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36.Dd November 28, 1999
37.Dt INTRO 4 mvme68k
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm intro
41.Nd introduction to mvme68k 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 MVME68K DEVICE SUPPORT
69This section describes the hardware supported on the
70.Tn Motorola
71MVME68K series of single board computers .
72Software support for these devices comes in two forms.  A hardware
73device may be supported with a character or block
74.Em device driver ,
75or it may be used within the networking subsystem and have a
76.Em network interface driver .
77Block and character devices are accessed through files in the file
78system of a special type; see
79.Xr mknod 8 .
80Network interfaces are indirectly accessed through the interprocess
81communication facilities provided by the system; see
82.Xr socket 2 .
83.Pp
84A hardware device is identified to the system at configuration time
85and the appropriate device or network interface driver is then compiled
86into the system.  When the resultant system is booted, the
87autoconfiguration facilities in the system probe for the device
88and, if found, enable the software support for it.
89If a device does not respond at autoconfiguration
90time it is not accessible at any time afterwards.
91To enable a device which did not autoconfigure,
92the system will have to be rebooted.
93.Pp
94The autoconfiguration system is described in
95.Xr autoconf 4 .
96A list of the supported devices is given below.
97.Sh LIST OF DEVICES
98The devices listed below are supported in this incarnation of
99the system.
100Devices are indicated by their functional interface.
101Not all supported devices are listed.
102.Bl -tag -width "xxxxxx" -compact -offset indent
103.It Em clmpcc
104Cirrus Logic CD2401 four channel Communications controller
105.It Em clock
106Hardware counter/timer clock driver
107.It Em ie
108.Tn Intel
10982596-based Ethernet interface
110.It Em kmem
111kernel virtual memory
112.It Em le
113.Tn AMD
114Lance-based Ethernet interface
115.It Em lpt
116Onboard parallel printer interface
117.It Em mem
118physical memory
119.It Em mcchip
120MVME162 and MVME172 MCChip (similar to PCCchip2)
121.It Em ncrsc
122.Tn NCR
12353c710 SCSI I/O Processor
124.It Em pcc
125MVME147 PCC Chip
126.It Em pcctwo
127MVME167 and MVME177 PCCchip2
128.It Em vmepcc
129MVME147 VMEbus interface chip
130.It Em vmetwo
131MVME1[67]x Enhanced VMEbus interface chip
132.It Em wdsc
133WD33c93 SCSI Bus Interface Controller
134.It Em zsc
135.Tn Zilog
136Z8530 Dual-port Serial Interface on MVME147 and MVME162
137.El
138.Sh SEE ALSO
139.Xr autoconf 4 ,
140.Xr config 8
141.Sh HISTORY
142The
143.Tn mvme68k
144.Nm intro
145man page first appeared in
146.Nx 1.5 .
147