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Installation with Other Operating Systems:
The OpenBSD/i386 port can be installed to share the system disks with
-other operating systems such as MSDOS, Windows or Linux using the MSDOS
+other operating systems such as MS-DOS, Windows or Linux using the MS-DOS
MBR/partition scheme and an optional boot selector. Everyday operation is
trouble free, but setup requires care and Windows '95 installation is known
to be careless about pre-existing MBR/partition information.
@@ -49,336 +49,421 @@
+Processors
+All CPU chips compatible with the Intel 80386 (i386) architecture:
-- All CPU chips compatible with the Intel 80386 architecture
-
-- 386/486 (SX/DX)
+
- 386/486 (SX/DX/DX2/DX4)
- Intel Pentium/Pentium-MMX
- Intel Pentium Pro/II/III/Celeron
-
- AMD K5/K6/K6-2/K6-3
-
- AMD Athlon
-
- Cyrix MediaGX/M1/M2
-
- Rise mP6
-
- IDT WinChip
-
- NexGen 586
-
- VIA Joshua
+
- AMD K5/K6/K6-2/K6-3
+
- AMD Athlon
+
- Cyrix MediaGX/M1/M2
+
- Rise mP6
+
- IDT WinChip
+
- NexGen 586
+
- VIA Joshua
-
-Everything that is a clone of the 386 or up should work fine. The
-only CPU that is known to work poorly (due to flawed
-motherboard designs) is the Cyrix 386DLC.
+Everything that is a clone of the 386 or up should work fine.
+The only CPU that is known to work poorly (due to flawed motherboard designs)
+is the Cyrix 386DLC.
-
- All standard ISA, EISA, VLB, PCI, or PCMCIA bus based machines.
-
- The MCA bus found in various official IBM PCs is not supported.
-
- Cardbus (ie. 32-bit PC-CARD) is not yet supported.
+
+Buses
+
+- All standard ISA, EISA, VLB, and PCI, bus based machines.
+
- Both 16-Bit PCMCIA PC Cards and newer 32-Bit CardBus support.
+
- Universal Serial Bus (USB).
+
+The MCA bus found in various official IBM PCs is not supported.
+Disk Controllers
+
- Floppy controllers.
- ISA MFM, ESDI, IDE, and RLL hard disk controllers.
-
-
- PCI IDE controllers:
+
+
+
+PCI IDE Controllers
-- Acer Labs M5229
-
- CMD Tech PCI0643 and PCI0646
-
- Contaq Microsystems/Cypress CY82C693
-
- Intel PIIX, PIIX3, and PIIX4
-
- Intel 82801 (ICH/ICH0)
-
- Promise PDC20246 (Ultra/33) and PDC20262 (Ultra/66)
-
- Silicon Integrated System 5513
-
- VIA Technologies VT82C586 and VT82C586A
-
- Should support any PCI IDE-compliant controller, but those
-not specifically listed many not be capable of DMA modes
+
- Acer Labs M5229
+
- CMD Tech PCI0643 and PCI0646
+
- Contaq Microsystems/Cypress CY82C693
+
- Intel PIIX, PIIX3, and PIIX4
+
- Intel 82801 (ICH/ICH0)
+
- Promise PDC20246 (Ultra/33) and PDC20262 (Ultra/66)
+
- Silicon Integrated System 5513
+
- VIA Technologies VT82C586 and VT82C586A
+Any other PCI IDE-compliant controller should work, but those
+not specifically listed many not be capable of DMA modes.
-
- 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 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 AIC-7770-based SCSI host adapters (including the
- Adaptec AHA-274x, AHA-284x families).
-
- Adaptec AHA-[23]94x[W] cards and some onboard PCI designs using the
- AIC7870 and AIC7880 chips.
-
- Adaptec AHA-[23]94xU[2W] cards and onboard PCI designs using the
- AIC789[01], AIC7895, AIC789[67] chips.
-
- Buslogic 54x (Adaptec AHA-154x clones)
-
- BusLogic 445, 74x, 9xx (But not the new "FlashPoint" series
- of BusLogic SCSI adapters)
-
- Symbios Logic (NCR) 53C8xx-based PCI SCSI host adapters
- (Including generic/no name cards, old ASUS cards, the DTC-3130 series,
- Diamond Fireport series, etc.)
