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15: <p>
16: <h2><font color=#e00000>i386</font><hr></h2>
1.54 deraadt 17:
1.32 grr 18: <p>
1.54 deraadt 19: <h3><font color=#0000e0>Installation with Other Operating Systems:</font></h3>
1.46 deraadt 20: The OpenBSD/i386 port can be installed to share the system disks with
1.130 aaron 21: other operating systems such as MS-DOS, Windows or Linux using the MS-DOS
1.32 grr 22: MBR/partition scheme and an optional boot selector. Everyday operation is
23: trouble free, but setup requires care and Windows '95 installation is known
24: to be careless about pre-existing MBR/partition information.
25: See the Installation Notes for more details.
1.34 johns 26:
1.32 grr 27: <p>
1.54 deraadt 28: <h3><font color=#0000e0>Binary compatibility with other Operating Systems:</font></h3>
1.46 deraadt 29: The OpenBSD/i386 port can run Linux, FreeBSD, BSD/OS,
1.44 deraadt 30: SVR4 (including Solaris), and IBCS2 binaries.
31:
32: <p>
1.54 deraadt 33: <h3><font color=#0000e0>Supported Hardware:</font></h3>
1.46 deraadt 34: The OpenBSD/i386 port works across a broad range of standard PC's and clones,
1.32 grr 35: with a wide variety of processors and I/O bus architecures. It can be expected
1.53 todd 36: to install and run with minimal difficulty on most current products.
1.32 grr 37: The cases where problems may be encountered are typically older proprietary
38: PC's, Laptops or specialized server boxes that rely on a custom BIOS to paper
39: over implementation differences.
1.34 johns 40:
1.32 grr 41: <p>
1.117 deraadt 42: OpenBSD does not currently support multiple processors (SMP), but will run
43: using one processor on a multi-processor system board.
1.34 johns 44:
1.31 deraadt 45: <p>
1.117 deraadt 46: Most laptops are supported. We have <a href=i386-laptop.html>a page</a>
47: that details the specifics of most common laptops.
48:
49: <p>
50: <hr>
51:
1.130 aaron 52: <b>Processors</b><p>
53: All CPU chips compatible with the Intel 80386 (i386) architecture:
1.31 deraadt 54: <ul>
1.130 aaron 55: <li>386/486 (SX/DX/DX2/DX4)
1.106 chris 56: <li>Intel Pentium/Pentium-MMX
1.116 chris 57: <li>Intel Pentium Pro/II/III/Celeron
1.130 aaron 58: <li>AMD K5/K6/K6-2/K6-3
59: <li>AMD Athlon
60: <li>Cyrix MediaGX/M1/M2
61: <li>Rise mP6
62: <li>IDT WinChip
63: <li>NexGen 586
64: <li>VIA Joshua
65: </ul>
66: Everything that is a clone of the 386 or up should work fine.
67: The only CPU that is known to work poorly (due to flawed motherboard designs)
68: is the Cyrix 386DLC.
69: <p>
70:
71: <b>Buses</b><p>
72: <ul>
73: <li> All standard ISA, EISA, VLB, and PCI, bus based machines.
74: <li> Both 16-Bit PCMCIA PC Cards and newer 32-Bit CardBus support.
75: <li> Universal Serial Bus (USB).
1.106 chris 76: </ul>
1.130 aaron 77: The MCA bus found in various official IBM PCs is not supported.
1.120 deraadt 78: <p>
79:
1.130 aaron 80: <b>Disk Controllers</b><p>
81: <ul>
1.131 aaron 82: <li> Floppy controllers
83: <li> ISA MFM, ESDI, IDE, and RLL hard disk controllers
1.130 aaron 84: </ul>
85: <p>
86:
87: <b>PCI IDE Controllers</b><p>
88: <ul>
89: <li>Acer Labs M5229
90: <li>CMD Tech PCI0643 and PCI0646
91: <li>Contaq Microsystems/Cypress CY82C693
92: <li>Intel PIIX, PIIX3, and PIIX4
93: <li>Intel 82801 (ICH/ICH0)
94: <li>Promise PDC20246 (Ultra/33) and PDC20262 (Ultra/66)
95: <li>Silicon Integrated System 5513
96: <li>VIA Technologies VT82C586 and VT82C586A
97: </ul>
98: Any other PCI IDE-compliant controller should work, but those
99: not specifically listed many not be capable of DMA modes.
