1.\" $NetBSD: intro_pmppc.4,v 1.3 2008/04/30 13:10:55 martin Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 2003 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. 4.\" All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 7.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 8.\" are met: 9.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 11.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 12.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 13.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 14.\" 15.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS 16.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED 17.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 18.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS 19.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 20.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 21.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 22.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 23.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 24.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 25.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 26.\" 27.Dd October 15, 2007 28.Dt INTRO_PMPPC 4 evbppc 29.Os 30.Sh NAME 31.Nm intro_pmppc 32.Nd introduction to pmppc special files and hardware support 33.Sh DESCRIPTION 34This section describes the special files, related driver functions, 35and networking support available in the system. 36In this part of the manual, the 37.Tn SYNOPSIS 38section of each configurable device gives a sample specification 39for use in constructing a system description for the 40.Xr config 1 41program. 42The 43.Tn DIAGNOSTICS 44section lists messages which may appear on the console 45and/or in the system error log 46.Pa /var/log/messages 47due to errors in device operation; 48see 49.Xr syslogd 8 50for more information. 51.Pp 52This section contains both devices 53which may be configured into the system 54and network related information. 55The networking support is introduced in 56.Xr netintro 4 . 57.Sh PMPPC DEVICE SUPPORT 58This section describes the hardware supported on the 59.Tn Artesyn PM/PPC 60card. 61Software support for these devices comes in two forms. 62A hardware device may be supported with a character or block 63.Em device driver , 64or it may be used within the networking subsystem and have a 65.Em network interface driver . 66Block and character devices are accessed through files in the file 67system of a special type; see 68.Xr mknod 8 . 69Network interfaces are indirectly accessed through the interprocess 70communication facilities provided by the system; see 71.Xr socket 2 . 72.Pp 73A hardware device is identified to the system at configuration time 74and the appropriate device or network interface driver is then compiled 75into the system. 76When the resultant system is booted, the 77autoconfiguration facilities in the system probe for the device 78and, if found, enable the software support for it. 79If a device does not respond at autoconfiguration 80time it is not accessible at any time afterwards. 81To enable a device which did not autoconfigure, 82the system will have to be rebooted. 83.Pp 84The autoconfiguration system is described in 85.Xr autoconf 4 . 86A list of the supported devices is given below. 87.Sh SEE ALSO 88.Xr config 1 , 89.Xr autoconf 4 , 90.Xr cpc 4 , 91.Xr cs 4 , 92.Xr rtc 4 93.Sh HISTORY 94The 95.Tn evbppc 96.Nm intro_pmppc 97man page first appeared in 98.Nx 5.0 . 99.Sh LIST OF DEVICES 100The devices listed below are supported in this incarnation of 101the system. 102Devices are indicated by their functional interface. 103Not all supported devices are listed. 104.Pp 105PCI devices are supported through the 106.Xr pci 4 107bus and associated devices. 108.Pp 109USB devices are supported through the 110.Xr usb 4 111bus and associated devices. 112.Pp 113Additionally, the following specific devices are supported: 114.Bl -tag -width "xxxxxxxx" -compact -offset indent 115.It Em com 116serial ports in the CPC700 117.It Em cpc 118PCI host controller CPC700 119.It Em cs 120Ethernet driver 121.It Em rtc 122Real Time Clock driver 123.El 124