-
- Ultrastor 14f, 34f, and (possibly) 24f
-
- Seagate/Future Domain ISA SCSI adapter cards, including
+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 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 AIC-7770-based SCSI host adapters (including the
+ Adaptec AHA-274x and AHA-284x families).
+
- Adaptec AHA-[23]94x[W] cards and some on-board PCI designs using the
+ AIC7870 and AIC7880 chips.
+
- Adaptec AHA-[23]94xU[2W] cards and on-board PCI designs using the
+ AIC789[01], AIC7895, AIC789[67] chips.
+
- Buslogic 54x (Adaptec AHA-154x clones)
+
- BusLogic 445, 74x, 9xx (but not the new "FlashPoint" series
+ of BusLogic SCSI adapters)
+
- Symbios Logic (NCR) 53C8xx-based PCI SCSI host adapters
+ (Including generic/no name cards, old ASUS cards, the DTC-3130 series,
+ Diamond Fireport series, etc.)
+
- Ultrastor 14f, 34f, and (possibly) 24f
+
- Seagate/Future Domain ISA SCSI adapter cards, including
- - ST01/02
-
- Future Domain TMC-885
-
- Future Domain TMC-950
+
- ST01/02
+
- Future Domain TMC-885
+
- Future Domain TMC-950
- - WD-7000 SCSI host adapters
-
- QLogic PCI SCSI controllers
-
- AdvanSys `U' and `UW' PCI SCSI controllers
-
-
+
- WD-7000 SCSI host adapters
+
- QLogic PCI SCSI controllers
+
- AdvanSys `U' and `UW' PCI SCSI controllers
+
+
-
- RAID or cache controllers:
-
- - ICP-Vortex GDT 6XXXRP series
-
-
+RAID or Cache Controllers
+
+- DPT SmartCache III/IV PCI/EISA adapters (dpt)
+
- ICP-Vortex GDT 6XXXRP series (gdt)
+
+
-
- MDA, CGA, VGA, SVGA, and HGC Display Adapters
- (Note that not all of the display adapters OpenBSD/i386
- can work with are supported by X.
- See the XFree86 FAQ for more information.)
+CD-ROM and DVD-ROM Drives
+
+- Mitsumi CD-ROM drives (mcd) (1) (2)
+ [Note: The Mitsumi driver device probe is known
+ to cause trouble with several devices!]
+
- Most SCSI CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, and DVD drives.
+
- Most ATAPI (IDE) CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, and DVD drives.
+
+Sony and Panasonic proprietary CD-ROM interfaces are not supported.
+
-
- Serial ports:
-
- - 8250/16450-based ports
-
- 16550-based ports
-
- ST16650-based ports
-
- XR16850-based ports (only in the pccom driver)
-
- AST-style 4-port serial boards (1)
-
- BOCA 8-port serial cards (1)
-
- Cyclades Cyclom-{4, 8, 16}Y serial boards (1)
-
- IBM PC-RT 4-port serial boards (1)
-
-
+Display Adapters
+
+- MDA, CGA, EGA, VGA, SVGA, and HGC Display Adapters
+
+Note that not all of the display adapters OpenBSD/i386
+can work with are supported by X.
+(See the XFree86 FAQ for more information.)
+
-
- Parallel ports.
+Serial Ports
+
+- 8250/16450-based ports
+
- 16550-based ports
+
- ST16650-based ports
+
- XR16850-based ports (only in the pccom driver)
+
- AST-style 4-port serial boards (1)
+
- BOCA 8-port serial cards (1)
+
- Cyclades Cyclom-{4, 8, 16}Y serial boards (1)
+
- IBM PC-RT 4-port serial boards (1)
+
+
-
-- PCMCIA:
-
- - ATA cards
+Parallel Ports
+
+Ethernet Adapters
+
+- 3Com 3c501 (el)
+
- 3Com 3c503 (ec)
+
- 3Com 3c505 (eg) (1)
+
- 3Com 3c507 (ie)
+
- 3Com 3c509, 3c579, and 3c59x (ep)
+
- 3Com 3c515 (ef)
+
- 3Com 3c9xx EtherLink XL adapters (xl), including:
- - ATA/IDE card drives
-
- ATA/IDE CDROM adapters
-
- CF/ATA flash cards and disk drives.
