xref: /netbsd/distrib/notes/acorn32/hardware (revision 6550d01e)
$NetBSD: hardware,v 1.2 2009/04/23 01:56:48 snj Exp $
. .Nx*M \*V runs on Acorn systems with .Tn ARM6 or later processors, with or without a FPU coprocessor. The minimal configuration is said to require 8 MB of RAM and 100 MB of disk space, though we do not know of anyone running with a system quite this minimal today. 8 MB of RAM might allow you to run X and/or compile, but it won't be speedy. Note that until you have around 16 MB of RAM, getting more RAM is more important than getting a faster CPU. . .Ss2 Supported devices .(bullet -offset indent RiscPC/A7000(+) floppy controller t IDE controllers .(bullet -compact Acorn motherboard IDE t Simtec IDE controller t RapIDE Issue 2 IDE controller t ICS V5 & V6 IDE controller .bullet) t SCSI host adapters .(bullet -compact Cumana SCSI 2 t PowerTec SCSI 2 t MCS Connect32 SCSI 2 t Acorn SCSI t Oak SCSI I t Morley SCSI I (uncached only) .bullet) t VIDC20 video t RiscPC Motherboard serial port t RiscPC Motherboard parallel port t Ethernet adapters .(bullet -compact Acorn Ether1 t Atomwide Ether3 t ANT Ether3 t ANT Ether5 t Atomwide EtherA t ANT EtherB t Acorn EtherH t I-cubed EtherH t ANT EtherM .bullet) t Most SCSI disk drives t Most SCSI tape drives t CD-ROM drives .(bullet -compact Most SCSI CD-ROM drives t Most ATAPI CD-ROM drives .(Note Some low-priced IDE CD-ROM drives are known for being not or not fully ATAPI compliant, and thus require some hack (generally an entry to a quirk table) to work with .Nx . .Note) .bullet) t Mice .(bullet -compact RiscPC quadrature mouse t A7000 PS/2 mouse .bullet) t Processors .(bullet -compact ARM 610 t ARM 700 t ARM 700 + FPA11 t ARM 710 t ARM 7500 t ARM 7500FE t ARM 810. [*] t SA110 .bullet) t Motherboards .(bullet -compact Acorn RiscPC t Acorn A7000 t Acorn A7000+ .bullet) t Other devices .(bullet -compact RiscPC keyboard t A7000 keyboard t RiscPC realtime clock .bullet) .bullet)

p Drivers for hardware marked with .Dq [*] are .Em not present in installation kernels.

p Support for some devices is limited to particular kernels. For example, there is no SA110 support in A7000 kernels. . .Ss2 Unsupported devices .(bullet -offset indent -compact Acorn/Aleph1 PC cards t Any SCSI card using a PowerROM t Podule based serial ports t Castle SCSI/Ethernet cards .bullet)

p Drivers are planned for some of the above devices.