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now on the boot floppy.

.\"	$NetBSD: hardware,v 1.64 2000/02/07 18:04:04 bouyer Exp $	
.Nx \*V
runs on ISA (AT-Bus), EISA, PCI, and VL-bus systems
with 386-family processors, with or without math coprocessors. It
does NOT support MCA systems, such as some IBM PS/2 systems. The
minimal configuration is said to require 4M of RAM and 50M of disk
space, though we do not know of anyone running with a system quite
this minimal today. To install the entire system requires much more
disk space (the unpacked binary distribution, without sources,
requires at least 65M without counting space needed for swap space,
etc), and to run X or compile the system, more RAM is recommended.
(4M of RAM will actually allow you to run X and/or compile, but it
won't be speedy. Note that until you have around 16M of RAM, getting
more RAM is more important than getting a faster CPU.)

Supported devices include:
.Bd -literal
	Floppy controllers.
	MFM, ESDI, IDE, and RLL hard disk controllers.
		There is complete support (including IDE DMA or Ultra-
		DMA) for the following PCI controllers:
                -  Acer labs M5229 IDE Controller
                -  CMD Tech PCI0643 and PCI0646 IDE Controllers
                -  Contaq Microsystems/Cypress CY82C693 IDE Controller
                -  Intel PIIX, PIIX3 and PIIX4 IDE Controllers
                -  Intel 82801 (ICH/ICH0) IDE Controllers
		-  Promise PDC20246 (Ultra/33) and PDC20262 (Ultra/66) 
                -  Silicon Integrated System 5597/5598 IDE controller
                -  VIA Technologies VT82C586 and VT82C586A IDE Controllers
                Most of these controllers are only available in
		multifunction PCI chips. 
		Other PCI IDE controllers are supported, but
		performances may not be optimal.
		ISA, ISA plug and play and PCMCIA IDE controllers
		are supported as well.
	SCSI host adapters
		Adaptec AHA-154xA, -B, -C, and -CF 
		Adaptec AHA-174x
		Adaptec AIC-6260 and AIC-6360 based boards, including
			the Adaptec AHA-152x, Adaptec APA-1460 (PCMCIA),
			and the SoundBlaster SCSI host adapter.  (Note
			that you cannot boot from these boards if they
			do not have a boot ROM; only the AHA-152x and
			motherboards using this chip are likely to be
			bootable, consequently.)
		Adaptec AHA-2x4x[U][W] cards and some onboard PCI designs
			using the AIC-7770, AIC-7850, AIC-7860, AIC-7870, or
			AIC-7880 chip.
		Adaptec AHA-3940[U][W] cards [b]
		AdvanSys ABP-9x0[U][A] cards
		AdvanSys ABP-940UW[68], ABP-970UW[68], ASB3940UW-00 cards
		AMD PCscsi-PCI (Am53c974) based SCSI adapters, including
			Tekram DC-390
		BusLogic 54x (Adaptec AHA-154x clones)
		BusLogic 445, 74x, 9xx  (But not the new "FlashPoint" series
			of BusLogic SCSI adapters)
		DPT SCSI RAID boards (PCI and EISA):
			SmartCache III
			SmartCache IV
			SmartRAID III
			SmartRAID IV
		Qlogic ISP [12]0x0 SCSI/FibreChannel boards
		Seagate/Future Domain ISA SCSI adapter cards, including
			ST01/02
			Future Domain TMC-885
			Future Domain TMC-950
		Symbios Logic (NCR) 53C8xx-based PCI SCSI host adapters:
			Acculogic PCIpport
			ASUS SC-200 (requires NCR BIOS on motherboard to
					boot from disks)
			ASUS SC-875
			ASUS SP3[G] motherboard onboard SCSI
			DEC Celebris XL/590 onboard SCSI
			Diamond FirePort 40
			Lomas Data SCSI adapters
			NCR/SYM 8125 (and its many clones; be careful, some
					of these cards have a jumper to set
					the PCI interrupt; leave it on INT A!)
			Promise DC540 (a particularly common OEM model of
					the SYM 8125)
			Tekram DC-390U/F
			Tyan Yorktown