+
- 3Com 3c900/3c900B
+
- 3Com 3c905/3c905B/3c905C
+
- 3Com 3c980/3c980C server adapter
+
- 3Com 3c900B-FL and 3c900b-FL/FX fiber optic adapters
+
- Dell on-board 3c920
+
- Dell Precision on-board 3c905B
+
- Dell OptiPlex GX1 on-board 3c918
+
- Dell Latitude laptop docking station embedded 3c905
- - SCSI host adapters:
+
+
- Adaptec "Starfire" AIC-6915 based PCI adapters (sf), including:
- - Adaptec SlimSCSI APA-14[56]0
+
- Adaptec Single32 ANA-69011
+
- Adaptec Single64 ANA-62011
+
- Adaptec Duo64 ANA-62022
+
- Adaptec Quartet64 ANA-62044
- - Serial ports:
+
+
- ADMtek AL981 ("Comet") and AN983/AN985 ("Centaur") based PCI adapters (dc), including:
- - Virtually all modems, digital cellular modems, and serial cards should work.
+
- Mototech ME316
- - Ethernet adapters:
+
+
- ADMtek AN986-based USB adapters (aue), including:
- - 3COM 3c589
-
- D-Link DE-660
-
- D-Link DFE-650 Fast Ethernet
-
- Genius ME 3000II SE
-
- Hawking Ethernet Combo
-
- IC-Card
-
- Kingston KNE-PC2
-
- Linksys PCMPC100
-
- Netgear FA410TX Fast Ethernet
-
- Xircom ethernet adapters
-
- Ambicom NE-2000
+
- LinkSys USB100TX
+
- Billionton USB100
+
- Melco Inc. LU-ATX
+
- D-Link 650TX
+
- SMC-2202USB
- - Wireless
+
+
- AMD LANCE and PCnet-based ISA adapters (le), including:
- - Wavelan (all models)
+
- Novell NE1500T
+
- Novell NE2100
+
- Kingston 21xx
-
- - ATM adapters:
-
- - Efficient Networks EN-155 and Adaptec ANA-590x ATM interfaces (1) (en)
-
- - FDDI adapters:
-
- - Digital DEFEA EISA FDDI adapters (fea)
-
- Digital DEFPA PCI FDDI adapters (fpa)
-
- - WAN adapters:
-
- - Lan Media Corporation SSI (T1)/HSSI/DS1/DS3 WAN interfaces. (lmc)
-
- - Ethernet adapters:
-
- - Adaptec "Starfire" AIC-6915 based adapters, (sf) including:
+
+
- AMD LANCE and PCnet-based PCI adapters (le), including:
- - Adaptec Single32 ANA-69011
-
- Adaptec Single64 ANA-62011
-
- Adaptec Duo64 ANA-62022
-
- Adaptec Quartet64 ANA-62044
+
- BOCALANcard/PCI
+
- AT&T StarLAN 10, EN100, and StarLAN Fiber
- - ADMtek AL981 and AN985-based PCI Ethernet adapters, (al) including:
-
+
- ASIX 88140A/88141-based PCI adapters (dc), including:
+
+ - CNet Pro110
+
- Alfa Inc. GFC2204
+
- - ADMtek AN986 Pegasus-based USB Ethernet adapters, (aue) including:
-
- - LinkSys USB100TX
-
- Billionton USB100
-
- Melco Inc. LU-ATX
-
- D-Link 650TX
-
- SMC-2202USB
-
+ - CATC USB-EL1210A-based USB adapters (cue), including:
+
+ - CATC Netmate and Netmate II
+
- Belkin F5U111
+
- - Alteon Tigon I & II based PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapters, (ti) including:
+
- Digital DC21x4x-based PCI adapters (de), including:
- - 3Com 3c985
-
- Alteon ACEnic
-
- Netgear GA620
-
- SGI Tigon
-
- Farallon PN9000
+
- Older SMC PCI EtherPower 10, 10/100
+
- Older LinkSys 10, 10/100 (newer models are supported by other drivers)
+
- Znyx ZX34x
+
- Cogent EM100
+
- Digital DE450
+
- Digital DE500
+
- Almost all other variants work.
