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diff --git a/release/sysinstall/help/hardware.hlp b/release/sysinstall/help/hardware.hlp index 6bcfb0b..7741c0d 100644 --- a/release/sysinstall/help/hardware.hlp +++ b/release/sysinstall/help/hardware.hlp @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ -Hardware Documentation Guide: $Id: hardware.hlp,v 1.12.2.1 1995/08/14 10:49:29 rgrimes Exp $ +Hardware Documentation Guide: $Id: hardware.hlp,v 1.1.2.10 1995/11/04 08:48:00 jkh Exp $ Table of Contents ----------------- 0. Document Conventions -1. Using UserConfig to change FreeBSD kernel settings -2. Default Configuration (GENERIC kernel) +1. Default Configuration (GENERIC kernel) +2. Using UserConfig to change FreeBSD kernel settings 3. LINT - other possible configurations. 4. Known Hardware Problems. @@ -14,11 +14,114 @@ Table of Contents 0. Document Conventions -- -------------------- -We have `underlined' text which represents user input with `-' -symbols throughout this document to differentiate it from -the machine output. +We have `underlined' text which represents user input with `-' symbols +throughout this document to differentiate it from the machine output. -1. Using UserConfig to change FreeBSD kernel settings +1. Default (GENERIC) Configuration +-- ------------------------------- + +The following table contains a list of all of the devices that are +present in the GENERIC kernel, that being the kernel (the operating +system) that was placed in your root partition during the FreeBSD +installation process. A compressed version of the GENERIC kernel is +also used on the installation floppy diskette and DOS boot image. + +The table describes the various parameters used by the driver to +communicate with the hardware in your system. There are four +parameters in the table, though not all are used by each and every +device. + +Detail: + + Port The starting I/O port used by the device, shown in hexadecimal. + + IOMem The lowest (or starting) memory address used by the device, + also shown in hexadecimal. + + IRQ The interrupt the device uses to alert the driver to an event, + given in decimal. + + DRQ The DMA (direct memory access) channel the device uses to move + data to and from main memory, also given in decimal. + +If an entry in the table has `n/a' for a value then it means that the +parameter in question does not apply to that device. A value of `dyn' +means that the correct value should be determined automatically by the +kernel when the system boots. + + +FreeBSD GENERIC kernel: + + Port IRQ DRQ IOMem Description + ---- --- --- ----- --------------------------------- +fdc0 3f0 6 2 n/a Floppy disk controller +wdc0 1f0 14 n/a n/a IDE/MFM/RLL disk controller +wdc1 170 15 n/a n/a IDE/MFM/RLL disk controller + +ncr0 n/a n/a n/a n/a NCR PCI SCSI controller +ahc0 n/a n/a n/a n/a Adaptec 294x PCI SCSI controller +bt0 330 dyn dyn dyn Buslogic SCSI controller +uha0 330 dyn 6 dyn Ultrastore 14f +ahc1 dyn dyn dyn dyn Adaptec 274x/284x SCSI controller +ahb0 dyn dyn dyn dyn Adaptec 174x SCSI controller +aha0 330 dyn 5 dyn Adaptec 154x SCSI controller +aic0 340 11 dyn dyn Adaptec 152x/AIC-6360 SCSI + controller +nca0 1f88 10 dyn dyn ProAudioSpectrum cards +nca1 350 5 dyn dyn ProAudioSpectrum cards +sea0 dyn 5 dyn c8000 Seagate ST01/02 8 bit controller + +wt0 300 5 1 dyn Wangtek and Archive QIC-02/QIC-36 + +mcd0 300 10 n/a n/a Mitsumi CD-ROM +mcd1 340 11 n/a n/a Mitsumi CD-ROM + +matcd0 230 n/a n/a n/a Matsushita/Panasonic CD-ROM + +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) +sio2 3e8 5 n/a n/a Serial Port 2 (COM3) +sio3 2e8 9 n/a n/a Serial Port 3 (COM4) + +lpt0 dyn 7 n/a n/a Printer Port 0 +lpt1 dyn dyn n/a n/a Printer Port 1 +lpt2 dyn dyn n/a n/a Printer Port 2 + +de0 n/a n/a n/a n/a DEC DC21x40 PCI based cards + (including 21140 100bT cards) +ed0 280 5 dyn d8000 WD & SMC 80xx; Novell NE1000 & + NE2000; 3Com 3C503 +ed1 300 5 dyn d8000 Same as ed0 +eg0 310 5 dyn dyn 3Com 3C505 +ep0 300 10 dyn dyn 3Com 3C509 +ie0 360 7 dyn d0000 AT&T StarLAN 10 