		Symbios Logic (NCR) 5380/53C400-based ISA SCSI host adapters [*]
		Ultrastor 14f, 34f, and (possibly) 24f
		Western Digital WD7000 SCSI and TMC-7000 host adapters
			(ISA cards only)
	MDA, CGA, VGA, SVGA, and HGC Display Adapters.  (Note that not
		all of the display adapters NetBSD/i386 can work with
		are supported by X.  See the XFree86 FAQ for more
		information.)
	Serial ports:
		8250/16450-based ports
		16550/16650/16750-based ports
		AST-style 4-port serial cards [*]
		BOCA 8-port serial cards [*] 
		BOCA 6-port (ioat) serial cards [*] 
		IBM PC-RT 4-port serial cards [*]
		Single-port Hayes ESP serial cards [*]
		Cyclades Cyclom-Y serial cards [*] [+]
		PCI universal communication cards
	Parallel ports. [*] [+]
	Ethernet adapters:
		AMD LANCE and PCnet-based ISA Ethernet adapters [*], including:
			Novell NE1500T
			Novell NE2100
			Kingston 21xx
			Digital EtherWORKS II ISA adapters (DE200/DE201/DE202)
		AMD PCnet-based PCI Ethernet adapters, including:
			Addtron AE-350
			BOCALANcard/PCI
			SVEC FD0455
			X/Lan Add-On Adapter
			IBM #13H9237 PCI Ethernet Adapter
		AT\*&T StarLAN 10, EN100, and StarLAN Fiber
		3COM 3c501
		3COM 3c503
		3COM 3c505 [*]
		3COM 3c507
		3COM 3c509, 3c579, 3c589, and 3c59X
		3COM 3c90X (including 3c905B)
		Digital DC21x4x-based PCI Ethernet adapters, including:
			ASUS PCI-DEC100TX+
			Cogent EM1X0, EM960 (a.k.a. Adaptec ANA-69XX)
			Cogent EM964 [b]
			Cogent EM4XX [b]
			Compex Readylink PCI
			DANPEX EN-9400P3
			Digital Celebris GL, GLST on-board ethernet
			Digital (DEC) PCI Ethernet/Fast Ethernet adapters (all)
			DLINK DFE500-TX
			JCIS Condor JC1260
			Linksys PCI Fast Ethernet
			SMC EtherPower 10, 10/100 (PCI only!)
			SMC EtherPower^2 [b]
			SVEC PN0455
			SVEC FD1000-TP
			Znyx ZX34X
		Digital EtherWORKS III ISA adapters (DE203/DE204/DE205) [*]
		Digital DEPCM-BA (PCMCIA) and DE305 (ISA) NE2000-compat. cards
		BICC Isolan [* and not recently tested]
		Efficient Networks EN-155 and Adaptec AIC-590x ATM interfaces
		Essential Communications Hippi (800Mbit/s)
		Fujitsu MB86960A/MB86965A based cards:
			Fujitsu FMV-180 series
			Allied-Telesis AT1700 series
			Allied-Telesis RE2000 series
		Intel EtherExpress 16
		Intel EtherExpress PRO/10
		Intel EtherExpress 100 Fast Ethernet adapters
		Novell NE1000, NE2000 (ISA, PCI, PCMCIA, ISA PnP)
		RealTek 8129/8139 based boards
		SMC/WD 8003, 8013, and the SMC "Elite16" ISA boards
		SMC/WD 8216 (the SMC "Elite16 Ultra" ISA boards)
		SMC 91C9x-based boards (ISA and PCMCIA)
		SMC EPIC/100 Fast Ethernet boards:
			SMC Etherpower-II
		Texas Instruments ThunderLAN based ethernet boards:
			Compaq Netelligent 10/100 TX
			Compaq ProLiant Integrated Netelligent 10/100 TX
			Compaq Netelligent 10 T (untested)
			Compaq Integrated NetFlex 3/P
			Compaq NetFlex 3/P in baseboard variant (the PCI
				(variant doesn't use the same chip !).
			Compaq Dual Port Netelligent 10/100 TX
			Compaq Deskpro 4000 5233MMX (untested)
			Texas Instruments TravelMate 5000 series laptop
				docking station Ethernet board
		VIA VT3043(Rhine) and VT86C100A(Rhine-II) based ethernet boards:
			D-Link DFE530TX
	FDDI adapters:
		Digital DEFPA PCI FDDI adapters [*] [+]
		Digital DEFEA EISA FDDI adapters [*] [+]
	Token-Ring adapters:
		IBM Token-Ring Network PC Adapter [+]
		IBM Token-Ring Network PC Adapter II [+]
		IBM Token-Ring Network Adapter/A [+]
		IBM Token-Ring Network 16/4 Adapter [+]
		IBM Token-Ring Network 16/4 Adapter/A [+]
		IBM 16/4 ISA Adapter [+]
		IBM Auto 16/4 Token-Ring ISA Adapter [+]
		3COM 3C619 TokenLink [+]
		3COM 3C319 TokenLink Velocity [+]
	Wireless network adapters:
		AT\*&T/Lucent WaveLan IEEE (802.11) PCMCIA cards
		BayStack 650 802.11FH PCMIA cards [*] [+]
		NetWave AirSurfer PCMCIA cards [*] [+]
	High Speed Serial:
		LAN Media Corporation SSI/LMC10000 (up to 10Mbps) [*] [+]
		LAN Media Corporation HSSI/LMC5200 [*] [+]
		LAN Media Corporation DS3/LMC5245 [*] [+]
	Tape drives:
		Most SCSI tape drives
		QIC-02 and QIC-36 format (Archive- and Wangtek-
			compatible) tape drives [*] [+]
	CD-ROM drives:
		Non-IDE Mitsumi CD-ROM drives [*] [+]
			[Note: The Mitsumi driver device probe is known 
			to cause trouble with several devices!]
		Most SCSI CD-ROM drives
		Most ATAPI CD-ROM drives.
			[ Note: Some low-priced IDE CDROM drives are known
			 for being not or not fully ATAPI compliant, and thus
			 requires some hack (generally an entry to a quirk
			 table) to work with NetBSD.]
	Mice:
		"Logitech"-style bus mice [*] [+]
		"Microsoft"-style bus mice [*] [+]
		"PS/2"-style mice [*] [+]
		Serial mice (no kernel support necessary)
	Sound Cards:
		SoundBlaster, SoundBlaster Pro, SoundBlaster 16 [*] [+]
		Gravis Ultrasound and Ultrasound Max [*] [+]
		Windows Sound System [*] [+]
			[The following drivers are not extensively tested]
		Personal Sound System [*] [+]
		ProAudio Spectrum [*] [+]
		Gravis Ultrasound Plug\*&Play [*] [+]
		Ensoniq AudioPCI [*] [+]
		Yamaha OPL3-SA3 [*] [+]
		Aria based sound cards [*]
		S3 SonicVibes [*] [+]
		ESS Technology ES1777/1868/1869/1887/1888/888 and
			Solo-1 ES1938/1946 audio [*] [+]
	Game Ports (Joysticks). [*] [+]
	Miscellaneous:
		Advanced power management (APM) [*]
	Universal Serial Bus (USB):
		UHCI host controllers [*] [+]
		OHCI host controllers [*] [+]
		Hubs [*] [+]
		Keyboards using the boot protocol [*] [+]
		Mice [*] [+]
		Printers [*] [+]
		Modems using Abstract Control Model [*] [+]
		Generic support for HID devices [*] [+]
		Ethernet adapters [*] [+]
	PCMCIA Controllers:
		ISA, PCI, and ISA Plug\*&Play attachments for:
			Intel 82365 PCIC, rev 0 and rev 1
			Cirrus PD6710
			Cirrus PD672X
		[ Note: will work with most laptops as well as 
		  with ISA cards which provide PCMCIA 
		  slots for desktops ]
.Ed
.Pp
Drivers for hardware marked with "[*]" are NOT present in kernels on the
distribution floppies.  Except as noted above, all drivers are present
on all disks.  Also, at the present time, the distributed kernels
support only one SCSI host adapter per machine. 
.Nx
normally
allows more, though, so if you have more than one, you can use all of
them by compiling a custom kernel once
.Nx
is installed.
.Pp
Support for devices marked with "[+]" IS included in the "generic" kernels,
although it is not in the kernels which are on the distribution floppies.
.Pp
Support for devices marked with "[b]" requires BIOS support for PCI-PCI
bridging on your motherboard.  Most reasonably modern Pentium motherboards
have this support, or can acquire it via a BIOS upgrade.
.Pp
Hardware the we do NOT currently support, but get many questions
about:
.Bl -bullet
.It
Multiprocessor systems. (NetBSD will run, but only use one processor.)
.It
Adaptec AIC-7890 SCSI host adapters.
.It
PCI WD-7000 SCSI host adapters.
.It
QIC-40 and QIC-80 tape drives.
(Drives that connect to the floppy disk controller.)
.El
.Pp
We are planning future support for many of these devices.
.Pp
To be detected by the distributed kernels, the devices must
be configured as follows:
.Bd -literal
Device		Name	Port	IRQ	DRQ	Misc
------		----	----	---	---	----
Serial ports	com0	0x3f8	4		[8250/16450/16550/clones]
		com1	0x2f8	3		[8250/16450/16550/clones]
		com2	0x3e8	5		[8250/16450/16550/clones]

