these devices comes in two forms.  A hardware device may be sup-
     ported 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 spe-
     cial 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 de-
     vice which did not autoconfigure, the system will have to be rebooted.

     The autoconfiguration system is described in autoconf(4).  A list of the
     supported devices is given below.

HISTORY
     The Amiga intro man page first appeared in NetBSD 1.0a

SEE ALSO
     intro(4),  autoconf(4),  config(8).

LIST OF DEVICES
     The devices listed below are supported in this incarnation of the system.
     Pseudo-devices are not listed.  Devices are indicated by their functional
     interface.
           afsc  A4091 low level SCSI adapter interface
           ahsc  A3000 low level SCSI adapter interface
           atzsc
                 A2091 low level SCSI adapter interface
           ed    DP8390-based ethernet interface
           es    SMC91C90-based ethernet interface
           fdc   Floppy disk controller device
           fd    Floppy disk device
           grf   Custom Chips/Retina/Retina ZIII frame buffer
           gtsc  GVP low level SCSI adapter interface
           gvpbus
                 GVP custom bus
           kbd   Amiga Keyboard device
           kmem  kernel virtual memory


           ite   Amiga Internal Terminal Emulator
           ivsc  IVS low level SCSI adapter interface
           le    AMD 7990 Lance-based ethernet interface
           mem   physical memory
           mfcs  MultiFaceCard II/II serial interface
           mgnsc
                 Magnum 40 low level SCSI adapter interface
           otgsc
                 12 Gauge low level SCSI adapter interface
           par   8520 built-in parallel interface
           ser   8520 built-in serial interface
           wesc  Warp Engine low level SCSI adapter interface
           wstsc
                 Wordsync II low level SCSI adapter interface
           zssc  Zeus low level SCSI adapter interface
           zbus  Amiga Zorro II/III bus

NetBSD 1.0                    September 17, 1996                             2
