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authormsmith <msmith@FreeBSD.org>1999-12-02 09:16:02 +0000
committermsmith <msmith@FreeBSD.org>1999-12-02 09:16:02 +0000
commit513cfb0600a56b450a7ba0fa0c89bff7f20da2dc (patch)
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parentf3b6885310bfe4097196f56bc6875c99475e8d27 (diff)
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Updates for 4.x:
- Add AMI and Mylex RAID controllers - Reflect the demise of the 'eg' and 'ft' drivers - Various minor cleanups - Add some initial Microchannel information (this could do with some fleshing out)
Diffstat (limited to 'release')
-rw-r--r--release/texts/i386/HARDWARE.TXT97
1 files changed, 45 insertions, 52 deletions
diff --git a/release/texts/i386/HARDWARE.TXT b/release/texts/i386/HARDWARE.TXT
index 123b298..d477082 100644
--- a/release/texts/i386/HARDWARE.TXT
+++ b/release/texts/i386/HARDWARE.TXT
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ it.
If an entry is marked with an *, it means that support is currently
not available for it but should be back as soon as someone converts
-the driver to work within the new 3.0 framework.
+the driver to work within the new 4.0 framework.
FreeBSD GENERIC kernel:
@@ -61,16 +61,18 @@ wdc1 170 15 n/a n/a IDE/MFM/RLL disk controller
adv0 n/a n/a n/a n/a AdvanSys Narrow SCSI controllers
adw0 n/a n/a n/a n/a AdvanSys Wide SCSI controllers
+amd0 n/a n/a n/a n/a AMD 53C974 (Tekram DC390(T))
ncr0 n/a n/a n/a n/a NCR PCI SCSI controller
bt0 330 dyn dyn dyn Buslogic SCSI controller
-uha0* 330 dyn 6 dyn Ultrastore 14f
aha0 330 dyn 5 dyn Adaptec 154x/1535 SCSI controller
ahb0 dyn dyn dyn dyn Adaptec 174x SCSI controller
ahc0 dyn dyn dyn dyn Adaptec 274x/284x/294x SCSI controller
aic0 340 11 dyn dyn Adaptec 152x/AIC-6360/AIC-6260 SCSI
controller
isp0 dyn dyn dyn dyn QLogic 10X0, 2100 SCSI/FC controllers
-dpt n/a n/a n/a n/a DPT RAID SCSI controllers.
+dpt0 dyn dyn n/a n/a DPT RAID SCSI controllers
+amr0 dyn dyn n/a n/a AMI MegaRAID controllers
+mlx0 dyn dyn n/a dyn Mylex DAC960 RAID controllers
wt0 300 5 1 dyn Wangtek and Archive QIC-02/QIC-36
@@ -83,8 +85,7 @@ scd0 230 n/a n/a n/a Sony CD-ROM
sio0 3f8 4 n/a n/a Serial Port 0 (COM1)
sio1 2f8 3 n/a n/a Serial Port 1 (COM2)
-lpt0 dyn 7 n/a n/a Printer Port 0
-lpt1 dyn dyn n/a n/a Printer Port 1
+ppc0 dyn 7 n/a n/a Printer ports
al0 dyn dyn n/a dyn ADMtek AL981/AN985 PCI based cards
ax0 dyn dyn n/a dyn ASIX AX88140A PCI based cards
@@ -93,7 +94,6 @@ de0 n/a n/a n/a n/a DEC DC21x40 PCI based cards
dm0 n/a n/a n/a n/a Davicom DM9100/DM9102 PCI based cards
ed0 280 10 dyn d8000 WD & SMC 80xx; Novell NE1000 &
NE2000; 3Com 3C503; HP PC Lan+
-eg0 310 5 dyn dyn 3Com 3C505
ep0 300 10 dyn dyn 3Com 3C509
ex0 dyn dyn dyn n/a Intel EtherExpress Pro/10 cards
fe0 300 dyn n/a n/a Allied-Telesyn AT1700, RE2000 and
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ sf0 dyn dyn n/a dyn Adaptec AIC-6915 fast ethernet
sis0 dyn dyn n/a dyn SiS 900/SiS 7016 fast ethernet
ste0 dyn dyn n/a dyn Sundance ST201 fast ethernet
tl0 dyn dyn n/a dyn TI TNET100 'ThunderLAN' cards.
