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diff --git a/release/texts/alpha/HARDWARE.TXT b/release/texts/alpha/HARDWARE.TXT new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9d67752 --- /dev/null +++ b/release/texts/alpha/HARDWARE.TXT @@ -0,0 +1,619 @@ +Table of Contents +----------------- +0. Document Conventions +1. Default Configuration (GENERIC kernel) +2. LINT - other possible configurations +3. Supported Hardware + +See TROUBLE.TXT for Q&A on known hardware problems. + +========================================================================= + +0. Document Conventions +-- -------------------- + +We have `underlined' text which represents user input with `-' symbols +throughout this document to differentiate it from the machine output. + +1. Default (GENERIC) Configuration +-- ------------------------------- + +The following table contains a list of all of the devices that are +present in the GENERIC kernel. This is the essential part of the +operating system that is placed in your root partition during the +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: + + 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 and that you don't need to worry about +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. + +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 + +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 +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 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. + +wt0 300 5 1 dyn Wangtek and Archive QIC-02/QIC-36 + +psm0 60 12 n/a n/a PS/2 Mouse + +mcd0 300 10 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) + +lpt0 dyn 7 n/a n/a Printer Port 0 +lpt1 dyn dyn n/a n/a Printer Port 1 + +al0 dyn dyn n/a dyn ADMtek AL981 PCI based cards +ax0 dyn dyn n/a dyn ASIX AX88140A PCI based cards +de0 n/a n/a n/a n/a DEC DC21x40 PCI based cards + (including 21140 100bT 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 + Fujitsu FMV-180 series cards. +fxp0 dyn dyn n/a dyn Intel EtherExpress Pro/100B +ie0 300 10 dyn d0000 AT&T StarLAN 10 and EN100; + 3Com 3C507; NI5210; + Intel EtherExpress (8/16,16[TP]) 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, + some PCnet-PCI cards) +mx0 dyn dyn n/a dyn Macronix 98713/15/25 PCI based cards +pn0 dyn dyn n/a dyn Lite-On PNIC PCI based cards +rl0 dyn dyn n/a dyn RealTek 8129/8139 fast ethernet +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. +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) +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 --- + + +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 +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. LINT - other possible configurations +-- ------------------------------------ + +The following drivers are not in the GENERIC kernel but remain +available to those who do not mind compiling a custom kernel (see +section 6 of FreeBSD.FAQ). The LINT configuration file +(/sys/i386/conf/LINT) also contains prototype entries for just about +every device supported by FreeBSD and is a good general reference. + +The device names and a short description of each are listed below. The port +numbers, etc, are not meaningful here since you will need to compile a +custom kernel to gain access to these devices anyway and can thus +adjust the addresses to match the hardware in your computer in the process. +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): + +ctx: Cortex-I frame grabber +cx: Cronyx/Sigma multiport sync/async +cy: Cyclades high-speed serial driver +el: 3Com 3C501 +fea: DEC DEFEA EISA FDDI adapter +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 +gusxvi: Gravis Ultrasound 16-bit PCM +hea: Efficient ENI-155p ATM PCI adapter +hfa: FORE PCA-200E ATM