- - AMD LANCE and PCnet-based ISA Ethernet adapters, (le) including:
+
- Digital DC2114x-based four port cards, (de) including:
+
+ - Adaptec ANA-6944A
+
- Cogent EM400
+
- Compex 400TX
+
- Znyx ZX346
+
+
+ - Intel EtherExpress 16 (ie)
+
+
- Intel EtherExpress PRO/10 ISA (ex)
+
+
- Intel i8255x-based (except the i82556) PCI adapters (fxp), including:
- - Novell NE1500T
-
- Novell NE2100
-
- Kingston 21xx
+
- Intel EtherExpress PRO/10+
+
- Intel EtherExpress PRO/100, PRO/100B, and PRO/100+
+
- Intel EtherExpress PRO/100+ "Management Adapter"
+
- Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 Dual Port
- - AMD PCnet-based PCI Ethernet adapters, including:
+
- Kawasaki LSI KL5KUSB101B-based USB adapters (kue), including:
- - BOCALANcard/PCI
-
- AT&T StarLAN 10, EN100, and StarLAN Fiber
+
- 3Com 3C19250
+
- LinkSys USB10T
+
- Peracom USB Ethernet Adapter
+
- Entegra NET-USB-E45
+
- ADS Technologies USB-10BT
+
- ATen UC10T
+
- Netgear EA101
+
- D-Link DSB-650
+
- SMC 2102/2104USB
- - ASIX 88140A/88141-based PCI Ethernet adapters, (ax) including:
+
- Lite-On PNIC/PNIC-II-based adapters (dc), including:
- - CNet Pro110
-
- Alfa Inc. GFC2204
+
- Netgear FA310TX rev D1
+
- LinkSys LNE100TX
+
- Matrox Networks FastNIC 10/100
- - CATC USB-EL1210A-based USB Ethernet adapters, (cue) including:
+
- Macronix 98713/98715/98725-based adapters (dc), including:
- - CATC Netmate and Netmate II
-
- Belkim F5U111
+
- Addtron AEF-320TX/AEF-330TX
+
- NDC Communications SOHOware SFA110
+
- SVEC PN102-TX fast ethernet card
- - Kawasaki LSI KL5KUSB101B-based USB Ethernet adapters, (kue) including:
+
- Novell NE1000, NE2000 (PCI and ISA variants thereof) (ne)
+
+
- RealTek 8129/8139-based adapters (rl), including:
- - 3Com 3C19250
-
- LinkSys USB10T
-
- Peracom USB Ethernet Adapter
-
- Entegra NET-USB-E45
-
- ADS Technologies USB-10BT
-
- ATen UC10T
-
- Netgear EA101
-
- D-Link DSB-650
-
- SMC 2102/2104USB
+
- Accton MPX 5030/5038
+
- Allied Telesyn AT2550
+
- Encore ENL832-TX 10/100 M PCI
+
- Genius GF100TXR
+
- KTX-9130TX 10/100 Fast Ethernet
+
- Longshine LCS-8038TX-R
+
- NDC NE100TX-E
+
- Netronix EA-1210 Net Ether 10/100
+
- OvisLink LEF-8129TX, LEF-8139TX
+
- SMC EZ Card 10/100 PCI 1211-TX
- - SiS 900/7016-based PCI Ethernet adapters, (sis) including:
+
- SiS 900/7016-based PCI adapters (sis), including:
- - Mototech ME313
+
- Mototech ME313
- - Sundance ST201-based PCI Ethernet adapters, (ste) including:
+
- SMC/WD 8003, 8013, and the SMC "Elite16" ISA boards
+
+
- SMC/WD 8216 (the SMC "Elite16 Ultra" ISA boards) (See special care notice in INSTALL.i386)
+
+
- SMC 8416 ("EtherEZ") PNP cards
+
+
- SMC 9432 ("EtherPower II") EPIC 10/100
+
+
- Sundance ST201-based PCI adapters (ste), including:
- - D-Link DFE-550TX
