path: root/release/texts/alpha/HARDWARE.TXT

Table of Contents
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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.

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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/AIC-6260 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

dc0     n/a     n/a     n/a     n/a     DEC/Intel 21143 and workalikes
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-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)
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.
--- 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.
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.

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.

  [ Note:  There is work-in-progress to port the UltraStor driver to 
    the new CAM SCSI framework, but no estimates on when or if it 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
  AOpen/Acer ALN-320

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
ADMtek AN985-based PCI fast ethernet NICs
ADMtek Inc. AN986-based USB ethernet NICs including the following:
  LinkSys USB100TX
  Billionton USB100
  Melco Inc. LU-ATX
  D-Link DSB-650TX
  SMC 2202USB

CATC USB-EL1202A-based USB ethernet NICs including the following:
  CATC Netmate
  CATC Netmate II
  Belkin F5U111

Kawasaki LSI KU5KUSB101B-based USB ethernet NICs including
the following:
  LinkSys USB10T
  Entrega NET-USB-E45
  Peracom USB Ethernet Adapter
  3Com 3c19250
  ADS Technologies USB-10BT
  ATen UC10T
  Netgear EA101
  D-Link DSB-650
  SMC 2102USB
  SMC 2104USB
  Corega USB-T

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.