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diff --git a/release/texts/i386/HARDWARE.TXT b/release/texts/i386/HARDWARE.TXT new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4916da2 --- /dev/null +++ b/release/texts/i386/HARDWARE.TXT @@ -0,0 +1,514 @@ +Table of Contents +----------------- +0. Document Conventions +1. Default Configuration (GENERIC kernel) +2. Using UserConfig to change FreeBSD kernel settings +3. LINT - other possible configurations +4. 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 ADP-9xx SCSI controller +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 +amd0 n/a n/a n/a n/a Tekram DC-390(T) / AMD 53c974 PCI SCSI +dpt n/a n/a n/a n/a DPT RAID SCSI controllers. +nca0* 1f88 10 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 + +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 + +de0 n/a n/a n/a n/a DEC DC21x40 PCI based cards + (including 21140 100bT 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-Telesis AT1700, RE2000 and + Fujitsu FMV-180 series cards. +fxp0 dyn dyn n/a dyn Intel EtherExpress Pro/100B +rl0 dyn dyn n/a dyn RealTek 8129/8139 fast ethernet +tl0 dyn dyn n/a dyn TI TNET100 'ThunderLAN' cards. +ie0 300 10 dyn d0000 AT&T StarLAN 10 and EN100; + 3Com 3C507; NI5210 +ix0 300 10 dyn d0000 Intel EtherExpress cards +ex0 dyn dyn dyn dyn Intel EtherExpress Pro/10 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) +vx0 dyn dyn n/a dyn 3Com 3c59x ((Fast) Etherlink III) +xl0 dyn dyn n/a dyn 3Com 3c900, 3c905 and 3c905B + ((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. Using UserConfig to change FreeBSD kernel settings +-- -------------------------------------------------- + +The FreeBSD kernel on the install floppy contains drivers for every +piece of hardware that could conceivably be used to install the rest +of the system with. Unfortunately, PC hardware being what it is, some +of these devices can be difficult to detect accurately, and for some, +the process of detecting another can cause irreversible confusion. + +To make this process easier, FreeBSD provides UserConfig. With this +UserConfig, the user can configure and disable device drivers before +the kernel is loaded, avoiding potential conflicts, and eliminating +the need to reconfigure hardware to suit the default driver settings. + +Once FreeBSD is installed, it will remember the changes made using +UserConfig, so that they only need be made once. + +It is important to disable drivers that are not relevant to a system +in order to minimize the possibility of interference, which can cause +problems that are difficult to track down. + +UserConfig features a command line interface for users with serial +consoles or a need to type commands, and a full screen 'visual' +interface, which provides point-and-shoot configuration functionality. + +Here is a sample UserConfig screen shot in 'visual' mode: + +---Active Drivers---------------------------10 Conflicts------Dev---IRQ--Port-- + Storage : (Collapsed) + Network : + NE1000,NE2000,3C503,WD/SMC80xx Ethernet adapters CONF ed0 5 0x280 + NE1000,NE2000,3C503,WD/SMC80xx Ethernet adapters CONF ed1 5 0x300 + Communications : (Collapsed) + Input : (Collapsed) + Multimedia : +---Inactive Drivers-------------------------------------------Dev-------------- + Storage : + Network : (Collapsed) + Communications : + Input : + Multimedia : + PCI : + +---Parameters-for-device-ed0--------------------------------------------------- + Port address : 0x280 Memory address : 0xd8000 + IRQ number : 5 Memory size : 0x2000 + Flags : 0x0000 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + IO Port address (Hexadecimal, 0x1-0x2000) + [TAB] Change fields [Q] Save device parameters + + + The screen is divided into four sections : + + - Active Drivers. Listed here are the device drivers that are currently + enabled, and their basic parameters. + - Inactive Drivers. These drivers are present, but are disabled. + - Parameter edit field. This area is used for editing driver parameters. + - Help area. Keystroke help is displayed here. + +One of the Active and Inactive lists is always in use, and the current +entry in the list will be shown with a highlight bar. If there are +more entries in a list than can be shown, it will scroll. The bar can +be moved up and down using the cursor keys, and moved between lists +with the TAB key. + +Drivers in the Active list may be marked "CONF". This indicates that +one or more of their parameters conflicts with another device, and +indicates a potential for problems. The total number of conflicts is +displayed at the top of the screen. + +As a general rule, conflicts should be avoided, either by disabling +conflicting devices that are not present in the system, or by altering +their configuration so that they match the installed hardware. + +In the list areas, drivers are grouped by their basic function. +Groups can be 'Collapsed' to simplify the display (this is the default +state for all groups). If a group is collapsed, it will be shown with +'(Collapsed)' in the list, as above. To Expand a Collapsed group, +position the highlight bar over the group heading and press Enter. To +Collapse it again, repeat the process. + +When