PCI adapter +isic: isdn4bsd Siemens ISDN Chipset driver +joy: Joystick +labpc: National Instrument's Lab-PC and Lab-PC+ +meteor: Matrox Meteor frame-grabber card +bktr: Brooktree Bt848 / Bt 878 based frame-grabber cards. +mpu: Roland MPU-401 stand-alone card +mse: Microsoft, Logitech, ATI bus mouse ports +mss: Microsoft Sound System +opl: Yamaha OPL-2 and OPL-3 FM - SB, SB Pro, SB 16, ProAudioSpectrum +pas: ProAudioSpectrum PCM and MIDI +pca: PCM audio ("/dev/audio") through your PC speaker +pcm: PCM audio on most modern ISA audio codecs +psm: PS/2 mouse port +rc: RISCom/8 multiport card +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 +spigot: Creative Labs Video Spigot video-acquisition board +uart: Stand-alone 6850 UART for MIDI +wds: Western Digital WD7000 IDE + +--- end of list --- + + +3. Supported Hardware +-- ------------------ + +FreeBSD currently runs on a wide variety of ISA and PCI bus based +Alphas's. Support for generic IDE or ESDI drive configurations is +somewhat marginal and a SCSI controller is therefore recommended. + +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 +received confirmation of this. + + +4.1. Disk Controllers +---- ---------------- + +WD1003 (any generic MFM/RLL) +WD1007 (any generic IDE/ESDI) +IDE +ATA + +Adaptec 1535 ISA SCSI controllers +Adaptec 154x series ISA SCSI controllers +Adaptec 174x series EISA SCSI controller in standard and enhanced mode. +Adaptec 274X/284X/2920C/294x/2950/3940/3950 (Narrow/Wide/Twin) series +EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI controllers. +Adaptec AIC7850, AIC7860, AIC7880, AIC789x, on-board SCSI controllers. + +AdvanSys SCSI controllers (all models). + +BusLogic MultiMaster controllers: + +[ Please note that BusLogic/Mylex "Flashpoint" adapters are NOT yet supported ] + +BusLogic MultiMaster "W" Series Host Adapters: + BT-948, BT-958, BT-958D +BusLogic MultiMaster "C" Series Host Adapters: + BT-946C, BT-956C, BT-956CD, BT-445C, BT-747C, BT-757C, BT-757CD, BT-545C, + BT-540CF +BusLogic MultiMaster "S" Series Host Adapters: + BT-445S, BT-747S, BT-747D, BT-757S, BT-757D, BT-545S, BT-542D, BT-742A, + BT-542B +BusLogic MultiMaster "A" Series Host Adapters: + BT-742A, BT-542B + +AMI FastDisk controllers that are true BusLogic MultiMaster clones are also +supported. + +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. + +SymBios (formerly NCR) 53C810, 53C810a, 53C815, 53C820, 53C825a, +53C860, 53C875, 53C875j, 53C885, 53C895 and 53C896 PCI SCSI controllers: + ASUS SC-200 + Data Technology DTC3130 (all variants) + Diamond FirePort (all) + NCR cards (all) + Symbios cards (all) + Tekram DC390W, 390U and 390F + Tyan S1365 + + +QLogic 1020, 1040, 1040B and 2100 SCSI and Fibre Channel Adapters + +DTC 3290 EISA SCSI controller in 1542 emulation mode. + +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 +target devices and CDROM drives. WORM devices that support CDROM commands +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 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. + + Adaptec 1510 series ISA SCSI controllers (not for bootable devices) + Adaptec 152x series ISA SCSI controllers + Adaptec AIC-6260 and AIC-6360 based boards, which includes the AHA-152x + and SoundBlaster SCSI cards. + + [ Note: There is work-in-progress to port the AIC-6260/6360 and + UltraStor drivers to the new CAM SCSI framework, but no estimates on + when or if they will be completed. ] + +4.2. Network cards +---- ------------- + +Adaptec Duralink PCI fast ethernet adapters based on the Adaptec +AIC-6915 fast ethernet controller chip, including the following: + ANA-62011 64-bit single port 10/100baseTX adapter + ANA-62022 64-bit dual port 10/100baseTX adapter + ANA-62044 64-bit