+
- D-Link DFE-550TX
- - 3Com 3c501 (el)
-
- 3Com 3c503 (ec)
-
- 3Com 3c505 (eg) (1)
-
- 3Com 3c507 (ie)
-
- 3Com 3c509, 3c579, and 3c59x (ep)
-
- 3Com 3c515 (ef)
-
- 3Com 3c9xx Etherlink XL adapters, (xl) including:
+
- Texas Instruments ThunderLAN PCI adapters (tl), including:
- - 3Com 3c900/3c900B
-
- 3Com 3c905/3c905B/3c905C
-
- 3Com 3c980/3c980C server adapter
-
- 3Com 3c900B-FL and 3c900b-FL/FX fiber optic adapters
-
- Dell on-board 3c920
-
- Dell Precision on-board 3c905B
-
- Dell OptiPlex GX1 on-board 3c918
-
- Dell Latitude laptop docking station embedded 3c905
-
- - Digital DC21x4x-based PCI Ethernet adapters, (de) including:
+
- Compaq Netelligent PCI Adapters
+
- Compaq NetFlex 3/P
+
- Compaq Deskpro integrated adapter
+
- Compaq Prosignia integrated adapter
+
- Olicom OC2135, OC2183, OC2325, OC2326
+
- Racore 8165 and 8148
+
- TI ThunderLAN adapters
+
+
+ - VIA Rhine/RhineII Ethernet adapters (vr), including:
- - older SMC PCI EtherPower 10, 10/100
-
- older LinkSys 10, 10/100 (newer models are supported by other drivers)
-
- Znyx ZX34x
-
- Cogent EM100
-
- Digital DE450
-
- Digital DE500
-
- Almost all other variants work.
+
- Addtron AEF-360TX
+
- Hawking PN102TX
+
- D-Link DFE530TX
- - Digital DC2114x-based four port cards, (de) including:
-
- - Adaptec ANA-6944A
-
- Cogent EM400
-
- Compex 400TX
-
- Znyx ZX346
-
- - BICC Isolan (1) -- not recently tested
-
- SMC/WD 8003, 8013, and the SMC "Elite16" ISA boards
-
- SMC/WD 8216 (the SMC "Elite16 Ultra" ISA boards) (See special care notice in INSTALL.i386)
-
- SMC 8416 ("EtherEZ") PNP cards
-
- SMC 9432 ("EtherPower II") EPIC 10/100
-
- Intel EtherExpress 16 (ie)
-
- Novell NE1000, NE2000 (PCI and ISA variants thereof) (ne)
-
- Intel 8255x-based PCI ethernet adapters, (fxp) including:
+
+
- Winbond W89C840F-based adapters (wb), including:
- - Intel EtherExpress PRO/10 and PRO/10+
-
- Intel EtherExpress PRO/100, PRO/100B, and PRO/100+ cards
-
- Intel EtherExpress PRO/100+ "Management Adapter"
-
- Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 Dual Port cards
+
- Trendware TE100-PCIE
+
- Compex RL100-ATX 10/100
- - Texas Instruments ThunderLAN PCI Ethernet adapters, (tl) including:
-
- - Compaq Netelligent PCI Adapters
-
- Compaq NetFlex 3/P
-
- Compaq Deskpro integrated adapter
-
- Compaq Prosignia integrated adapter
-
- Olicom OC2135, OC2183, OC2325, OC2326
-
- Racore 8165 and 8148
-
- TI ThunderLAN adapters
-
- - RealTek 8129/8139 based adapters, (rl) including:
-
- - Accton MPX 5030/5038
-
- Allied Telesyn AT2550
-
- Encore ENL832-TX 10/100 M PCI
-
- Genius GF100TXR
-
- KTX-9130TX 10/100 Fast Ethernet
-
- Longshine LCS-8038TX-R
-
- NDC NE100TX-E
-
- Netronix EA-1210 Net Ether 10/100
-
- OvisLink LEF-8129TX, LEF-8139TX