+tx0 dyn dyn n/a dyn SMC 9432 'Epic' fast ethernet
wb0 dyn dyn n/a dyn Winbond W89C840F PCI based cards.
vr0 dyn dyn n/a dyn VIA VT3043/VT86C100A PCI based cards.
vx0 dyn dyn n/a dyn 3Com 3c59x ((Fast) Etherlink III)
@@ -122,10 +123,6 @@ xl0 dyn dyn n/a dyn 3Com 3c900, 3c905, 3c905B, 3c905C,
3c980, 3cSOHO100 ((Fast) Etherlink XL)
cs0 0x300 dyn n/a n/a Crystal Semiconductor CS89x0-based
cards.
-ze0 300 5 n/a d8000 IBM/National Semiconductor
- PCMCIA Ethernet Controller
-zp0 300 10 n/a d8000 3Com 3c589 Etherlink III
- PCMCIA Ethernet Controller
--- End of table ---
@@ -248,10 +245,11 @@ when the field is active.
To finish configuring a driver, press 'Q'.
-Note that PCI and EISA devices can be probed reliably, therefore they
-are not shown in the table above nor can their settings be changed
-using UserConfig. PCI drivers may be seen in the "PCI Devices" section
-in the Active Devices list, if you wish to check for their presence.
+Note that PCI, Microchannel and EISA devices can be probed reliably,
+therefore they are not shown in the table above nor can their settings
+be changed using UserConfig. PCI drivers may be seen in the "PCI
+Devices" section in the Active Devices list, if you wish to check for
+their presence.
3. LINT - other possible configurations
@@ -271,6 +269,7 @@ The LINT file contains prototype entries for all of the below which you
can easily cut-and-paste into your own file (or simply copy LINT and edit
it to taste):
+ata: Alternate high-performance driver for IDE controllers
ctx: Cortex-I frame grabber
cx: Cronyx/Sigma multiport sync/async
cy: Cyclades high-speed serial driver
@@ -301,9 +300,12 @@ sb: SoundBlaster PCM - SoundBlaster, SB Pro, SB16, ProAudioSpectrum
sbmidi: SoundBlaster 16 MIDI interface
sbxvi: SoundBlaster 16
si: Specialix SI/XIO/SX (old and enhanced ISA, PCI, EISA) serial
+sym: Alternate high-performance driver for NCR/LSI Logic SCSI controllers
spigot: Creative Labs Video Spigot video-acquisition board
uart: Stand-alone 6850 UART for MIDI
wds: Western Digital WD7000 IDE
+ze: IBM/National Semiconductor PCMCIA Ethernet Controller
+zp: 3Com 3c589 Etherlink III PCMCIA Ethernet Controller
--- end of list ---
@@ -311,11 +313,11 @@ wds: Western Digital WD7000 IDE
4. Supported Hardware
-- ------------------
-FreeBSD currently runs on a wide variety of ISA, VLB, EISA and PCI bus
-based PC's, ranging from 386sx to Pentium class machines (though the
-386sx is not recommended). Support for generic IDE or ESDI drive
-configurations, various SCSI controller, network and serial cards is
-also provided.
+FreeBSD currently runs on a wide variety of ISA, VLB, EISA,
+Microchannel and PCI bus based PC's, ranging from 386sx to Pentium
+class machines (though the 386sx is not recommended). Support for
+generic IDE or ESDI drive configurations, various SCSI controller,
+network and serial cards is also provided.
What follows is a list of all peripherals currently known to work with
FreeBSD. Other configurations may also work, we have simply not as yet
@@ -325,10 +327,10 @@ received confirmation of this.
4.1. Disk Controllers
---- ----------------
-WD1003 (any generic MFM/RLL)
-WD1007 (any generic IDE/ESDI)
IDE
ATA
+WD1003 (any generic MFM/RLL - obsolete)
+WD1007 (any generic ESDI - obsolete)
Adaptec 1535 ISA SCSI controllers
Adaptec 154x series ISA SCSI controllers
@@ -365,6 +367,12 @@ DPT SmartCACHE Plus, SmartCACHE III, SmartRAID III, SmartCACHE IV and
SmartRAID IV SCSI/RAID controllers are supported. The DPT SmartRAID/CACHE V
is not yet supported.
+AMI MegaRAID Express and Enterprise family controllers (all models).
+
+Mylex DAC960 controllers with 3.x and 4.x firmware, including the
+P, PL, PJ, PG and PTL (AcceleRAID 250). Other AcceleRAID models may
+function but have not been tested.
