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37 .Nd introduction to vax special files and hardware support
39 This section describes the special files, related driver functions,
40 and networking support
41 available in the system.
42 In this part of the manual, the
45 each configurable device gives a sample specification
46 for use in constructing a system description for the
51 section lists messages which may appear on the console
52 and/or in the system error log
54 due to errors in device operation;
58 .Sh VAX DEVICE SUPPORT
59 This section describes the hardware supported on the
62 Software support for these devices comes in two forms. A hardware
63 device may be supported with a character or block
65 or it may be used within the networking subsystem and have a
66 .Em network interface driver .
67 Block and character devices are accessed through files in the file
68 system of a special type; see
72 Network interfaces are indirectly accessed through the interprocess
73 communication facilities provided by the system; see
76 A hardware device is identified to the system at configuration time
77 and the appropriate device or network interface driver is then compiled
78 into the system. When the resultant system is booted, the
79 autoconfiguration facilities in the system probe for the device
86 and, if found, enable the software
89 device does not respond at autoconfiguration
90 time it is not accessible at any time afterwards. To
93 device which did not autoconfigure, the system will have to
98 after the autoconfiguration sequence
99 it will be dynamically autoconfigured into the running system.
101 The autoconfiguration system is described in
103 A list of the supported devices is given below.
109 .%T "Building 4.3 BSD UNIX Systems with Config"
114 The devices listed below are supported in this incarnation of
115 the system. Pseudo-devices are not listed.
116 Devices are indicated by their functional interface.
117 If second vendor products provide functionally identical interfaces
118 they should be usable with the supplied software.
121 however, that we promise the software works
122 ONLY with the hardware indicated on the appropriate manual page.
124 Occasionally, new devices of a similar type may be added
125 simply by creating appropriate table entries in the driver.
127 .Bl -column tmscp description -offset indent
128 .It acc ACC LH/DH IMP communications interface
129 .It ad Data translation A/D interface
130 .It css DEC IMP-11A communications interface
131 .It crl VAX-8600, 8650 console RL02 disk
132 .It ct C/A/T or APS phototypesetter
133 .It ddn ACC ACP625 DDN Standard Mode X.25 IMP interface
134 .It de DEC DEUNA 10Mb/s Ethernet controller
135 .It dh DH-11 emulators, terminal multiplexor
136 .It dhu DHU-11 terminal multiplexor
137 .It dmc DEC DMC-11/DMR-11 point-to-point communications device
138 .It dmf DEC DMF-32 terminal multiplexor and parallel printer interface
139 .It dmz DEC DMZ-32 terminal multiplexor
140 .It dn DEC DN-11 autodialer interface
141 .It dz DZ-11 terminal multiplexor
142 .It ec 3Com 10Mb/s Ethernet controller
143 .It en Xerox 3Mb/s Ethernet controller (obsolete)
144 .It ex Excelan 10Mb/s Ethernet controller
145 .It fl VAX-11/780 console floppy interface
146 .It hdh ACC IF-11/HDH IMP interface
147 .It hk RK6-11/RK06 and RK07 moving head disk
148 .It hp MASSBUS disk interface (with RP06, RM03, RM05, etc.)
149 .It ht TM03 MASSBUS tape drive interface (with TE-16, TU-45, TU-77)
150 .It hy DR-11B or GI-13 interface to an NSC Hyperchannel
151 .It ik Ikonas frame buffer graphics device interface
152 .It il Interlan 1010, 1010A 10Mb/s Ethernet controller
153 .It ix Interlan NP-100 10Mb/s Ethernet controller
154 .It kg KL-11/DL-11W line clock
155 .It lp LP-11 parallel line printer interface
156 .It mt TM78 MASSBUS tape drive interface
157 .It np Interlan NP-100 10Mb/s Ethernet controller (intelligent mode)
158 .It pcl DEC PCL-11 communications interface
159 .It ps Evans and Sutherland Picture System 2 graphics interface
160 .It qe DEC DEQNA Q-bus 10 Mb/s Ethernet interface
161 .It rx DEC RX02 floppy interface
162 .It tm TM-11/TE-10 tape drive interface
163 .It tmscp TMSCP-compatible tape controllers (e.g., TU81, TK50)
164 .It ts TS-11 tape drive interface
165 .It tu VAX-11/730 TU-58 console cassette interface
166 .It uda DEC UDA-50 disk controller
167 .It un DR-11W interface to Ungermann-Bass
168 .It up Emulex SC-21V, SC-31 UNIBUS disk controller
169 .It ut UNIBUS TU-45 tape drive interface
170 .It uu TU-58 dual cassette drive interface (DL-11)
171 .It va Benson-Varian printer/plotter interface
172 .It vp Versatec printer/plotter interface
173 .It vv Proteon proNET 10Mb/s and 80Mb/s ring network interface