quad port 10/100baseTX adapter + ANA-69011 32-bit single port 10/100baseTX adapter + ANA-62020 64-bit single port 100baseFX adapter + +Allied-Telesyn AT1700 and RE2000 cards + +Alteon Networks PCI gigabit ethernet NICs based on the Tigon 1 and Tigon 2 +chipsets, including the following: + Alteon AceNIC (Tigon 1 and 2) + 3Com 3c985-SX (Tigon 1 and 2) + Netgear GA620 (Tigon 2) + Silicon Graphics Gigabit Ethernet + DEC/Compaq EtherWORKS 1000 + NEC Gigabit Ethernet + +AMD PCnet/PCI (79c970 & 53c974 or 79c974) + +SMC Elite 16 WD8013 ethernet interface, and most other WD8003E, +WD8003EBT, WD8003W, WD8013W, WD8003S, WD8003SBT and WD8013EBT +based clones. SMC Elite Ultra is also supported. + +RealTek 8129/8139 fast ethernet NICs including the following: + Allied Telesyn AT2550 + Allied Telesyn AT2500TX + Genius GF100TXR (RTL8139) + NDC Communications NE100TX-E + OvisLink LEF-8129TX + OvisLink LEF-8139TX + Netronix Inc. EA-1210 NetEther 10/100 + KTX-9130TX 10/100 Fast Ethernet + Accton "Cheetah" EN1027D (MPX 5030/5038; RealTek 8139 clone?) + SMC EZ Card 10/100 PCI 1211-TX + +Lite-On 82c168/82c169 PNIC fast ethernet NICs including the following: + LinkSys EtherFast LNE100TX + NetGear FA310-TX Rev. D1 + Matrox FastNIC 10/100 + Kingston KNE110TX + +Macronix 98713, 98713A, 98715, 98715A and 98725 fast ethernet NICs + NDC Communications SFA100A (98713A) + CNet Pro120A (98713 or 98713A) + CNet Pro120B (98715) + SVEC PN102TX (98713) + +Macronix/Lite-On PNIC II LC82C115 fast ethernet NICs including the following: + LinkSys EtherFast LNE100TX Version 2 + +Winbond W89C840F fast ethernet NICs including the following: + Trendware TE100-PCIE + +VIA Technologies VT3043 "Rhine I" and VT86C100A "Rhine II" fast ethernet +NICs including the following: + Hawking Technologies PN102TX + D-Link DFE-530TX + +Silicon Integrated Systems SiS 900 and SiS 7016 PCI fast ethernet NICs + +Sundance Technologies ST201 PCI fast ethernet NICs including +the following: + D-Link DFE-550TX + +SysKonnect SK-984x PCI gigabit ethernet cards including the following: + SK-9841 1000baseLX single mode fiber, single port + SK-9842 1000baseSX multimode fiber, single port + SK-9843 1000baseLX single mode fiber, dual port + SK-9844 1000baseSX multimode fiber, dual port + +Texas Instruments ThunderLAN PCI NICs, including the following: + Compaq Netelligent 10, 10/100, 10/100 Proliant, 10/100 Dual-Port + Compaq Netelligent 10/100 TX Embedded UTP, 10 T PCI UTP/Coax, 10/100 TX UTP + Compaq NetFlex 3P, 3P Integrated, 3P w/ BNC + Olicom OC-2135/2138, OC-2325, OC-2326 10/100 TX UTP + Racore 8165 10/100baseTX + Racore 8148 10baseT/100baseTX/100baseFX multi-personality + +ADMtek AL981-based PCI fast ethernet NICs + +ASIX Electronics AX88140A PCI NICs, including the following: + Alfa Inc. GFC2204 + CNet Pro110B + +DEC EtherWORKS III NICs (DE203, DE204, and DE205) +DEC EtherWORKS II NICs (DE200, DE201, DE202, and DE422) +DEC DC21040, DC21041, or DC21140 based NICs (SMC Etherpower 8432T, DE245, etc) +DEC FDDI (DEFPA/DEFEA) NICs + +Davicom DM9100 and DM9102 PCI fast ethernet NICs, including the +following: + Jaton Corporation XPressNet + +Efficient ENI-155p ATM PCI + +FORE PCA-200E ATM PCI + +Fujitsu MB86960A/MB86965A + +HP PC Lan+ cards (model numbers: 27247B and 27252A). + +Intel EtherExpress (not recommended due to driver instability) +Intel EtherExpress Pro/10 +Intel EtherExpress Pro/100B PCI Fast Ethernet + +Isolan AT 4141-0 (16 bit) +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. + +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 +and EISA (Fast) Etherlink III / (Fast) Etherlink XL + +3Com 3c980/3c980B Fast Etherlink XL server adapter + +3Com 3cSOHO100-TX OfficeConnect adapter + +Toshiba ethernet cards + +PCMCIA ethernet cards from IBM and National Semiconductor are also +supported. + +Note that NO token ring cards are supported at this time as we're +still waiting for someone to donate a driver for one of them. Any +takers? + + +4.3. USB +---- --- + +A range of USB peripherals are supported. Owing to the generic nature +of most USB devices, with some exceptions any device of a given class +will be supported even if not explicitly listed here. + +USB keyboards. + +USB mice. + +USB printers and USB to parallel printer conversion cables. + +USB hubs. + + +Motherboards chipsets: + +ALi Aladdin-V. + +Intel 82371SB (PIIX3). +Intel 82371AB and EB chipsets (PIIX4). + +NEC uPD 9210 Host Controller. + +VIA 83C572 USB Host Controller + +and any other UHCI or OHCI compliant motherboard chipset (no exceptions +known). + + +PCI plug-in USB host controllers: + +ADS Electronics PCI plug-in card (2 ports). + +Entrega PCI plug-in card (4 ports). + + +Specific devices reported to be working: + +Agiler Mouse 29UO. + +Andromeda hub. + +Apple iMac mouse. +Apple iMac keyboard. + +ATen parallel printer adapter. + +Belkin F5U002 parallel printer adapter. +Belkin Mouse. + +BTC BTC7935 keyboard with mouse port. + +Cherry G81-3504 keyboard. + +Chic mouse. + +Cypress mouse. + +Entrega USB-to-parallel printer adapter. + +Genius Niche mouse. + +Iomega USB Zip 100Mb. + +Kensington Mouse-in-a-Box. + +Logitech M2452 keyboard. +Logitech wheel mouse (3 buttons). +Logitech PS/2 / USB mouse (3 buttons). + +MacAlly mouse (3 buttons). +MacAlly self powered hub (4 ports). + +Microsoft IntelliMouse (3 buttons). +Microsoft keyboard. + +NEC hub. + +Trust Ami Mouse (3 buttons). + + +4.4. ISDN (European DSS1 [Q.921/Q.931] protocol) +---- ------------------------------------------- + +Asuscom I-IN100-ST-DV (experimental, may work) +Asuscom ISDNlink 128K PnP + +AVM A1 +AVM Fritz!Card classic +AVM Fritz!Card PnP +AVM Fritz!Card PCI +AVM Fritz!Card PCMCIA + +Creatix ISDN-S0/8 +Creatix ISDN-S0/16 +Creatix ISDN-S0 PnP + +Dr.Neuhaus Niccy 1008 +Dr.Neuhaus Niccy 1016 +Dr.Neuhaus Niccy GO@ (ISA PnP) + +Dynalink IS64PH (no longer maintained) + +ELSA 1000pro ISA +ELSA 1000pro PCI +ELSA PCC-16 + +ITK ix1 micro +ITK ix1 micro PnP + +Sagem Cybermod (ISA PnP, may work) + +Sedlbauer Win Speed + +Siemens I-Surf 2.0 + +Stollmann Tina-pp (under development) + +Teles S0/8 +Teles S0/16 +Teles S0/16.3 (the "c" Versions - like 16.3c - are unsupported !) +Teles S0 PnP (experimental, may work) + +3Com/USRobotics Sportster ISDN TA intern (non-PnP version) + + +4.5. Misc +---- ---- + +AST 4 port serial card using shared IRQ. + +ARNET 8 port serial card using shared IRQ. +ARNET (now Digiboard) Sync 570/i high-speed serial. + +Boca BB1004 4-Port serial card (Modems NOT supported) +Boca IOAT66 6-Port serial card (Modems supported) +Boca BB1008 8-Port serial card (Modems NOT supported) +Boca BB2016 16-Port serial card (Modems supported) + +Cyclades Cyclom-y Serial Board. + +STB 4 port card using shared IRQ. + +SDL Communications Riscom/8 Serial Board. +SDL Communications RISCom/N2 and N2pci high-speed sync serial boards. + +Specialix SI/XIO/SX multiport serial cards, with both the older +SIHOST2.x and the new "enhanced" (transputer based, aka JET) host cards. +ISA, EISA and PCI are supported. + +Stallion multiport serial boards: EasyIO, EasyConnection 8/32 & 8/64, +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 +Various Frame grabbers based on Brooktree Bt848 and Bt878 chip. + +HP4020, HP6020, Philips CDD2000/CDD2660 and Plasmon CD-R drives. + +Bus mice + +PS/2 mice + +Standard PC Joystick + +X-10 power controllers + +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 +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. |