-
- SMC EZ Card 10/100 PCI 1211-TX
-
- - Macronix 98713/98715/98725 Ethernet adapters, (mx) including:
-
- - Addtron AEF-320TX/AEF-330TX
-
- NDC Communications SOHOware SFA110
-
- SVEC PN102-TX fast ethernet card
-
- - VIA Rhine/RhineII Ethernet adapters, (vr) including:
-
- - Addtron AEF-360TX
-
- Hawking PN102TX
-
- D-Link DFE530TX
-
- - Lite-On PNIC/PNIC-II adapters, (pn) including:
+
+
+Wireless Ethernet Adapters
+
+- Aironet 802.11DS (PCMCIA and PCI varieties)
+
- RayLink Aviator2.4/Pro 802.11FH
+
- WaveLAN 802.11DS
+
+
+
+Gigabit Ethernet Adapters
+
+- Alteon Tigon I/II-based adapters (ti), including:
- - Netgear FA310TX rev D1
-
- LinkSys LNE100TX
-
- Matrox Networks FastNIC 10/100
+
- 3Com 3c985
+
- Alteon ACEnic
+
- Netgear GA620
+
- SGI Tigon
+
- Farallon PN9000
- - Winbond W89C840F Ethernet adapters, (wb) including:
+
+
- Intel i82452-based adapters (wx), including:
- - Trendware TE100-PCIE
-
- Compex RL100-ATX 10/100
+
- Intel Pro/1000 Gigabit Server Adapter
- - SysKonnect SK-984x (9841/9842/9843/9844) Gigabit Ethernet adapters (sk)
-
- - Many kinds of ISA Plug-and-Play cards
+
- SysKonnect SK-984x (9841/9842/9843/9844) based adapters (sk)
+
+
+ATM Adapters
+
+- Efficient Networks EN-155 and Adaptec ANA-590x ATM interfaces (1) (en)
+
+
+
+FDDI Adapters
+
+- Digital DEFEA EISA FDDI adapters (fea)
+
- Digital DEFPA PCI FDDI adapters (fpa)
+
+
+
+WAN Adapters
+
+- Lan Media Corporation SSI (T1)/HSSI/DS1/DS3 WAN interfaces (lmc)
+
+
+
+Cryptography Accelerators
+
+- Hi/Fn 7751 based boards, including:
+
+ - GTGI PowerCrypt Encryption Accelerator
+
+
+
+
+
+PC Cards (PCMCIA and CardBus)
+
+- ATA cards, including:
+
+ - ATA/IDE card drives
+
- ATA/IDE CD-ROM adapters
+
- CF/ATA flash cards and disk drives
+
+
+ - SCSI host adapters, including:
+
+ - Adaptec SlimSCSI APA-14[56]0
+
+
+ - Ethernet adapters, including:
+
+ - 3Com 3c575, 3c575B, and 3c575C (xl)
+
- 3Com 3c589 (ep)
+
- D-Link DE-660
+
- D-Link DFE-650 Fast Ethernet
+
- Genius ME 3000II SE
+
- Hawking Ethernet Combo
+
- IC-Card
+
- Kingston KNE-PC2
+
- Linksys PCMPC100
+
- Netgear FA410TX Fast Ethernet
+
- Xircom Ethernet adapters
+
- Ambicom NE-2000
+
+
+ - Wireless Ethernet adapters:
+
+
+
- Serial ports, incluhding:
+
+ - Most modems, digital cellular modems, and serial cards should work.
+
+
+ - PCMCIA controllers, including:
+
+ - Intel i82365 and compatibles (pcic)
+
+
+
+
+
+Many kinds of ISA Plug-and-Play cards
- Nearly all SB-style audio cards
- Nearly all joystick ports
@@ -388,58 +473,65 @@
- Most serial port or modem cards
- 3c509 cards in PNP mode
- NE2100 ethernet cards
-
- ... If a device does not work, be sure to mail the output of dmesg(1)
- to dmesg@openbsd.org, and we will try to add support.