100: <p>
101:
102: <b>SCSI Host Adapters</b><p>
103: <ul>
104: <li>Adaptec AHA-154xA, -B, -C, and -CF
105: <li>Adaptec AHA-174x
106: <li>Adaptec AIC-6260 and AIC-6360 based boards, including the
107: Adaptec AHA-152x and the SoundBlaster SCSI host adapter.
108: (Note that you cannot boot from these boards if they do not have
109: a boot ROM; only the AHA-152x and motherboards using this chip
110: are likely to be bootable, consequently.)
111: <li>Adaptec AIC-7770-based SCSI host adapters (including the
112: Adaptec AHA-274x and AHA-284x families).
113: <li>Adaptec AHA-[23]94x[W] cards and some on-board PCI designs using the
114: AIC7870 and AIC7880 chips.
1.136 ! deraadt 115: <li>Adaptec AHA-[23]9[3]4xU[2W] cards and on-board PCI designs using the
1.130 aaron 116: AIC789[01], AIC7895, AIC789[67] chips.
1.136 ! deraadt 117: <li>Adaptec AIC-789[29] chips and products like the AHA-29160 based upon it
! 118: which do 160MB/sec SCSI.
1.130 aaron 119: <li>Buslogic 54x (Adaptec AHA-154x clones)
120: <li>BusLogic 445, 74x, 9xx (but not the new "FlashPoint" series
121: of BusLogic SCSI adapters)
122: <li>Symbios Logic (NCR) 53C8xx-based PCI SCSI host adapters
123: (Including generic/no name cards, old ASUS cards, the DTC-3130 series,
124: Diamond Fireport series, etc.)
125: <li>Ultrastor 14f, 34f, and (possibly) 24f
126: <li>Seagate/Future Domain ISA SCSI adapter cards, including
127: <ul>
128: <li>ST01/02
129: <li>Future Domain TMC-885
130: <li>Future Domain TMC-950
131: </ul>
132: <li>WD-7000 SCSI host adapters
133: <li>QLogic PCI SCSI controllers
134: <li>AdvanSys `U' and `UW' PCI SCSI controllers
135: </ul>
136: <p>
137:
138: <b>RAID or Cache Controllers</b><p>
139: <ul>
140: <li>DPT SmartCache III/IV PCI/EISA adapters (<i>dpt</i>)
141: <li>ICP-Vortex GDT 6XXXRP series (<i>gdt</i>)
142: </ul>
143: <p>
144:
145: <b>CD-ROM and DVD-ROM Drives</b><p>
146: <ul>
147: <li>Mitsumi CD-ROM drives (<i>mcd</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
148: [Note: The Mitsumi driver device probe is known
149: to cause trouble with several devices!]
150: <li>Most SCSI CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, and DVD drives.
151: <li>Most ATAPI (IDE) CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, and DVD drives.
152: </ul>
153: Sony and Panasonic proprietary CD-ROM interfaces are not supported.
154: <p>
155:
1.131 aaron 156: <b>Tape Drives</b>
157: <ul>
158: <li>Most SCSI tape drives (<i>st</i>)
159: <li>Most SCSI tape changers (<i>ch</i>)
160: <li>QIC-02 and QIC-36 format (Archive- and Wangtek- compatible)
161: tape drives (<i>wt</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
162: </ul>
163: <p>
164:
1.130 aaron 165: <b>Display Adapters</b><p>
166: <ul>
167: <li>MDA, CGA, EGA, VGA, SVGA, and HGC Display Adapters
168: </ul>
169: Note that not all of the display adapters OpenBSD/i386
170: can work with are supported by X.
171: (See the <A HREF="http://www.xfree86.org/FAQ">XFree86 FAQ</a> for more information.)
