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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
1.143 deraadt 57: <li>Intel Pentium Pro/II/III/Celeron/Xeon
58: <li>AMD 6x86
1.130 aaron 59: <li>AMD K5/K6/K6-2/K6-3
60: <li>AMD Athlon
61: <li>Cyrix MediaGX/M1/M2
62: <li>Rise mP6
63: <li>IDT WinChip
64: <li>NexGen 586
65: <li>VIA Joshua
66: </ul>
67: Everything that is a clone of the 386 or up should work fine.
68: The only CPU that is known to work poorly (due to flawed motherboard designs)
69: is the Cyrix 386DLC.
70: <p>
71:
72: <b>Buses</b><p>
73: <ul>
1.139 deraadt 74: <li> All standard ISA, EISA, VLB, and PCI, bus based machines, including...<br>
75: <ul>
76: <li>Intel 450GX/KX based machines.
77: <li>Intel 450NX based machines
78: <li>ServerWorks chipset-based machines
79: </ul>
80: (We just had to mention those last three, since they are the hardest to support).
81: <br>
1.130 aaron 82: <li> Both 16-Bit PCMCIA PC Cards and newer 32-Bit CardBus support.
83: <li> Universal Serial Bus (USB).
1.106 chris 84: </ul>
1.130 aaron 85: The MCA bus found in various official IBM PCs is not supported.
1.120 deraadt 86: <p>
87:
1.130 aaron 88: <b>Disk Controllers</b><p>
89: <ul>
1.131 aaron 90: <li> Floppy controllers
91: <li> ISA MFM, ESDI, IDE, and RLL hard disk controllers
1.130 aaron 92: </ul>
93: <p>
94:
1.146 chris 95: <b>PCI IDE Controllers</b> (<i>pciide</i>)<p>
1.130 aaron 96: <ul>
97: <li>Acer Labs M5229
1.146 chris 98: <li>CMD Tech PCI0640, PCI0643, PCI0646, PCI0648, and PCI0649
1.130 aaron 99: <li>Contaq Microsystems/Cypress CY82C693
100: <li>Intel PIIX, PIIX3, and PIIX4
101: <li>Intel 82801 (ICH/ICH0)
1.146 chris 102: <li>OPTi 82C568, 82D568, and 82C621
1.130 aaron 103: <li>Promise PDC20246 (Ultra/33) and PDC20262 (Ultra/66)
104: <li>Silicon Integrated System 5513
105: <li>VIA Technologies VT82C586 and VT82C586A
106: </ul>
107: Any other PCI IDE-compliant controller should work, but those
108: not specifically listed many not be capable of DMA modes.
109: <p>
110:
111: <b>SCSI Host Adapters</b><p>
112: <ul>
1.145 deraadt 113: <li>Adaptec AHA-154xA, -B, -C, and -CF (<i>aha</i>)
114: <li>Adaptec AHA-174x (<i>ahb</i>)
115: <li>Adaptec AIC-6260 and AIC-6360 based boards (<i>aic</i>), including the
1.130 aaron 116: Adaptec AHA-152x and the SoundBlaster SCSI host adapter.
117: (Note that you cannot boot from these boards if they do not have
118: a boot ROM; only the AHA-152x and motherboards using this chip
119: are likely to be bootable, consequently.)
120: <li>Adaptec AIC-7770-based SCSI host adapters (including the
1.145 deraadt 121: Adaptec AHA-274x and AHA-284x families). (<i>ahc</i>)
1.130 aaron 122: <li>Adaptec AHA-[23]94x[W] cards and some on-board PCI designs using the
1.145 deraadt 123: AIC7870 and AIC7880 chips. (<i>ahc</i>)
1.138 deraadt 124: <li>Adaptec AHA-[23]9[34]xU[2W] cards and on-board PCI designs using the
1.145 deraadt 125: AIC789[01], AIC7895, AIC789[67] chips. (<i>ahc</i>)
1.136 deraadt 126: <li>Adaptec AIC-789[29] chips and products like the AHA-29160 based upon it
1.145 deraadt 127: which do 160MB/sec SCSI. (<i>ahc</i>)
128: <li>Buslogic 54x (Adaptec AHA-154x clones) (<i>bt</i>)
129: <li>BusLogic 445, 74x, 9xx (<i>bt</i>) (but not the new "FlashPoint" series
130: of BusLogic SCSI adapters)
1.130 aaron 131: <li>Symbios Logic (NCR) 53C8xx-based PCI SCSI host adapters
132: (Including generic/no name cards, old ASUS cards, the DTC-3130 series,
133: Diamond Fireport series, etc.)