- Tape drives:
-
- - Most SCSI tape drives
-
- Most SCSI tape changers
-
- QIC-02 and QIC-36 format (Archive- and Wangtek- compatible)
- tape drives (1) (2)
-
+If a device does not work, be sure to mail the output of dmesg(1)
+to dmesg@openbsd.org, and we will try to add support.
+
-
CD-ROM drives:
-
- - Mitsumi CD-ROM drives (1) (2)
- [Note: The Mitsumi driver device probe is known
- to cause trouble with several devices!]
-
- Most SCSI CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, and DVD drives.
-
- Most ATAPI (IDE) CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, and DVD drives.
-
+Tape Drives
+
+- Most SCSI tape drives
+
- Most SCSI tape changers
+
- QIC-02 and QIC-36 format (Archive- and Wangtek- compatible)
+ tape drives (1) (2)
+
+
-
Mice:
-
- - "Logitech"-style bus mice (1) (2)
-
- "Microsoft"-style bus mice (1) (2)
-
- "PS/2"-style mice (1) (2)
-
- Serial mice (uses serial port driver)
-
+Pointing Devices
+
+- "Logitech"-style bus mice (1) (2)
+
- "Microsoft"-style bus mice (1) (2)
+
- "PS/2"-style mice (1) (2)
+
- Serial mice (uses serial port driver)
+
+
-
APM power management
- Brooktree 848/849, 878/879 based Video Capture Cards: (1) (2)
-
- - Hauppage Wincast TV
-
- STB TV PCI Television Tuner
-
- Miro PC TV
-
- Intel Smart Video Recorder III
-
- IMS TV Turbo
-
- AVer Media TV/FM
-
- Sound Cards:
-
+
+
ISAPNP cards: Roughly said, the following cards definitely work.
Others may work as well -- support is continually being improved.
@@ -475,13 +567,6 @@
- "OPL3-SA3 Snd System, YMH0022, PNPB02F, "
- "RealTek Plug & Play Ethernet Ca, RTL8019, PNP80D6, "
- Cryptography Accelerators
-
- - Hi/Fn 7751 based boards, including:
-
- - GTGI PowerCrypt Encryption Accelerator
-
-
@@ -500,21 +585,27 @@
donation
of time, hardware, or documentation
can accelerate this support!
-- "Micro Channel" MCA bus used in many IBM PS/2 models
-
- NCR 5380-based and 53400-based SCSI host adapters
-
- QIC-40 and QIC-80 tape drives (Those are the tape drives that connect to the floppy disk controller)
-
- Multiprocessor motherboards (Though they will run fine using one
- processor only). There exists a project
- aiming to support these.
-
- Sony and Panasonic proprietary CDROM interfaces
-
- Parallel-port ZIP drives (SCSI and ATAPI ZIP drives work fine)
-
- Cardbus controllers and adapters
-
- PCMCIA:
-
- - 3COM 3c574
-
- Memory cards
-
- Most multifunction cards
-
+ - The "Micro Channel" MCA bus used in many IBM PS/2 models
+
- NCR 5380-based and 53400-based SCSI host adapters
+
- QIC-40 and QIC-80 tape drives
+ (these are the tape drives that connect to the floppy disk controller)
+
- Multiprocessor motherboards (though they will run fine using one
+ processor only).
+ There exists a project aiming to support these.
+
- Sony and Panasonic proprietary CD-ROM interfaces
+
- Parallel-port ZIP drives (SCSI and ATAPI ZIP drives work fine)
+
- Intel i82556 (EtherExpress PRO/100A) and i82596 (EtherExpress PRO/10 PCI)
+ Ethernet adapters
+
- ESS Maestro-based sound devices
+
- Forte Media FM801 audio
+
- VIA VT82C686A southbridge integrated AC'97 audio
+
- Infrared devices, such as commonly found on laptops
+
- PCMCIA:
+
+ - 3Com 3c574
+
- Memory cards
+
- Most multifunction cards
+
@@ -528,7 +619,7 @@
www@openbsd.org
-$OpenBSD: i386.html,v 1.129 2000/04/13 17:14:27 jason Exp $
+$OpenBSD: i386.html,v 1.130 2000/04/14 06:20:06 aaron Exp $