172: <p>
173:
174: <b>Serial Ports</b><p>
1.121 chris 175: <ul>
1.132 aaron 176: <li>8250/16450-based ports (<i>com</i>)
1.131 aaron 177: <li>16550-based ports (<i>com</i>)
178: <li>ST16650-based ports (<i>com</i>)
179: <li>XR16850-based ports (only in the <i>pccom</i> driver)
180: <li>AST-style 4-port serial boards (<i>ast</i>) <sup>(1)</sup>
181: <li>BOCA 8-port serial cards (<i>boca</i>) <sup>(1)</sup>
182: <li>Cyclades Cyclom-{4, 8, 16}Y serial boards (<i>cy</i>) <sup>(1)</sup>
183: <li>IBM PC-RT 4-port serial boards (<i>rtfps</i>) <sup>(1)</sup>
1.121 chris 184: </ul>
1.120 deraadt 185: <p>
186:
1.130 aaron 187: <b>Parallel Ports</b><p>
1.131 aaron 188: <ul>
189: <li>Any standard parallel port (<i>lpt</i>)
190: </ul>
191: <p>
192:
193: <b>Communications Controllers</b><p>
194: <ul>
195: <li>Universal Serial Bus host controllers, including:
196: <ul>
197: <li>USB Universal Host Controller (<i>uhci</i>)
198: <li>USB Open Host Controller (<i>ohci</i>)
199: </ul>
200: <li>PCI `universal' communication cards (<i>puc</i>), providing serial (<i>com</i>) and parallel (<i>lpt</i>) children, including:
201: <ul>
202: <li>Dolphin Peripherals 4014 (dual parallel) and 4035 (dual serial)
203: <li>SIIG Cyber 2P1S (dual parallel, single serial) and 2S1P (dual serial, single parallel) PCI
204: <li>SIIG Cyber 4S PCI (quad serial)
205: <li>SIIG Cyber I/O PCI (single parallel, single serial)
206: <li>SIIG Cyber Parallel, Parallel Dual, Serial, Serial Dual PCI
207: <li>VScom PCI-800 (8 port serial, probably OEM)
208: </ul>
209: </ul>
210: <p>
1.130 aaron 211:
212: <b>Ethernet Adapters</b><p>
213: <ul>
214: <li>3Com 3c501 (<i>el</i>)
215: <li>3Com 3c503 (<i>ec</i>)
216: <li>3Com 3c505 (<i>eg</i>) <sup>(1)</sup>
217: <li>3Com 3c507 (<i>ie</i>)
218: <li>3Com 3c509, 3c579, and 3c59x (<i>ep</i>)
219: <li>3Com 3c515 (<i>ef</i>)
220: <li>3Com 3c9xx EtherLink XL adapters (<i>xl</i>), including:
221: <ul>
222: <li>3Com 3c900/3c900B
223: <li>3Com 3c905/3c905B/3c905C
224: <li>3Com 3c980/3c980C server adapter
225: <li>3Com 3c900B-FL and 3c900b-FL/FX fiber optic adapters
226: <li>Dell on-board 3c920
227: <li>Dell Precision on-board 3c905B
228: <li>Dell OptiPlex GX1 on-board 3c918
229: <li>Dell Latitude laptop docking station embedded 3c905
230: </ul>
231:
232: <li>Adaptec "Starfire" AIC-6915 based PCI adapters (<i>sf</i>), including:
233: <ul>
234: <li>Adaptec Single32 ANA-69011
235: <li>Adaptec Single64 ANA-62011
236: <li>Adaptec Duo64 ANA-62022
237: <li>Adaptec Quartet64 ANA-62044
238: </ul>
239:
240: <li>ADMtek AL981 ("Comet") and AN983/AN985 ("Centaur") based PCI adapters (<i>dc</i>), including:
241: <ul>
242: <li>Mototech ME316
243: </ul>
244:
245: <li>ADMtek AN986-based USB adapters (<i>aue</i>), including:
246: <ul>
247: <li>LinkSys USB100TX
248: <li>Billionton USB100
249: <li>Melco Inc. LU-ATX
250: <li>D-Link 650TX
251: <li>SMC-2202USB
252: </ul>
253:
254: <li>AMD LANCE and PCnet-based ISA adapters (<i>le</i>), including:
255: <ul>
256: <li>Novell NE1500T
257: <li>Novell NE2100
258: <li>Kingston 21xx
259: </ul>
260:
261: <li>AMD LANCE and PCnet-based PCI adapters (<i>le</i>), including:
262: <ul>
263: <li> BOCALANcard/PCI
264: <li> AT&T StarLAN 10, EN100, and StarLAN Fiber
265: </ul>
266:
267: <li>ASIX 88140A/88141-based PCI adapters (<i>dc</i>), including:
268: <ul>
269: <li>CNet Pro110
270: <li>Alfa Inc. GFC2204
271: </ul>
272:
273: <li>CATC USB-EL1210A-based USB adapters (<i>cue</i>), including:
274: <ul>
275: <li>CATC Netmate and Netmate II
276: <li>Belkin F5U111
277: </ul>
1.120 deraadt 278:
1.130 aaron 279: <li>Digital DC21x4x-based PCI adapters (<i>de</i>), including:
280: <ul>
281: <li>Older SMC PCI EtherPower 10, 10/100
282: <li>Older LinkSys 10, 10/100 (newer models are supported by other drivers)
283: <li>Znyx ZX34<i>x</i>
284: <li>Cogent EM100
285: <li>Digital DE450
286: <li>Digital DE500
287: <li>Almost all other variants work.
