1.\" $OpenBSD: intro.4,v 1.10 2022/03/31 17:27:22 naddy Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1986, 1991 Regents of the University of California. 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.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 15.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 16.\" without specific prior written permission. 17.\" 18.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 19.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 20.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 21.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 22.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 23.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 24.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 25.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 26.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 27.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 28.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 29.\" 30.\" from: @(#)intro.4 5.2 (Berkeley) 3/27/91 31.\" 32.Dd $Mdocdate: March 31 2022 $ 33.Dt INTRO 4 luna88k 34.Os 35.Sh NAME 36.Nm intro 37.Nd introduction to special files and hardware support 38.Sh DESCRIPTION 39The manual pages in section 4 describe the special files, 40related driver functions, and networking support 41available in the system. 42In this part of the manual, the SYNOPSIS section of 43each configurable device gives a sample specification 44for use in constructing a system description for the 45.Xr config 8 46program. 47The DIAGNOSTICS section lists messages which may appear on the console 48and/or in the system error log 49.Pa /var/log/messages 50due to errors in device operation; 51see 52.Xr syslogd 8 53for more information. 54.Pp 55This section contains both devices 56which may be configured into the system 57and network related information. 58The networking support is introduced in 59.Xr netintro 4 . 60.Sh DEVICE SUPPORT 61This section describes the hardware supported on the 62luna88k platform. 63Software support for these devices comes in two forms. 64A hardware device may be supported with a character or block 65.Em device driver , 66or it may be used within the networking subsystem and have a 67.Em network interface driver . 68Block and character devices are accessed through files in the file 69system of a special type; see 70.Xr mknod 8 . 71Network interfaces are indirectly accessed through the interprocess 72communication facilities provided by the system; see 73.Xr socket 2 . 74.Pp 75A hardware device is identified to the system at configuration time 76and the appropriate device or network interface driver is then compiled 77into the system. 78When the resultant system is booted, the autoconfiguration facilities 79in the system probe for the device and, if found, enable the software 80support for it. 81If a device does not respond at autoconfiguration 82time, it is not accessible at any time afterwards. 83To enable a device which did not autoconfigure, 84the system will have to be rebooted. 85.Pp 86The autoconfiguration system is described in 87.Xr autoconf 4 . 88A list of the supported devices is given below. 89.Sh LIST OF DEVICES 90The devices listed below are supported in this incarnation of 91the system. 92Pseudo-devices are not listed. 93Devices are indicated by their functional interface. 94Not all supported devices are listed. 95.Pp 96.Bl -tag -compact -width "pcctwo(4)" -offset 3n 97.\".It Xr clock 4 98.\"battery-backed clock 99.\".It Xr fb 4 100.\"on-board frame buffer 101.It Xr lcd 4 102front panel LCD display 103.It Xr le 4 104AMD LANCE Ethernet device 105.\".It Xr sio 4 106.\"on-board serial ports 107.It Xr spc 4 108Fujitsu MB87030/MB89352 SCSI device 109.\".It Xr ws 4 110.\"on-board keyboard and mouse ports 111.El 112.Sh SEE ALSO 113.Xr autoconf 4 , 114.Xr config 8 115.Sh HISTORY 116The luna88k 117.Nm 118appeared in 119.Ox 3.6 . 120