INTRO(4)

NAME
intro - introduction to amiga special files and hardware support

DESCRIPTION
This section describes the special files, related driver functions, and networking support available in the system. In this part of the manual, the SYNOPSIS section of each configurable device gives a sample specification for use in constructing a system description for the config(1) program. The DIAGNOSTICS section lists messages which may appear on the console and/or in the system error log /var/log/messages due to errors in device operation; see syslogd(8) for more information.

This section contains both devices which may be configured into the system and network related information. The networking support is introduced in netintro(4).

AMIGA DEVICE SUPPORT
This section describes the hardware supported on the Amiga. Software support for these devices comes in two forms. A hardware device may be supported with a character or block device driver, or it may be used within the networking subsystem and have a network interface driver. Block and character devices are accessed through files in the file system of a special type; see mknod(8). Network interfaces are indirectly accessed through the interprocess communication facilities provided by the system; see socket(2).

A hardware device is identified to the system at configuration time and the appropriate device or network interface driver is then compiled into the system. When the resultant system is booted, the autoconfiguration facilities in the system probe for the device and, if found, enable the software support for it. If a device does not respond at autoconfiguration time it is not accessible at any time afterwards. To enable a device which did not autoconfigure, the system will have to be rebooted.

The autoconfiguration system is described in amiga/autoconf(4). A list of the supported devices is given below.

SEE ALSO
config(1), amiga/autoconf(4)

HISTORY
The Amiga intro man page first appeared in NetBSD 1.1

LIST OF DEVICES
The devices listed below are supported in this incarnation of the system. Devices are indicated by their functional interface. Not all supported devices are listed.
afsc
    A4091 low level SCSI adapter interface
ahsc
    A3000 low level SCSI adapter interface
atzsc
    A2091 low level SCSI adapter interface
ed  DP8390-based Ethernet interface
es  SMC91C90-based Ethernet interface
fdc Floppy disk controller device
fd  Floppy disk device
grf frame buffer for Custom Chips and graphics cards
grfcl
    color graphics driver for GVP Spectrum/Picasso II, II+ and IV/Piccolo/Piccolo SD64 cards
grfcv
    color graphics driver for the Cybervision 64
grfcv3d
    color graphics driver for the Cybervision 64/3D
grfet
    color graphics driver for Domino/Domino16M proto/oMniBus/Merlin cards
grful
    color graphics driver for the A2410
grfrh
    color graphics driver for Retina BLT Z3 and Altais cards
grfrt
    color graphics driver for the Retina Z2
gtsc
    GVP low level SCSI adapter interface
gvpbus
    GVP custom bus
kbd Amiga Keyboard device
kmem
    kernel virtual memory
ite Amiga Internal Terminal Emulator
ivsc
    IVS low level SCSI adapter interface
le  AMD 7990 and AMD 79C960 Lance-based Ethernet interface
mem physical memory
mfcs
    MultiFaceCard II/II serial interface
mgnsc
    Magnum 40 low level SCSI adapter interface
otgsc
    12 Gauge low level SCSI adapter interface
par 8520 built-in parallel interface
ser 8520 built-in serial interface
wesc
    Warp Engine low level SCSI adapter interface
wstsc
    Wordsync II low level SCSI adapter interface
zssc
    Zeus low level SCSI adapter interface
zbus
    Amiga Zorro II/III bus