1.145 deraadt 134: <li>Ultrastor 14f, 34f, and (possibly) 24f (<i>uha</i>)
135: <li>Seagate/Future Domain ISA SCSI adapter cards (<i>sea</i>), including
1.130 aaron 136: <ul>
137: <li>ST01/02
138: <li>Future Domain TMC-885
139: <li>Future Domain TMC-950
140: </ul>
1.145 deraadt 141: <li>WD-7000 SCSI host adapters (<i>wds</i>)
142: <li>QLogic PCI SCSI controllers (<i>isp</i>)
1.137 krw 143: <li>AdvanSys `U', `UW' and 'U2W' PCI SCSI controllers including the
1.145 deraadt 144: ABP940U[AW], ASB3940U[AW]-00 and ASB3940U2W-00. (<i>adw</i>)
1.130 aaron 145: </ul>
146: <p>
147:
148: <b>RAID or Cache Controllers</b><p>
149: <ul>
150: <li>DPT SmartCache III/IV PCI/EISA adapters (<i>dpt</i>)
151: <li>ICP-Vortex GDT 6XXXRP series (<i>gdt</i>)
152: </ul>
153: <p>
154:
155: <b>CD-ROM and DVD-ROM Drives</b><p>
156: <ul>
157: <li>Mitsumi CD-ROM drives (<i>mcd</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
158: [Note: The Mitsumi driver device probe is known
159: to cause trouble with several devices!]
1.145 deraadt 160: <li>Most SCSI CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, and DVD drives. (<i>cd</i>)
161: <li>Most ATAPI (IDE) CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, and DVD drives. (<i>cd</i>)
1.130 aaron 162: </ul>
163: Sony and Panasonic proprietary CD-ROM interfaces are not supported.
164: <p>
165:
1.131 aaron 166: <b>Tape Drives</b>
167: <ul>
168: <li>Most SCSI tape drives (<i>st</i>)
169: <li>Most SCSI tape changers (<i>ch</i>)
170: <li>QIC-02 and QIC-36 format (Archive- and Wangtek- compatible)
171: tape drives (<i>wt</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
172: </ul>
173: <p>
174:
1.130 aaron 175: <b>Display Adapters</b><p>
176: <ul>
177: <li>MDA, CGA, EGA, VGA, SVGA, and HGC Display Adapters
178: </ul>
179: Note that not all of the display adapters OpenBSD/i386
180: can work with are supported by X.
181: (See the <A HREF="http://www.xfree86.org/FAQ">XFree86 FAQ</a> for more information.)
182: <p>
183:
184: <b>Serial Ports</b><p>
1.121 chris 185: <ul>
1.132 aaron 186: <li>8250/16450-based ports (<i>com</i>)
1.131 aaron 187: <li>16550-based ports (<i>com</i>)
188: <li>ST16650-based ports (<i>com</i>)
189: <li>XR16850-based ports (only in the <i>pccom</i> driver)
190: <li>AST-style 4-port serial boards (<i>ast</i>) <sup>(1)</sup>
191: <li>BOCA 8-port serial cards (<i>boca</i>) <sup>(1)</sup>
192: <li>Cyclades Cyclom-{4, 8, 16}Y serial boards (<i>cy</i>) <sup>(1)</sup>
193: <li>IBM PC-RT 4-port serial boards (<i>rtfps</i>) <sup>(1)</sup>
1.121 chris 194: </ul>
1.120 deraadt 195: <p>
196:
1.130 aaron 197: <b>Parallel Ports</b><p>
1.131 aaron 198: <ul>
199: <li>Any standard parallel port (<i>lpt</i>)
200: </ul>
201: <p>
202:
203: <b>Communications Controllers</b><p>
204: <ul>
205: <li>Universal Serial Bus host controllers, including:
206: <ul>
207: <li>USB Universal Host Controller (<i>uhci</i>)
208: <li>USB Open Host Controller (<i>ohci</i>)
209: </ul>
210: <li>PCI `universal' communication cards (<i>puc</i>), providing serial (<i>com</i>) and parallel (<i>lpt</i>) children, including:
211: <ul>