a device driver in the Active list is highlighted, its full +parameters are displayed in the Parameter edit area. Note that not +all drivers use all possible parameters, and some hardware supported +by drivers may not use all the parameters the driver supports. + +To disable a driver, go to the Active list, Expand the group it is in, +highlight the driver and press Del. The driver will move to its group +in the Inactive list. (If the group is collapsed or off the screen, +you may not see the driver in its new location.) + +To enable a driver, go to the Inactive list, Expand the group it is +in, highlight the driver and press Enter. The highlight will move to +the Active list, and the driver you have just enabled will be +highlighted, ready to be configured. + +To configure a driver, go to the Active list, Expand the group it is +in, highlight the driver and press Enter. The cursor will move to the +Parameter edit area, and the device's parameters may be edited. + +While editing parameters, the TAB and cursor keys can be used to move +between fields. Most numeric values (except IRQ) are entered in +hexadecimal, as indicated by the '0x' at the beginning of the field. +The allowable values for a given field are show in the Key Help area +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. + + +3. 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: DEV 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 +joy: Joystick +labpc: National Instrument's Lab-PC and Lab-PC+ +meteor: Matrox Meteor frame-grabber card +bktr: Brooktree Bt848 based frame-grabber cards. +mpu: Roland MPU-401 stand-alone card +mse: Microsoft, Logitech, ATI bus mouse ports +mss: Microsoft Sound System +nic: Dr Neuhaus NICCY 3008, 3009 & 5000 ISDN cards +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 --- + + +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. + +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/2940/3940 (Narrow/Wide/Twin) series ISA/EISA/PCI SCSI +controllers. +Adaptec AIC7850/AIC7895 on-board SCSI controllers. + +Support for the following controllers is rather weak: +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: You cannot boot from the SoundBlaster cards as they have no + on-board BIOS, such being necessary for mapping the boot device into the + system BIOS I/O vectors. They're perfectly usable for external tapes, + CDROMs, etc, however. The same goes for any other AIC-6x60 based card + without a boot ROM. Some systems DO have a boot ROM, which is generally + indicated by some sort of message when the system is first powered up + or reset, and in such cases you *will* also be able to boot from them. + Check your system/board documentation for more details. + + +AdvanSys (Advanced Systems) ABP510/542/5150 ISA and ABP5140/5142 ISA PnP +cards, ABP842/852 VLB cards, and ABP920/930/930U/930UA/950/960/960U/970/970U +PCI cards. + +** Note: The ADP510/5140/5150 boards were shipped by HP with the 4020i + CD-R drive but with NO BIOS, so these models cannot control boot devices + though they can be used for any secondary SCSI device. Also note that the + ABP5140/5142 boards were rebadged by SIIG as the "SpeedMaster i540/i542" + + +Buslogic 545S & 545c +Buslogic 445S/445c VLB SCSI controller +Buslogic 742A, 747S, 747c EISA SCSI controller. +Buslogic 946c PCI SCSI controller +Buslogic 956c PCI SCSI controller + +SymBios (formerly NCR) 53C810, 53C825, 53c860 and 53c875 PCI SCSI +controllers: + ASUS SC-200 + Data Technology DTC3130 (all variants) + NCR cards (all) + Symbios cards (all) + Tekram DC390W, 390U and 390F + Tyan S1365 + +Tekram DC390 and DC390T controllers (maybe other cards based on the +AMD 53c974 as well). + +NCR5380/NCR53400 ("ProAudio Spectrum") SCSI controller. + +DTC 3290 EISA SCSI controller in 1542 emulation mode. + +UltraStor 14F, 24F and 34F SCSI controllers. + +Seagate ST01/02 SCSI controllers. + +Future Domain 8xx/950 series SCSI controllers. + +WD7000 SCSI controller. + +With all supported SCSI controllers, full support is provided for +SCSI-I & SCSI-II peripherals, including Disks, tape drives (including +DAT and 8mm Exabyte) and CD ROM drives. + +The following CD-ROM type systems are supported at this time: +(cd) SCSI interface (also includes ProAudio Spectrum and + SoundBlaster SCSI) +(mcd) Mitsumi proprietary interface (all models, driver is rather stale) +(matcd) Matsushita/Panasonic (Creative SoundBlaster) proprietary + interface (562/563 models) +(scd) Sony proprietary interface (all models) +(wcd) ATAPI IDE interface. + + +4.2. Network cards +---- ------------- + +Allied-Telesis AT1700 and RE2000 cards + +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. + +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 + +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 + +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. + +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 PCI and EISA +(Fast) Etherlink III / (Fast) Etherlink XL + +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. 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 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) + + +FreeBSD currently does NOT support IBM's microchannel (MCA) bus. |