288: </ul>
1.128 niklas 289:
1.130 aaron 290: <li>Digital DC2114x-based four port cards, (<i>de</i>) including:
291: <ul>
292: <li>Adaptec ANA-6944A
293: <li>Cogent EM400
294: <li>Compex 400TX
295: <li>Znyx ZX346
296: </ul>
1.34 johns 297:
1.130 aaron 298: <li>Intel EtherExpress 16 (<i>ie</i>)
1.34 johns 299:
1.130 aaron 300: <li>Intel EtherExpress PRO/10 ISA (<i>ex</i>)
1.34 johns 301:
1.130 aaron 302: <li>Intel i8255x-based (except the i82556) PCI adapters (<i>fxp</i>), including:
1.102 deraadt 303: <ul>
1.130 aaron 304: <li>Intel EtherExpress PRO/10+
305: <li>Intel EtherExpress PRO/100, PRO/100B, and PRO/100+
306: <li>Intel EtherExpress PRO/100+ "Management Adapter"
307: <li>Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 Dual Port
1.102 deraadt 308: </ul>
1.130 aaron 309:
310: <li>Kawasaki LSI KL5KUSB101B-based USB adapters (<i>kue</i>), including:
1.89 fgsch 311: <ul>
1.130 aaron 312: <li>3Com 3C19250
313: <li>LinkSys USB10T
314: <li>Peracom USB Ethernet Adapter
315: <li>Entegra NET-USB-E45
316: <li>ADS Technologies USB-10BT
317: <li>ATen UC10T
318: <li>Netgear EA101
319: <li>D-Link DSB-650
320: <li>SMC 2102/2104USB
1.89 fgsch 321: </ul>
1.130 aaron 322:
323: <li>Lite-On PNIC/PNIC-II-based adapters (<i>dc</i>), including:
1.89 fgsch 324: <ul>
1.130 aaron 325: <li>Netgear FA310TX rev D1
326: <li>LinkSys LNE100TX
327: <li>Matrox Networks FastNIC 10/100
1.89 fgsch 328: </ul>
1.130 aaron 329:
330: <li>Macronix 98713/98715/98725-based adapters (<i>dc</i>), including:
1.89 fgsch 331: <ul>
1.130 aaron 332: <li>Addtron AEF-320TX/AEF-330TX
333: <li>NDC Communications SOHOware SFA110
1.131 aaron 334: <li>SVEC PN102-TX Fast Ethernet card
1.115 deraadt 335: </ul>
1.130 aaron 336:
1.133 aaron 337: <li>Novell NE1000, NE2000 (ISA, PCI, and PCMCIA variants thereof) (<i>ne</i>)
1.130 aaron 338:
339: <li>RealTek 8129/8139-based adapters (<i>rl</i>), including:
1.115 deraadt 340: <ul>
1.130 aaron 341: <li>Accton MPX 5030/5038
342: <li>Allied Telesyn AT2550
343: <li>Encore ENL832-TX 10/100 M PCI
344: <li>Genius GF100TXR
345: <li>KTX-9130TX 10/100 Fast Ethernet
346: <li>Longshine LCS-8038TX-R
347: <li>NDC NE100TX-E
348: <li>Netronix EA-1210 Net Ether 10/100
349: <li>OvisLink LEF-8129TX, LEF-8139TX
350: <li>SMC EZ Card 10/100 PCI 1211-TX
1.89 fgsch 351: </ul>
1.130 aaron 352:
353: <li>SiS 900/7016-based PCI adapters (<i>sis</i>), including:
1.106 chris 354: <ul>
1.130 aaron 355: <li>Mototech ME313
1.106 chris 356: </ul>
1.110 aaron 357:
1.130 aaron 358: <li>SMC/WD 8003, 8013, and the SMC "Elite16" ISA boards
359:
360: <li>SMC/WD 8216 (the SMC "Elite16 Ultra" ISA boards) (See special care notice in <A HREF="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/i386/INSTALL.i386">INSTALL.i386</A>)
361:
362: <li>SMC 8416 ("EtherEZ") PNP cards
1.110 aaron 363:
1.130 aaron 364: <li>SMC 9432 ("EtherPower II") EPIC 10/100
1.127 aaron 365:
1.130 aaron 366: <li>Sundance ST201-based PCI adapters (<i>ste</i>), including:
1.100 jason 367: <ul>
1.130 aaron 368: <li>D-Link DFE-550TX
1.100 jason 369: </ul>
370:
1.130 aaron 371: <li>Texas Instruments ThunderLAN PCI adapters (<i>tl</i>), including:
1.34 johns 372: <ul>
1.130 aaron 373: <li>Compaq Netelligent PCI Adapters
374: <li>Compaq NetFlex 3/P
375: <li>Compaq Deskpro integrated adapter
376: <li>Compaq Prosignia integrated adapter
377: <li>Olicom OC2135, OC2183, OC2325, OC2326
378: <li>Racore 8165 and 8148
379: <li>TI ThunderLAN adapters
1.34 johns 380: </ul>
381:
1.130 aaron 382: <li>VIA Rhine/RhineII Ethernet adapters (<i>vr</i>), including:
1.34 johns 383: <ul>
1.130 aaron 384: <li>Addtron AEF-360TX
385: <li>Hawking PN102TX
386: <li>D-Link DFE530TX
1.34 johns 387: </ul>
388:
1.130 aaron 389: <li>Winbond W89C840F-based adapters (<i>wb</i>), including:
1.104 aaron 390: <ul>
1.130 aaron 391: <li>Trendware TE100-PCIE
392: <li>Compex RL100-ATX 10/100
1.104 aaron 393: </ul>
1.130 aaron 394: </ul>
1.133 aaron 395: Please be aware that many NE2000 adapters fail or perform very poorly. We do
396: not recommend using them, but your mileage may vary.
397: <p>
1.104 aaron 398:
1.130 aaron 399: <b>Wireless Ethernet Adapters</b><p>
400: <ul>
1.131 aaron 401: <li>Aironet 802.11DS PCMCIA and PCI (<i>an</i>)
402: <li>RayLink Aviator2.4/Pro 802.11FH PCMCIA (<i>ray</i>)
403: <li>WaveLAN 802.11DS PCMCIA (<i>wi</i>)
1.130 aaron 404: </ul>
405: <p>
406:
407: <b>Gigabit Ethernet Adapters</b><p>
408: <ul>
409: <li>Alteon Tigon I/II-based adapters (<i>ti</i>), including:
410: <ul>
411: <li>3Com 3c985
412: <li>Alteon ACEnic
413: <li>Netgear GA620
414: <li>SGI Tigon
415: <li>Farallon PN9000
416: </ul>
417:
418: <li>Intel i82452-based adapters (<i>wx</i>), including:
1.127 aaron 419: <ul>
1.130 aaron 420: <li>Intel Pro/1000 Gigabit Server Adapter
1.127 aaron 421: </ul>
422:
1.130 aaron 423: <li>SysKonnect SK-984x (9841/9842/9843/9844) based adapters (<i>sk</i>)
424: </ul>
425:
426: <b>ATM Adapters</b><p>
427: <ul>
1.135 aaron 428: <li>Efficient Networks EN-155 and Adaptec ANA-590x ATM interfaces (<i>en</i>) <sup>(1)</sup>
1.130 aaron 429: </ul>
430: <p>
431:
432: <b>FDDI Adapters</b><p>
433: <ul>
434: <li>Digital DEFEA EISA FDDI adapters (<i>fea</i>)