and EN100; + 3Com 3C507; NI5210 +ix0 300 10 dyn d0000 Intel EtherExpress cards +le0 300 5 dyn d0000 Digital Equipment EtherWorks + 2 and EtherWorks 3 +lnc0 280 10 n/a dyn Lance/PCnet cards + (Isolan, Novell NE2100, NE32-VL) +lnc1 300 10 n/a dyn See lnc0 +ze0 300 5 dyn d8000 IBM/National Semiconductor + PCMCIA Ethernet Controller +zp0 300 10 dyn d8000 3Com PCMCIA Etherlink III + Ethernet Controller +--- End of table --- + + +If the hardware in your computer is not set to the same settings as +those shown in the table and the item in conflict is not marked 'dyn', +you will have to either reconfigure your hardware or use UserConfig +('-c' boot option) to reconfigure the kernel to match the way your +hardware is currently set (see the next section). + +If the settings do not match, the kernel may be unable to locate +or reliably access the devices in your system. + + +2. Using UserConfig to change FreeBSD kernel settings -- -------------------------------------------------- The UserConfig utility allows you to override various settings of @@ -69,6 +172,7 @@ flags <devname> <mask> Set device flags enable <devname> Enable device probe <devname> Return results of device probe disable <devname> Disable device (will not be probed) +visual Go to visual mode quit Exit this configuration utility help This message @@ -76,13 +180,24 @@ help This message You may alter nearly all of the default settings present in the FreeBSD generic kernel. This includes reassigning IRQs, disabling troublesome devices (or drivers that conflict with the hardware your system has), -setting special device flags, etc. +setting special device flags, etc. + +Since people's tastes in user interface design vary widely, we have +provided two different interfaces to the UserConfig utility. If you +type `visual' you will be placed in the "GUI" oriented device +attributes editor. If you're someone who's more at home with +command-line flavored interfaces then simply don't type `visual' at +any point! :) + +Since the visual interface pretty much describes itself, we'll use the +more verbose command line interface while describing UserConfig in the +following examples. The most common use of UserConfig is to adjust or disable a driver which is causing trouble. The "ls" command displays the current -settings for all the drivers present in the booted kernel, and -once you have located an entry of interest you may use the displayed -device name to change its settings or even disable the driver completely. +settings for all the drivers present in the booted kernel, and once +you have located an entry of interest you may use the displayed device +name to change its settings or even disable the driver completely. For example, to change the memory address of network adapter 'ed0' to the address 0xd4000, you would type @@ -134,109 +249,6 @@ sufficient free disk space to store and compile the kernel sources, this is the option we most highly recommend. - -2. Default (GENERIC) Configuration --- ------------------------------- - -The following table contains a list of all of the devices that are present -in the GENERIC kernel, which is the kernel (the operating system) that was -placed on your computer during the FreeBSD installation process. -(A compressed version of the GENERIC kernel is also used on the -installation floppy diskettes.) - -The table describes the various parameters used by the driver to communicate -with the hardware in your system. There are four parameters in the -table, but not all are used by each device. They are: - - Port the starting I/O port used by the device, shown in hexadecimal. - - IOMem the lowest (or starting) memory address used by the device, - also shown in hexadecimal. - - IRQ the interrupt the device uses to alert the driver to an event, - given in decimal. - - DRQ the DMA (direct memory access) channel the device uses to move - data to and from main memory, also given in decimal. - -If an entry in the table has `n/a' for the value, it means that the -parameter does not apply to that