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diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/sparc64/dev-sparc64.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/sparc64/dev-sparc64.sgml deleted file mode 100644 index c3530d0..0000000 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/sparc64/dev-sparc64.sgml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,129 +0,0 @@ -<sect1 id="support-dev"> - <sect1info> - <pubdate>$FreeBSD$</pubdate> - </sect1info> - - <title>Supported Devices</title> - - <para>This section describes the devices currently known to be - supported by with &os; on the &arch.print; platform. Other - configurations may also work, but simply have not been tested yet. - Feedback, updates, and corrections to this list are - encouraged.</para> - - <para>Where possible, the drivers applicable to each device or class - of devices is listed. If the driver in question has a manual page - in the &os; base distribution (most should), it is referenced - here.</para> - - <sect2> - <title>PCI Hardware</title> - - <para>In general, any device for which there is a driver can be - made to work on sparc64. Some drivers might just work, others - might require some changes (because this is the first big-endian - architecture to be supported by &os;).</para> - - <para>The following drivers are known to work:</para> - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem><para><literal>apb</literal> (Sun PCI-PCI - bridge)</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>generic PCI-PCI bridges</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>&man.ahc.4; (coming real soon).</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>&man.ata.4;, <devicename>atadisk</devicename>, - <devicename>atapicd</devicename> (but not atapifd, - atapist)</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>&man.gem.4; (Sun GEM/ERI ethernet, - on-board on Blade 100)</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>&man.hme.4; (Sun HME ethernet, - on-board on Ultra 5, 10)</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>&man.sio.4;</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>&man.sym.4;</para></listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </sect2> - - <sect2> - <title>SBus Hardware</title> - - <para>The following drivers have SBus front ends:</para> - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem><para><literal>hme</literal> Ethernet</para></listitem> - <listitem><para><literal>mk48txx</literal> - (<quote>eeprom</quote> device; time-of-day clock)</para></listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </sect2> - - <sect2> - <title>ISA Hardware</title> - - <para>The paragraph about PCI drivers apply to ISA drivers as - well, but with the notable exception that ISA DMA is not yet - supported. This are generally on-board devices; there are no - &tm.ultrasparc; boxes with ISA slots that the authors are aware - of.</para> - - <para>The following drivers are known to work:</para> - <itemizedlist> - <listitem><para>&man.sio.4;</para></listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </sect2> - - <sect2> - <title>EBus Hardware</title> - - <para>The EBus is specific to Sun hardware, so drivers need to - have support added to work with these devices. It is quite - similar to ISA, so that ISA drivers can usually be easily - ported, provided that they use the bus space interface, and not - in[bwl]/out[bwl] and related functions. DMA is not yet - supported.</para> - - <para>The following drivers are known to work:</para> - <itemizedlist> - <listitem><para>&man.sio.4;</para></listitem> - <listitem><para><literal>mk48txx</literal> ('eeprom' device; - time-of-day clock)</para></listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </sect2> - - <sect2> - <title>Unsupported Hardware</title> - - <para>The following hardware, which is built-in in Sun &tm.ultrasparc; - boxes, is not currently supported:</para> - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem><para>graphics/frame buffer devices, keyboards (except - indirectly in text mode using the - <devicename>ofw_console</devicename> device)</para></listitem> - - <listitem><para>Siemens sab82532 serial ports (Ultra 5/10; the - keyboard/mouse ports are also RS232 ones and supported by the - sio driver though; a driver, 'se', is being worked - on).</para></listitem> - - <listitem><para>serial keyboards (except indirectly using the - <devicename>ofw_console</devicename> device)</para></listitem> - - <listitem><para>Zilog z8530 serial ports (keyboard/mouse, ttya - and ttyb in Ultra 1 and Ultra 2 boxen)</para></listitem> - - <listitem><para>fas (Fast SCSI controller builtin in most Ultra - 1 and Ultra 2 boxen)</para></listitem> - - <listitem><para>USB ports (have issues, should be easy to get to - work though)</para></listitem> - - <listitem><para>all floppy drives/controllers</para></listitem> - - <listitem><para>smart card readers (the Blade 100 has one, don't - know much about it)</para></listitem> - - <listitem><para>FireWire/IEEE1394</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>sound cards</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>parallel ports</para></listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </sect2> -</sect1> |