435: <li>Digital DEFPA PCI FDDI adapters (<i>fpa</i>)
436: </ul>
437: <p>
438:
439: <b>WAN Adapters</b><p>
440: <ul>
441: <li>Lan Media Corporation SSI (T1)/HSSI/DS1/DS3 WAN interfaces (<i>lmc</i>)
442: </ul>
443: <p>
444:
445: <b>Cryptography Accelerators</b><p>
446: <ul>
1.131 aaron 447: <li>Hi/Fn 7751-based boards (<i>hifn</i>), including:
1.127 aaron 448: <ul>
1.130 aaron 449: <li>GTGI PowerCrypt Encryption Accelerator
1.127 aaron 450: </ul>
1.130 aaron 451: </ul>
452: <p>
1.127 aaron 453:
1.130 aaron 454: <a name=pcmcia>
455: <b>PC Cards (PCMCIA and CardBus)</b><p>
456: <ul>
457: <li>ATA cards, including:
1.112 aaron 458: <ul>
1.130 aaron 459: <li>ATA/IDE card drives
460: <li>ATA/IDE CD-ROM adapters
461: <li>CF/ATA flash cards and disk drives
1.112 aaron 462: </ul>
463:
1.130 aaron 464: <li>SCSI host adapters, including:
1.113 aaron 465: <ul>
1.130 aaron 466: <li>Adaptec SlimSCSI APA-14[56]0
1.113 aaron 467: </ul>
468:
1.130 aaron 469: <li>Ethernet adapters, including:
1.34 johns 470: <ul>
1.130 aaron 471: <li>3Com 3c575, 3c575B, and 3c575C (<i>xl</i>)
1.131 aaron 472: <li>3Com 3c562 and 3c589 (<i>ep</i>)
473: <li>D-Link DE-660 (<i>ne</i>)
1.130 aaron 474: <li>D-Link DFE-650 Fast Ethernet
475: <li>Genius ME 3000II SE
476: <li>Hawking Ethernet Combo
477: <li>IC-Card
478: <li>Kingston KNE-PC2
479: <li>Linksys PCMPC100
480: <li>Netgear FA410TX Fast Ethernet
1.131 aaron 481: <li>Xircom Ethernet adapters (<i>xe</i>)
482: <li>Ambicom NE-2000 (<i>ne</i>)
1.130 aaron 483: </ul>
484:
485: <li>Wireless Ethernet adapters:
1.106 chris 486: <ul>
1.130 aaron 487: <li>See above.
1.34 johns 488: </ul>
1.130 aaron 489:
490: <li>Serial ports, incluhding:
491: <ul>
492: <li>Most modems, digital cellular modems, and serial cards should work.
1.85 jason 493: </ul>
1.130 aaron 494:
495: <li>PCMCIA controllers, including:
1.88 jason 496: <ul>
1.130 aaron 497: <li>Intel i82365 and compatibles (<i>pcic</i>)
1.88 jason 498: </ul>
1.34 johns 499:
1.130 aaron 500: </ul>
501: <p>
502:
1.131 aaron 503: <b>Universal Serial Bus (USB) Devices</b><p>
1.130 aaron 504: <ul>
1.131 aaron 505: <li>USB Hubs (<i>uhub</i>)
506: <li>USB Generic Human Interface Devices (catch-all) (<i>uhid</i>)
507: <li>USB Mass Storage devices, i.e., USB floppy drives (<i>umass</i>)
508: <li>USB Printers (<i>ulpt</i>)
509: <li>USB Modems (<i>umodem</i>)
510: <li>USB Audio (<i>uaudio</i>)
511: <li>USB Ethernet adapters (<i>aue</i>, <i>cue</i>, <i>kue</i>), see above
1.130 aaron 512: </ul>
1.131 aaron 513: USB Keyboards and Mice are not supported in console mode at this time.
