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36.Dd August 30, 1994
37.Dt INTRO 4 amiga
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm intro
41.Nd introduction to amiga special files and hardware support
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43This section describes the special files, related driver functions,
44and networking support
45available in the system.
46In this part of the manual, the
47.Tn SYNOPSIS
48section of
49each configurable device gives a sample specification
50for use in constructing a system description for the
51.Xr config 8
52program.
53The
54.Tn DIAGNOSTICS
55section lists messages which may appear on the console
56and/or in the system error log
57.Pa /var/log/messages
58due to errors in device operation;
59see
60.Xr syslogd 8
61for more information.
62.Pp
63This section contains both devices
64which may be configured into the system
65and network related information.
66The networking support is introduced in
67.Xr netintro 4 .
68.Sh AMIGA DEVICE SUPPORT
69This section describes the hardware supported on the
70.Tn Amiga .
71Software support for these devices comes in two forms.  A hardware
72device may be supported with a character or block
73.Em device driver ,
74or it may be used within the networking subsystem and have a
75.Em network interface driver .
76Block and character devices are accessed through files in the file
77system of a special type; see
78.Xr mknod 8 .
79Network interfaces are indirectly accessed through the interprocess
80communication facilities provided by the system; see
81.Xr socket 2 .
82.Pp
83A hardware device is identified to the system at configuration time
84and the appropriate device or network interface driver is then compiled
85into the system.  When the resultant system is booted, the
86autoconfiguration facilities in the system probe for the device
87and, if found, enable the software support for it.
88If a device does not respond at autoconfiguration
89time it is not accessible at any time afterwards.
90To enable a device which did not autoconfigure,
91the system will have to be rebooted.
92.Pp
93The autoconfiguration system is described in
94.Xr autoconf 4 .
95A list of the supported devices is given below.
96.Sh SEE ALSO
97.Xr autoconf 4 ,
98.Xr config 8
99.Sh HISTORY
100The
101.Tn Amiga
102.Nm
103man page first appeared in
104.Nx 1.1
105.Sh LIST OF DEVICES
106The devices listed below are supported in this incarnation of
107the system. Devices are indicated by their functional interface.
108Not all supported devices are listed.
109.Bl -tag -width "xxxxxxx" -compact -offset indent
110.It Em afsc
111A4091 low level SCSI adapter interface
112.It Em ahsc
113A3000 low level SCSI adapter interface
114.It Em atzsc
115A2091 low level SCSI adapter interface
116.It Em ed
117DP8390-based Ethernet interface
118.It Em es
119SMC91C90-based Ethernet interface
120.It Em fdc
121Floppy disk controller device
122.It Em fd
123Floppy disk device
124.It Em grf
125frame buffer for Custom Chips and graphics cards
126.It Em grfcl
127color graphics driver for
128GVP Spectrum/Picasso II, II+ and IV/Piccolo/Piccolo SD64 cards
129.It Em grfcv
130color graphics driver for the Cybervision 64
131.It Em grfcv3d
132color graphics driver for the Cybervision 64/3D
133.It Em grfet
134color graphics driver for Domino/Domino16M proto/oMniBus/Merlin cards
135.It Em grful
136color graphics driver for the A2410
137.It Em grfrh
138color graphics driver for Retina BLT Z3 and Altais cards
139.It Em grfrt
140color graphics driver for the Retina Z2
141.It Em gtsc
142GVP low level SCSI adapter interface
143.It Em gvpbus
144GVP custom bus
145.It Em kbd
146Amiga Keyboard device
147.It Em kmem
148kernel virtual memory
149.It Em ite
150Amiga Internal Terminal Emulator
151.It Em ivsc
152IVS low level SCSI adapter interface
153.It Em le
154AMD 7990 and AMD 79C960 Lance-based Ethernet interface
155.It Em mem
156physical memory
157.It Em mfcs
158MultiFaceCard II/II serial interface
159.It Em mgnsc
160Magnum 40 low level SCSI adapter interface
161.It Em otgsc
16212 Gauge low level SCSI adapter interface
163.It Em par
1648520 built-in parallel interface
165.It Em ser
1668520 built-in serial interface
167.It Em wesc
168Warp Engine low level SCSI adapter interface
169.It Em wstsc
170Wordsync II low level SCSI adapter interface
171.It Em zssc
172Zeus low level SCSI adapter interface
173.It Em zbus
174Amiga Zorro II/III bus
175.El
176