device. A value of `dyn' means that the -correct value should be determined automatically by the kernel when the -system boots. - - -FreeBSD GENERIC kernel: - - Port IRQ DRQ IOMem Description - ---- --- --- ----- --------------------------------- -fdc0 3f0 6 2 n/a Floppy disk controller -wdc0 1f0 14 n/a n/a IDE/MFM/RLL disk controller -wdc1 170 15 n/a n/a IDE/MFM/RLL disk controller - -ncr0 n/a n/a n/a n/a NCR PCI SCSI controller -ahc0 n/a n/a n/a n/a Adaptec 294x PCI SCSI controller -bt0 330 dyn dyn dyn Buslogic SCSI controller -uha0 330 dyn 6 dyn Ultrastore 14f -ahc1 dyn dyn dyn dyn Adaptec 274x/284x SCSI controller -ahb0 dyn dyn dyn dyn Adaptec 174x SCSI controller -aha0 330 dyn 5 dyn Adaptec 154x SCSI controller -aic0 340 11 dyn dyn Adaptec 152x/AIC-6360 SCSI - controller -nca0 1f88 10 dyn dyn ProAudioSpectrum cards -nca1 350 5 dyn dyn ProAudioSpectrum cards -sea0 dyn 5 dyn c8000 Seagate ST01/02 8 bit controller - -wt0 300 5 1 dyn Wangtek and Archive QIC-02/QIC-36 - -mcd0 300 10 n/a n/a Mitsumi CD-ROM -mcd1 340 11 n/a n/a Mitsumi CD-ROM - -matcd0 dyn n/a n/a n/a Matsushita/Panasonic CD-ROM - -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) -sio2 3e8 5 n/a n/a Serial Port 2 (COM3) -sio3 2e8 9 n/a n/a Serial Port 3 (COM4) - -lpt0 dyn 7 n/a n/a Printer Port 0 -lpt1 dyn dyn n/a n/a Printer Port 1 -lpt2 dyn dyn n/a n/a Printer Port 2 - -de0 DEC DC21x40 PCI based cards - (including 21140 100bT cards) -ed0 280 5 dyn d8000 WD & SMC 80xx; Novell NE1000 & - NE2000; 3Com 3C503 -ed1 300 5 dyn d8000 Same as ed0 -eg0 310 5 dyn dyn 3Com 3C505 -ep0 300 10 dyn dyn 3Com 3C509 -ie0 360 7 dyn d0000 AT&T StarLAN 10 and EN100; - 3Com 3C507; NI5210 -ix0 300 10 dyn d0000 Intel EtherExpress cards -le0 300 5 dyn d0000 Digital Equipment EtherWorks - 2 and EtherWorks 3 -lnc0 280 10 n/a dyn Lance/PCnet cards - (Isolan, Novell NE2100, NE32-VL) -lnc1 300 10 n/a dyn See lnc0 -ze0 300 5 dyn d8000 IBM/National Semiconductor - PCMCIA Ethernet Controller -zp0 300 10 dyn d8000 3Com PCMCIA Etherlink III - Ethernet Controller ---- End of table --- - - -If the hardware in your computer is not set to the same settings as -those shown in this table and the item is not marked 'dyn', you will -have to either reconfigure your hardware, or use UserConfig ('-c' boot -option) to reconfigure the kernel to match the way your hardware is -currently set (see section 1.0). - -If the settings do not match, the kernel may be unable to locate -or reliably access the devices in your system. - - - 3. LINT - other possible configurations -- ------------------------------------ @@ -265,7 +277,6 @@ fpa: DEC DEFPA PCI FDDI adapter gp: National Instruments AT-GPIB and AT-GPIB/TNT board gsc: Genius GS-4500 hand scanner gus: Gravis Ultrasound - Ultrasound, Ultrasound 16, Ultrasound MAX -gusmax: Gravis Ultrasound MAX (currently broken) gusxvi: Gravis Ultrasound 16-bit PCM joy: Joystick labpc: National Instrument's Lab-PC and Lab-PC+ @@ -281,7 +292,7 @@ rc: RISCom/8 multiport card sb: SoundBlaster PCM - SoundBlaster, SB Pro, SB16, ProAudioSpectrum sbmidi: SoundBlaster 16 MIDI interface sbxvi: SoundBlaster 16 -spigot: Create Labs Video Spigot video-acquisition board +spigot: Creative Labs Video Spigot video-acquisition board uart: Stand-alone 6850 UART for MIDI wds: Western Digital WD7000 IDE @@ -303,13 +314,10 @@ Q: The system finds my ed network card, but I keep getting device timeout errors. A: Your card is probably on a different IRQ from what is specified in the - kernel configuration. The ed driver will no longer use the `soft' - configuration by default (values entered using EZSETUP in DOS), but it - will use the software configuration if you specify `?' in the IRQ field - of your kernel config file. The reason for the change is because the - ed driver used to read and try to use the soft configuration information - even when the card was jumpered to use a hard configuration, and this - caused problems. + kernel configuration. The ed driver does not use the `soft' configuration + by default (values entered using