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36.Dd September 11, 1997
37.Dt INTRO 4 x68k
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm intro
41.Nd introduction to x68k 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 X68k DEVICE SUPPORT
69This section describes the hardware supported on the
70.Tn x68k
71platform.
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 SEE ALSO
98.Xr autoconf 4 ,
99.Xr intio 4 ,
100.Xr mfp 4 ,
101.Xr neptune 4 ,
102.Xr vs 4 ,
103.Xr config 8
104.Sh LIST OF DEVICES
105The devices listed below are supported in this incarnation of
106the system.
107Devices are indicated by their functional interface.
108Not all supported devices are listed.
109.Bl -tag -width "okiadpcm" -compact -offset indent
110.It Em intio
111Internal I/O virtual device
112.It Em mfp
113MC68901 MFP (Multi-Function Peripheral)
114.It Em spc
115Sharp genuine MB89352 SCSI host adaptor
116.It Em mha
117MK-HA1 Mankai-Seisakusho Mach-2 SCSI host adaptor
118.It Em neptune
119Neptune-X Ethernet interface
120.It Em fdc
121Built-in floppy disk controller device
122.It Em fd
123Floppy disk device
124.It Em grf
125Built-in frame buffer
126.It Em kmem
127kernel virtual memory
128.It Em ite
129x68k Internal Terminal Emulator
130.It Em mem
131physical memory
132.It Em par
133Centronics printer interface
134.It Em com
135NS16450 serial interface
136.It Em zs
137Z8530 built-in serial interface
138.It Em kbd
139x68k Keyboard device
140.It Em ms
141x68k mouse / trackball
142.It Em bell
143The keyboard bell emulator
144.It Em pow
145The power switch
146.It Em vs
147MSM6258V built-in voice synthesizer
148.El
149.Sh HISTORY
150The
151.Tn x68k
152.Nm intro
153man page first appeared in
154.Nx 1.3 .
155