+
SymBios (formerly NCR) 53C810, 53C810a, 53C815, 53C820, 53C825a,
53C860, 53C875, 53C875j, 53C885, 53C895 and 53C896 PCI SCSI controllers:
ASUS SC-200
@@ -380,6 +388,9 @@ QLogic 1020, 1040, 1040B and 2100 SCSI and Fibre Channel Adapters
DTC 3290 EISA SCSI controller in 1542 emulation mode.
+Tekram DC390 and DC390T controllers (maybe other cards based on the
+AMD 53c974 as well).
+
With all supported SCSI controllers, full support is provided for
SCSI-I & SCSI-II peripherals, including hard disks, optical disks,
tape drives (including DAT and 8mm Exabyte), medium changers, processor
@@ -388,37 +399,14 @@ are supported for read-only access by the CDROM driver. WORM/CD-R/CD-RW
writing support is provided by cdrecord, which is in the ports tree.
The following CD-ROM type systems are supported at this time:
-(cd) SCSI interface (also includes ProAudio Spectrum and
- SoundBlaster SCSI)
+(cd) SCSI interface (also includes SoundBlaster SCSI)
(matcd) Matsushita/Panasonic (Creative SoundBlaster) proprietary
interface (562/563 models)
(scd) Sony proprietary interface (all models)
(acd) ATAPI IDE interface
-The following drivers were supported under the old SCSI subsystem, but are
-NOT YET supported under the new CAM SCSI subsystem:
-
- Tekram DC390 and DC390T controllers (maybe other cards based on the
- AMD 53c974 as well).
-
- NCR5380/NCR53400 ("ProAudio Spectrum") SCSI controller.
-
- UltraStor 14F, 24F and 34F SCSI controllers.
-
- Seagate ST01/02 SCSI controllers.
-
- Future Domain 8xx/950 series SCSI controllers.
-
- WD7000 SCSI controller.
-
- [ Note: There is work-in-progress to port the UltraStor driver to
- the new CAM SCSI framework, but no estimates on when or if it will
- be completed. ]
-
Unmaintained drivers, they might or might not work for your hardware:
- Floppy tape interface (Colorado/Mountain/Insight)
-
(mcd) Mitsumi proprietary CD-ROM interface (all models)
4.2. Network cards
@@ -539,14 +527,12 @@ Isolink 4110 (8 bit)
Novell NE1000, NE2000, and NE2100 ethernet interface.
PCI network cards emulating the NE2000: RealTek 8029, NetVin 5000,
-Winbond W89C940, Surecom NE-34, VIA VT86C926.
+Winbond W89C940, Surecom NE-34, VIA VT86C926, etc.
3Com 3C501 cards
3Com 3C503 Etherlink II
-3Com 3c505 Etherlink/+
-
3Com 3C507 Etherlink 16/TP
3Com 3C509, 3C579, 3C589 (PCMCIA), 3C590/592/595/900/905/905B/905C PCI
@@ -720,7 +706,6 @@ ONboard 4/16 and Brumby.
Adlib, SoundBlaster, SoundBlaster Pro, ProAudioSpectrum, Gravis UltraSound
and Roland MPU-401 sound cards.
-Connectix QuickCam
Matrox Meteor Video frame grabber
Creative Labs Video Spigot frame grabber
Cortex1 frame grabber
@@ -740,8 +725,6 @@ GPIB and Transputer drivers.
Genius and Mustek hand scanners.
-Floppy tape drives (some rather old models only, driver rather stale)
-
Lucent Technologies WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11 PCMCIA and ISA standard speed
(2Mbps) and turbo speed (6Mbps) wireless network adapters and workalikes
(NCR WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11, Cabletron RoamAbout 802.11 DS). Note: the
@@ -749,4 +732,14 @@ ISA versions of these adapters are actually PCMCIA cards combined with
an ISA to PCMCIA bridge card, so both kinds of devices work with
the same driver.
-FreeBSD currently does NOT support IBM's microchannel (MCA) bus.
+4.6. Microchannel
+---- ------------
+
+Experimental support for Microchannel systems is new in FreeBSD 4.0
+
+Drivers with support for Microchannel peripherals are:
+
+aha: Adaptec AHA-1640 SCSI controller
+bt: Buslogic BT-640A and Storage Dimensions SDC3211 SCSI controllers
+ep: 3Com 3C529 network adapter
+
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