1.130 aaron 514: <p>
1.34 johns 515:
1.130 aaron 516: <b>Pointing Devices</b><p>
517: <ul>
518: <li>"Logitech"-style bus mice <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
519: <li>"Microsoft"-style bus mice <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
520: <li>"PS/2"-style mice <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
521: <li>Serial mice (uses serial port driver)
522: </ul>
523: <p>
1.34 johns 524:
1.130 aaron 525: <b>Sound Devices</b><p>
526: <ul>
527: <li>SoundBlaster ISA cards and 100% compatibles (<i>sb</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
528: <li>SoundBlaster PCI128 <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
529: <li>Gravis Ultrasound and Ultrasound Max (<i>gus</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
530: <li>Ensoniq AudioPCI (<i>eap</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
531: <li>ESS Tech ES188[78], ES888 (<i>ess</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
532: <li>ESS Solo-1 PCI AudioDrive (<i>eso</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
533: <li>Yamaha OPL3-SA3 (<i>ym</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
534: <li>NeoMagic 256AV/ZX (<i>neo</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
535: </ul>
536: <p>
537: The following drivers are not extensively tested:
538: <ul>
539: <li>S3 SonicVibes (<i>sv</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
540: <li>Personal Sound System (<i>pss</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
541: <li>Windows Sound System (<i>wss</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
542: <li>ProAudio Spectrum (<i>pas</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
543: </ul>
544: <p>
1.34 johns 545:
1.130 aaron 546: <b>Miscellaneous Devices</b><p>
547: <ul>
1.131 aaron 548: <li>APM power management (<i>apm</i>)
1.130 aaron 549: <li>Brooktree 848/849/878/879-based video capture cards (<i>bktr</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>, including:
550: <ul>
551: <li>Hauppage Wincast TV
552: <li>STB TV PCI Television Tuner
553: <li>Miro PC TV
554: <li>Intel Smart Video Recorder III
555: <li>IMS TV Turbo
556: <li>AVer Media TV/FM
1.34 johns 557: </ul>
1.130 aaron 558: </ul>
559: <p>
560:
1.131 aaron 561: <b>Many kinds of ISA Plug-and-Play cards</b><p>
1.82 deraadt 562: <ul>
1.131 aaron 563: <li>Nearly all SB-style audio cards
564: <li>Nearly all joystick ports
565: <li>Nearly all Yamaha-style audio cards
566: <li>Nearly all ne2000-style Ethernet cards
567: <li>Nearly all SMC-style Ethernet cards
568: <li>Most serial port or modem cards
569: <li>3c509 cards in PNP mode
570: <li>NE2100 Ethernet cards
1.82 deraadt 571: </ul>
1.131 aaron 572: If a device does not work, be sure to mail the output of dmesg(1)
573: to dmesg@openbsd.org, and we will try to add support.
574: <p>
575:
576: <b>ISAPNP Cards</b><p>
577: Roughly said, the following cards definitely work.
578: Others may work as well; support is continually being improved.
