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diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/ia64/proc-ia64.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/ia64/proc-ia64.sgml index a1742ea..9532a6a 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/ia64/proc-ia64.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/ia64/proc-ia64.sgml @@ -29,4 +29,55 @@ configurations are under active development. At this time, SMP-enabled systems are considered less stable. The current priorities are UP fixes to improve stability.</para> + + <sect2> + <title>Supported Devices Overview</title> + + <para>This section contains additional information about what + devices may or may not be supported by &os;/&arch;.</para> + + <para>Except for the PC chipset embedded &man.ata.4; controllers, + most should work out of the box. Eventually, all + &arch;-compatible ATA controllers are expected to be fully + supported. Refer to the following sections for various disk + controllers and their current status.</para> + + <para>In general, <quote>PC standard</quote> serial ports + supported by the &man.sio.4; driver are expected to work on + Intel legacy machines, but not PA legacy machines. The reason + is that all devices on HP machines are memory-mapped and there + is <emphasis>no</emphasis> ISA device support other than the PCI + dictated VGA legacy.</para> + + <para>In addition to &man.sio.4; devices, the following devices + fail on non-Intel legacy machines (but should work on boxes with + an Intel legacy) because their drivers make ISA-specific + assumptions that do not hold:</para> + + <informaltable frame="none"> + <tgroup cols="2"> + <tbody> + <row> + <entry>&man.sio.4;</entry> + <entry>No support for memory-mapped I/O</entry> + </row> + + <row> + <entry>&man.syscons.4;</entry> + <entry>Expect BIOS, VGA probes, etc.</entry> + </row> + + <row> + <entry>&man.pcm.4;</entry> + <entry>Probes MSS ISA ports <emphasis>ad nauseum</emphasis></entry> + </row> + + <row> + <entry>&man.atkbd.4;, &man.psm.4;</entry> + <entry>Fixed ISA port locations</entry> + </row> + </tbody> + </tgroup> + </informaltable> + </sect2> </sect1> |
