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Updates for 4.x:

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- Add AMI and Mylex RAID controllers
 - Reflect the demise of the 'eg' and 'ft' drivers
 - Various minor cleanups
 - Add some initial Microchannel information (this could do with some
   fleshing out)
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@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ 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.
the driver to work within the new 4.0 framework.
FreeBSD GENERIC kernel:
@ -61,16 +61,18 @@ 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
amd0 n/a n/a n/a n/a AMD 53C974 (Tekram DC390(T))
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.
dpt0 dyn dyn n/a n/a DPT RAID SCSI controllers
amr0 dyn dyn n/a n/a AMI MegaRAID controllers
mlx0 dyn dyn n/a dyn Mylex DAC960 RAID controllers
wt0 300 5 1 dyn Wangtek and Archive QIC-02/QIC-36
@ -83,8 +85,7 @@ 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
ppc0 dyn 7 n/a n/a Printer ports
al0 dyn dyn n/a dyn ADMtek AL981/AN985 PCI based cards
ax0 dyn dyn n/a dyn ASIX AX88140A PCI based cards
@ -93,7 +94,6 @@ de0 n/a n/a n/a n/a DEC DC21x40 PCI based cards
dm0 n/a n/a n/a n/a Davicom DM9100/DM9102 PCI based 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
@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ 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.
tx0 dyn dyn n/a dyn SMC 9432 'Epic' fast ethernet
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)
@ -122,10 +123,6 @@ 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.
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 ---
@ -248,10 +245,11 @@ 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.
Note that PCI, Microchannel 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
@ -271,6 +269,7 @@ 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):
ata: Alternate high-performance driver for IDE controllers
ctx: Cortex-I frame grabber
cx: Cronyx/Sigma multiport sync/async
cy: Cyclades high-speed serial driver
@ -301,9 +300,12 @@ 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
sym: Alternate high-performance driver for NCR/LSI Logic SCSI controllers
spigot: Creative Labs Video Spigot video-acquisition board
uart: Stand-alone 6850 UART for MIDI
wds: Western Digital WD7000 IDE
ze: IBM/National Semiconductor PCMCIA Ethernet Controller
zp: 3Com 3c589 Etherlink III PCMCIA Ethernet Controller
--- end of list ---
@ -311,11 +313,11 @@ wds: Western Digital WD7000 IDE
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.
FreeBSD currently runs on a wide variety of ISA, VLB, EISA,
Microchannel 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
@ -325,10 +327,10 @@ received confirmation of this.
4.1. Disk Controllers
---- ----------------
WD1003 (any generic MFM/RLL)
WD1007 (any generic IDE/ESDI)
IDE
ATA
WD1003 (any generic MFM/RLL - obsolete)
WD1007 (any generic ESDI - obsolete)
Adaptec 1535 ISA SCSI controllers
Adaptec 154x series ISA SCSI controllers
@ -365,6 +367,12 @@ 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.
AMI MegaRAID Express and Enterprise family controllers (all models).
Mylex DAC960 controllers with 3.x and 4.x firmware, including the
P, PL, PJ, PG and PTL (AcceleRAID 250). Other AcceleRAID models may
function but have not been tested.
SymBios (formerly NCR) 53C810, 53C810a, 53C815, 53C820, 53C825a,
53C860, 53C875, 53C875j, 53C885, 53C895 and 53C896 PCI SCSI controllers:
ASUS SC-200
@ -380,6 +388,9 @@ QLogic 1020, 1040, 1040B and 2100 SCSI and Fibre Channel Adapters
DTC 3290 EISA SCSI controller in 1542 emulation mode.
Tekram DC390 and DC390T controllers (maybe other cards based on the
AMD 53c974 as well).
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
@ -388,37 +399,14 @@ 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 CD-ROM type systems are supported at this time:
(cd) SCSI interface (also includes ProAudio Spectrum and
SoundBlaster SCSI)
(cd) SCSI interface (also includes SoundBlaster SCSI)
(matcd) Matsushita/Panasonic (Creative SoundBlaster) proprietary
interface (562/563 models)
(scd) Sony proprietary interface (all models)
(acd) ATAPI IDE interface
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. ]
Unmaintained drivers, they might or might not work for your hardware:
Floppy tape interface (Colorado/Mountain/Insight)
(mcd) Mitsumi proprietary CD-ROM interface (all models)
4.2. Network cards
@ -539,14 +527,12 @@ 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.
Winbond W89C940, Surecom NE-34, VIA VT86C926, etc.
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
@ -720,7 +706,6 @@ 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
@ -740,8 +725,6 @@ 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
@ -749,4 +732,14 @@ 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.
FreeBSD currently does NOT support IBM's microchannel (MCA) bus.
4.6. Microchannel
---- ------------
Experimental support for Microchannel systems is new in FreeBSD 4.0
Drivers with support for Microchannel peripherals are:
aha: Adaptec AHA-1640 SCSI controller
bt: Buslogic BT-640A and Storage Dimensions SDC3211 SCSI controllers
ep: 3Com 3C529 network adapter