579: <ul>
580: <li>"3Com 3C509B EtherLink III, TCM5090, PNP80F7, "
581: <li>"3Com 3C509B EtherLink III, TCM5095, PNP80F7, "
582: <li>"3Com 3C509B EtherLink III, TCM5098, PNP80F7, "
583: <li>"ACCTON EN166X MPX2 ETHERNET CAR, @@@9519, PNP80D6, "
584: <li>"CMI8330. Audio Adapter, @X@0001, , "
585: <li>"Creative AWE64 PnP, CTL0045, , Audio"
586: <li>"Creative AWE64 PnP, CTL7002, PNPB02F, Game"
587: <li>"Creative SB AWE64 PnP, CTL0045, , Audio"
588: <li>"Creative SB AWE64 PnP, CTL7002, PNPB02F, Game"
589: <li>"Creative SB AWE64 Gold, CTL0044, , Audio"
590: <li>"Creative SB AWE64 Gold, CTL7002, PNPB02F, Game"
591: <li>"Creative SB AWE64 PnP, CTL0042, , Audio"
592: <li>"Creative SB AWE64 PnP, CTL0045, , Audio"
593: <li>"Creative SB AWE64 PnP, CTL7002, PNPB02F, Game"
594: <li>"Creative SB16 PnP, CTL0031, , Audio"
595: <li>"Creative SB16 PnP, CTL7001, PNPB02F, Game"
596: <li>"Creative SB32 PnP, CTL0031, , Audio"
597: <li>"Creative SB32 PnP, CTL0041, , Audio"
598: <li>"Creative SB32 PnP, CTL0051, , StereoEnhance"
599: <li>"Creative SB32 PnP, CTL2011, PNP0600, IDE"
600: <li>"Creative SB32 PnP, CTL7001, PNPB02F, Game"
601: <li>"Creative ViBRA16C PnP, CTL0001, , Audio"
602: <li>"Creative ViBRA16C PnP, CTL7001, PNPB02F, Game"
603: <li>"Creative ViBRA16X PnP, CTL7005, PNPB02F, Game"
604: <li>"ESS ES1868 Plug and Play AudioD, ESS0001, , "
605: <li>"ESS ES1868 Plug and Play AudioD, ESS1868, , "
606: <li>"OPL3-SA2 Sound Chip , YMH0021, , "
607: <li>"OPL3-SA2 Sound Chip , YMH0022, PNPB02F, "
608: <li>"OPL3-SA3 Snd System, YMH0021, , "
609: <li>"OPL3-SA3 Snd System, YMH0022, PNPB02F, "
610: <li>"RealTek Plug & Play Ethernet Ca, RTL8019, PNP80D6, "
611: </ul>
1.34 johns 612: </ul>
613:
1.37 johns 614: <p>
615: <sup>(1)</sup> Drivers for hardware marked with (1) are NOT included on the
1.62 deraadt 616: distribution floppies.
1.37 johns 617: </p>
1.34 johns 618:
1.37 johns 619: <p>
620: <sup>(2)</sup> Support for devices marked with (2) IS included in the
621: "generic" kernels, although it is not in the kernel on the installation floppy.
1.34 johns 622: </p>
623:
1.31 deraadt 624: <p>
1.54 deraadt 625: <h3><font color=#0000e0>Unsupported Hardware</font></h3>
1.98 deraadt 626: <P>Unsupported hardware may be supported in the future, your <A HREF="donations.html">
627: donation
628: of time, hardware, or documentation</a> can accelerate this support!
1.34 johns 629: <ul>
1.130 aaron 630: <li>The "Micro Channel" MCA bus used in many IBM PS/2 models
631: <li>NCR 5380-based and 53400-based SCSI host adapters
632: <li>QIC-40 and QIC-80 tape drives
633: (these are the tape drives that connect to the floppy disk controller)
634: <li>Multiprocessor motherboards (though they will run fine using one
635: processor only).
636: There exists a <a href=smp.html>project</a> aiming to support these.
637: <li>Sony and Panasonic proprietary CD-ROM interfaces
638: <li>Parallel-port ZIP drives (SCSI and ATAPI ZIP drives work fine)
639: <li>Intel i82556 (EtherExpress PRO/100A) and i82596 (EtherExpress PRO/10 PCI)
640: Ethernet adapters
1.134 aaron 641: <li>Hewlett-Packard PC-LAN+ (HP27xxx) Ethernet adapters
1.130 aaron 642: <li>ESS Maestro-based sound devices
643: <li>Forte Media FM801 audio
644: <li>VIA VT82C686A southbridge integrated AC'97 audio
645: <li>Infrared devices, such as commonly found on laptops
646: <li>PCMCIA:
647: <ul>
648: <li>3Com 3c574
649: <li>Memory cards
650: <li>Most multifunction cards
651: </ul>
1.31 deraadt 652: </ul>
1.34 johns 653: </p>
1.31 deraadt 654:
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1.1 deraadt 656: <p>
1.109 chris 657: If you are looking for to test new pre-release features, you can
658: try one of the snapshots. For the i386 architecture,
659: <a href=ftp.html>snapshots are made available from time to time</a>
1.1 deraadt 660:
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1.64 pauls 662: <a href=plat.html><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.1 deraadt 663: <a href=mailto:www@openbsd.org>www@openbsd.org</a>
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