EZSETUP in DOS), but it will use the + software configuration if you specify `?' in the IRQ field of your kernel + config file. Either move the jumper on the card to a hard configuration setting (altering the kernel settings if necessary), or specify the IRQ as @@ -318,7 +326,7 @@ A: Your card is probably on a different IRQ from what is specified in the Another possibility is that your card is at IRQ 9, which is shared by IRQ 2 and frequently a cause of problems (especially when you - have a VGA card using 2! :). You should not use IRQ 2 or 9 if at + have a VGA card using IRQ 2! :). You should not use IRQ 2 or 9 if at all possible. @@ -337,17 +345,47 @@ A: The hard disk geometry was set incorrectly in the Partition editor when program will see the DOS partition and try to infer the correct geometry from it, which usually works. - -Q: I have a Matsushita/Panasonic CD-ROM drive but it isn't recognized - by the system, even if I use UserConfig to change the Port address to - 630, which is what my card uses. - -A: Not all of the companies that sell the Matsushita/Panasonic CR-562 - and CR-563 drives use the same I/O ports and interface that the - matcd driver in FreeBSD expects. The only adapters that are supported - at this time are those that are 100% compatible with the Creative - Labs (SoundBlaster) host interface. See matcd.4 documentation for a - list of host adapters that are known to work. + If you are setting up a truly dedicated FreeBSD server or work- + station where you don't care for (future) compatibility with DOS, + Linux or another operating system, you've also got the option to use + the entire disk (`A' in the partition editor), selecting the + non-standard option where FreeBSD occupies the entire disk from + the very first to the very last sector. This will leave all geometry + considerations aside, but is somewhat limiting unless you're never + going to run anything other than FreeBSD on a disk. + +Q: I have a Matsushita/Panasonic drive but it isn't recognized by the + system. + +A: Make certain that the I/O port that the matcd driver is set to is + correct for the host interface card you have. (Some SoundBlaster DOS + drivers report a hardware I/O port address for the CD-ROM interface + that is 0x10 lower than it really is.) + + If you are unable to determine the settings for the card by examining + the board or documentation, you can use UserConfig to change the 'port' + address (I/O port) to -1 and start the system. This setting causes the + driver to look at a number of I/O ports that various manufacturers + use for their Matsushita/Panasonic/Creative CD-ROM interfaces. + Once the driver locates the address, you should run UserConfig again + and specify the correct address. Leaving the 'port' parameter set to -1 + increases the amount of time that it takes the system to boot, and + this could interfere with other devices. + + The double-speed Matsushita CR-562 and CR-563 are the only drives + that are supported. + + +Q: I have a Matsushita/Panasonic CR-522, a Matsushita/Panasonic CR-523 or + a TEAC CD55a drive, but it is not recognized even when the correct I/O + port is set. + +A: These CD-ROM drives are currently not supported by FreeBSD. The command + sets for these drives are not compatible with the double-speed CR-562 + and CR-563 drives. + + The single-speed CR-522 and CR-523 drives can be identified by their + use of a CD-caddy. Q: I'm trying to install from a tape drive but all I get is something like: @@ -381,10 +419,11 @@ A: This is not actually a hang, simply a very LONG "wdc0" probe that To eliminate the problem, boot with the -c flag and eliminate the wdc0 device, or compile a custom kernel. -Q: My sytem can not find an Intel EtherExpress 16 card. +Q: My system can not find my Intel EtherExpress 16 card. A: You must set your Intel EtherExpress 16 card to be memory mapped at address 0xD0000, and set the amount of mapped memory to 32K using the Intel supplied softset.exe program. [ Please add more hardware tips to this Q&A section! ] + |
