INTRO(4) | Device Drivers Manual (amiga) | INTRO(4)

# NAME

`intro` — introduction to amiga 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).

# AMIGA DEVICE SUPPORT

This section describes the hardware supported on the Amiga. 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 will have to be rebooted.

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

# SEE ALSO

config(1), amiga/autoconf(4)

# HISTORY

The Amiga `intro` man page first appeared in NetBSD 1.1

# 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.

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
  frame buffer for Custom Chips and graphics cards
grfcl
  color graphics driver for GVP Spectrum/Picasso II, II+ and IV/Piccolo/Piccolo SD64 cards
grfcv
  color graphics driver for the Cybervision 64
grfcv3d
  color graphics driver for the Cybervision 64/3D
grfet
  color graphics driver for Domino/Domino16M proto/oMniBus/Merlin cards
grful
  color graphics driver for the A2410
grfrh
  color graphics driver for Retina BLT Z3 and Altais cards
grfrt
  color graphics driver for the Retina Z2
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 and AMD 79C960 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

February 17, 2017 | NetBSD 11.0