NAME

intro —

introduction to special files and hardware support

DESCRIPTION

This section describes the special files, related driver functions, and networking support available in the system. In this part of the manual, the SYNOPSIS section of each configurable device gives a sample specification for use in constructing a system description for the config(8) program. The DIAGNOSTICS section lists messages which may appear on the console and/or in the system error log /var/log/messages due to errors in device operation; see syslogd(8) for more information.

This section contains both devices which may be configured into the system and network related information. The networking support is introduced in netintro(4).

DEVICE SUPPORT

This section describes the hardware supported on the HP PA-RISC platform. Software support for these devices comes in two forms. A hardware device may be supported with a character or block device driver, or it may be used within the networking subsystem and have a network interface driver. Character and block devices are accessed through files in the file system of a special type; see mknod(8). Network interfaces are indirectly accessed through the interprocess communication facilities provided by the system; see socket(2).

A hardware device is identified to the system at configuration time and the appropriate device or network interface driver is then compiled into the system. When the resultant system is booted, the autoconfiguration facilities in the system probe for the device and, if found, enable the software support for it. If a device does not respond at autoconfiguration time it is not accessible at any time afterwards. To enable a device which did not autoconfigure, the system must be rebooted.

The autoconfiguration system is described in autoconf(4).

SUPPORTED SYSTEMS

A list of HP 9000/700 models targetted for support is listed below, including basic system characteristics.

Model	MHz	CPU	Caches, KB	Expansion
705	35	7000	32/64	N/A
710	50	7000	32/64	N/A
720	50	7000	128/256	EISA, GSC
730	66	7000	128/256	EISA, GSC
750	66	7000	256/256	4 EISA, 2 SGC
715	33	7100	64/64	EISA/SGC
715	50	7100	64/64	EISA/SGC
715	75	7100	256/256	EISA/SGC
725	50	7100	64/64	3 EISA, EISA/SGC
725	75	7100	256/256	3 EISA, EISA/SGC
735	100	7100	256/256	EISA, SGC
742i	50	7100	64/64	N/A
745i	50	7100	64/64	4 EISA
745i	100	7100	256/256	4 EISA
747i	50	7100	64/64	2 EISA, SGC, 6 VME
747i	100	7100	256/256	2 EISA, SGC, 6 VME
755	100	7100	256/256	4 EISA, 2 SGC
735	125	7150	256/256	EISA, SGC
755	125	7150	256/256	4 EISA, 2 SGC
712	60	7100LC	32/32	GIO, TSIO
712	80	7100LC	128/128	GIO, TSIO
712	100	7100LC	128/128	GIO, TSIO
715	64	7100LC	128/128	EISA/GSC
715	80	7100LC	128/128	EISA/GSC
715	100	7100LC	128/128	EISA/GSC
715XC	100	7100LC	512/512	EISA/GSC
725	64	7100LC	128/128	EISA, 3 EISA/GSC
725	100	7100LC	128/128	EISA, 3 EISA/GSC
743i	64	7100LC	128/128	2 GSC-M/2(4), VME
743i	100	7100LC	128/128	2 GSC-M/2(4), VME
748i	64	7100LC	128/128	2 GSC-M/2(4), 4 EISA/PCI, 6 VME
748i	100	7100LC	128/128	2 GSC-M/2(4), 4 EISA/PCI, 6 VME
SAIC	60	7100LC	32/32	GIO, TSIO, 2 PCMCIA
SAIC	80	7100LC	128/128	GIO, TSIO, 2 PCMCIA
J200	100	7200	256/256	GSC, 2 EISA, 2 EISA/GSC
J210	120	7200	256/256	GSC, 2 EISA, 2 EISA/GSC
J210XC	120	7200	1MB/1MB	GSC, 2 EISA, 2 EISA/GSC
C100	100	7200	256/256	GSC, 3 EISA/GSC
C110	120	7200	256/256	GSC, 3 EISA/GSC
744	132	7300LC	64/64	2 GSC-M/2(4), VME
744	165	7300LC	64/64+512	2 GSC-M/2(4), VME
745	132	7300LC	64/64	2 GSC-M/2(4), 4 EISA/PCI
745	165	7300LC	64/64+512	2 GSC-M/2(4), 4 EISA/PCI
748	132	7300LC	64/64	2 GSC-M/2(4), 4 EISA/PCI, 6 VME
748	165	7300LC	64/64+512	2 GSC-M/2(4), 4 EISA/PCI, 6 VME
A180	180	7300LC	64/64	2 HSC/PCI
A180C	180	7300LC	64/64+1MB	2 HSC/PCI
B132L	132	7300LC	64/64(+1MB)	GSC/PCI, GSC/PCI/EISA
B132L+	132	7300LC	64/64(+1MB)	GSC/PCI, GSC/PCI/EISA
B160L	160	7300LC	64/64(+1MB)	GSC/PCI, GSC/PCI/EISA
B180L+	180	7300LC	64/64(+1MB)	GSC/PCI, GSC/PCI/EISA
C132L	132	7300LC	64/64(+1MB)	2 GSC/PCI/EISA, 2 GSC/EISA
C160L	160	7300LC	64/64(+1MB)	2 GSC/PCI/EISA, 2 GSC/EISA
RDI	132	7300LC	64/64(+1MB)	2 CardBus
RDI	160	7300LC	64/64(+1MB)	2 CardBus
RDI	180	7300LC	64/64(+1MB)	2 CardBus
C160	160	8000	512/512	2 GSC/PCI/EISA, 2 GSC/EISA
C180	180	8000	1024/1024	2 GSC/PCI/EISA, 2 GSC/EISA
J280	180	8000	1024/1024	3 GSC/PCI, PCI, PCI/EISA
J282	180	8000	1024/1024	3 GSC/PCI, PCI, PCI/EISA
C200	200	8200	512/1024	GSC/PCI/EISA, 3 GSC/PCI
C240	240	8200	2048/2048	GSC/PCI/EISA, 3 GSC/PCI
J2240	240	8200	2048/2048	3 GSC/PCI, PCI, PCI/EISA
B1000	300	8500	512/1024	6 PCI
C360	360	8500	512/1024	GSC/PCI/EISA, 3 GSC/PCI
B2000	400	8500	512/1024	4 PCI
C3000	400	8500	512/1024	6 PCI
J5000	440	8500	512/1024	7 PCI
J7000	440	8500	512/1024	7 PCI
B2600	500	8600	512/1024	4 PCI
C3600	552	8600	512/1024	6 PCI
J5600	552	8600	512/1024	7 PCI
J6000	552	8600	512/1024	7 PCI
J7600	552	8600	512/1024	7 PCI
C3650	625	8700	768/1536	6 PCI
C3700	750	8700	768/1536	6 PCI
J6700	750	8700	768/1536	3 PCI
C3750	875	8700+	768/1536	6 PCI
J6750	875	8700+	768/1536	3 PCI

LIST OF DEVICES

A complete list of available devices is contained within the pages describing the system buses and controllers. For example, a PCI device would be listed in the pci(4) man page. The following buses and controllers list these devices:

cardbus(4): introduction to CardBus support
gsc(4): introduction to HP 9000/700 GSC bus support
hil(4): introduction to HP-HIL support
onewire(4): 1-Wire bus
pci(4): introduction to PCI bus support
pcmcia(4): introduction to PCMCIA (PC Card) support
usb(4): introduction to Universal Serial Bus support

HISTORY

The hppa intro first appeared with OpenBSD 3.1.