Parallel ports	lpt0	0x378	7		[interrupt-driven or polling]
		lpt1	0x278			[polling only]
		lpt2	0x3bc			[polling only]

Floppy controller
		fdc0	0x3f0	6	2	[supports two disks]

AHA-154x, AHA-174x (in compatibility mode), or BT-54x SCSI host adapters
		aha0	0x330	any	any
		aha1	0x334	any	any

AHA-174x SCSI host adapters (in enhanced mode)
		ahb0	any  	any	any

AHA-152x, AIC-6260- or AIC-6360-based SCSI host adapters
		aic0	0x340	11	6

AHA-2X4X or AIC-7XXX-based SCSI host adapters	[precise list: see NetBSD
		ahc0	any  	any	any	 System Requirements and
						 Supported Devices]

AdvanSys ABP-9x0[U][A] SCSI host adapters
		adv0	any	any	any

AdvanSys ABP-940UW[68], ABP-970UW[68], ASB3940UW-00 SCSI host adapters
		adw0	any	any	any

AMD PCscsi-PCI based SCSI host adapters
		pcscp0	any	any	any

BusLogic BT445, BT74x, or BT9xx SCSI host adapters
		bha0 	0x330	any	any
		bha1 	0x334	any	any

Seagate/Future Domain SCSI
		sea0	any	5	any	iomem 0xd8000

Symbios Logic/NCR 53C8xx based PCI SCSI host adapters
		ncr0	any  	any	any

Ultrastor 14f, 24f (if it works), or 34f SCSI host adapters
		uha0	0x330	any	any
		uha1	0x340	any	any

Western Digital WD7000 based ISA SCSI host adapters
		wds0	0x350	15	6
		wds1	0x358	11	5

PCI IDE hard disk controllers
		pciide0	any	any	any	[supports four devices]

MFM/ESDI/IDE/RLL hard disk controllers
		wdc0	0x1f0	14		[supports two devices]
		wdc1	0x170	15		[supports two devices]

ATA disks	wd0, wd1, ...
SCSI and ATAPI disks sd0, sd1, ...
SCSI tapes	st0, st1, ...
SCSI and ATAPI CD-ROMs cd0, cd1, ...
	For each SCSI and IDE controller found, the SCSI or ATA(PI) devices
	present on the bus are probed in increasing id order for SCSI and
	master/slave order for ATA(PI). So the first SCSI drive found will
	be called sd0, the second sd1, and so on ...

StarLAN cards
		ai0	0x360	7	any	iomem 0xd0000

FMV-180 series cards
		fmv0	0x2a0	any

AT1700 cards
		ate0	0x2a0	any

Intel EtherExpress/16 cards
		ix0	0x300	10

Intel EtherExpress PRO 10 ISA cards
		iy0	0x360	any

CS8900 Ethernet cards
		cs0	0x300	any	any

3Com 3c501 Ethernet cards
		el0	0x300	9

3Com 3c503 Ethernet cards
		ec0	0x250	9		iomem 0xd8000

3Com 3c505 Ethernet cards
		eg0	0x280	9

3Com 3c507 Ethernet cards
		ef0	0x360	7		iomem 0xd0000

Novell NE1000, or NE2000 Ethernet boards
		ne0 	0x280	9
		ne1 	0x300	10

Novell NE2100 Ethernet boards
		ne2	0x320	9	7

BICC IsoLan cards
		ne3	0x320	10	7	

SMC/WD 8003, 8013, Elite16, and Elite16 Ultra Ethernet boards
		we0	0x280 	9		iomem 0xd0000
		we1	0x300	10		iomem 0xcc000

3COM 3c509 or 3COM 3c579 Ethernet boards
		ep0 	any  	any

3COM 3x59X PCI Ethernet boards
		ep0 	any  	any	[you must assign an interrupt in your
		    	    	   	 PCI BIOS, or let it do so for you]

3COM 3x90X PCI Ethernet boards
		ex0 	any  	any	[you must assign an interrupt in your
		    	    	   	 PCI BIOS, or let it do so for you]

Intel EtherExpress PRO 10 ISA
		iy0		0x360	any

Intel EtherExpress 100 Fast Ethernet adapters
		fxp0	any	any	[you must assign an interrupt in your
					 PCI BIOS, or let it do so for you]

SMC91C9x based Ethernet cards
		sm0	0x300	10

PCnet-PCI based Ethernet boards; see above for partial list
		le0 	any  	any	[you must assign an interrupt in your
		    	    	   	 PCI BIOS, or let it do so for you]

DC21x4x based Ethernet boards; see above for partial list
		de0 	any  	any	[you must assign an interrupt in your
		    	     	   	 PCI BIOS, or let it do so for you]

Digital EtherWORKS III (DE203/DE204/DE205) LEMAC 
		lc0 	0x320	any

Qlogic ISP [12]0x0 SCSI/FibreChannel boards
		isp0	any	any

Efficient Networks EN-155 and Adaptec AIC-590x ATM interfaces
		en0	any	any

SMC EPIC/100 Fast Ethernet boards:
		epic0	any	any

Texas Instruments ThunderLAN based ethernet boards:
		tl0	any	any

VIA VT3043(Rhine) and VT86C100A(Rhine-II) based ethernet boards
		vr0	any	any

IBM TROPIC based Token-Ring cards:
		tr0	0xa20	any		iomem 0xd8000
		tr1	0xa24	any		iomem 0xd0000
		tr2	any	any

.Ed