212: <li>Dolphin Peripherals 4014 (dual parallel) and 4035 (dual serial)
213: <li>SIIG Cyber 2P1S (dual parallel, single serial) and 2S1P (dual serial, single parallel) PCI
214: <li>SIIG Cyber 4S PCI (quad serial)
215: <li>SIIG Cyber I/O PCI (single parallel, single serial)
216: <li>SIIG Cyber Parallel, Parallel Dual, Serial, Serial Dual PCI
217: <li>VScom PCI-800 (8 port serial, probably OEM)
218: </ul>
219: </ul>
220: <p>
1.130 aaron 221:
222: <b>Ethernet Adapters</b><p>
223: <ul>
224: <li>3Com 3c501 (<i>el</i>)
225: <li>3Com 3c503 (<i>ec</i>)
226: <li>3Com 3c505 (<i>eg</i>) <sup>(1)</sup>
227: <li>3Com 3c507 (<i>ie</i>)
228: <li>3Com 3c509, 3c579, and 3c59x (<i>ep</i>)
229: <li>3Com 3c515 (<i>ef</i>)
230: <li>3Com 3c9xx EtherLink XL adapters (<i>xl</i>), including:
231: <ul>
232: <li>3Com 3c900/3c900B
233: <li>3Com 3c905/3c905B/3c905C
234: <li>3Com 3c980/3c980C server adapter
235: <li>3Com 3c900B-FL and 3c900b-FL/FX fiber optic adapters
236: <li>Dell on-board 3c920
237: <li>Dell Precision on-board 3c905B
238: <li>Dell OptiPlex GX1 on-board 3c918
239: <li>Dell Latitude laptop docking station embedded 3c905
240: </ul>
241:
242: <li>Adaptec "Starfire" AIC-6915 based PCI adapters (<i>sf</i>), including:
243: <ul>
244: <li>Adaptec Single32 ANA-69011
245: <li>Adaptec Single64 ANA-62011
246: <li>Adaptec Duo64 ANA-62022
247: <li>Adaptec Quartet64 ANA-62044
248: </ul>
249:
250: <li>ADMtek AL981 ("Comet") and AN983/AN985 ("Centaur") based PCI adapters (<i>dc</i>), including:
251: <ul>
252: <li>Mototech ME316
253: </ul>
254:
255: <li>ADMtek AN986-based USB adapters (<i>aue</i>), including:
256: <ul>
257: <li>LinkSys USB100TX
258: <li>Billionton USB100
259: <li>Melco Inc. LU-ATX
260: <li>D-Link 650TX
261: <li>SMC-2202USB
262: </ul>
263:
264: <li>AMD LANCE and PCnet-based ISA adapters (<i>le</i>), including:
265: <ul>
266: <li>Novell NE1500T
267: <li>Novell NE2100
268: <li>Kingston 21xx
269: </ul>
270:
271: <li>AMD LANCE and PCnet-based PCI adapters (<i>le</i>), including:
272: <ul>
273: <li> BOCALANcard/PCI
274: <li> AT&T StarLAN 10, EN100, and StarLAN Fiber
275: </ul>
276:
277: <li>ASIX 88140A/88141-based PCI adapters (<i>dc</i>), including:
278: <ul>
279: <li>CNet Pro110
280: <li>Alfa Inc. GFC2204
281: </ul>
282:
283: <li>CATC USB-EL1210A-based USB adapters (<i>cue</i>), including:
284: <ul>
285: <li>CATC Netmate and Netmate II
286: <li>Belkin F5U111
287: </ul>
1.120 deraadt 288:
1.130 aaron 289: <li>Digital DC21x4x-based PCI adapters (<i>de</i>), including:
290: <ul>
291: <li>Older SMC PCI EtherPower 10, 10/100
292: <li>Older LinkSys 10, 10/100 (newer models are supported by other drivers)
293: <li>Znyx ZX34<i>x</i>
294: <li>Cogent EM100
295: <li>Digital DE450
296: <li>Digital DE500
297: <li>Almost all other variants work.
298: </ul>
1.128 niklas 299:
1.130 aaron 300: <li>Digital DC2114x-based four port cards, (<i>de</i>) including:
301: <ul>
302: <li>Adaptec ANA-6944A
303: <li>Cogent EM400
304: <li>Compex 400TX
305: <li>Znyx ZX346
306: </ul>
1.34 johns 307:
1.130 aaron 308: <li>Intel EtherExpress 16 (<i>ie</i>)
1.34 johns 309:
1.130 aaron 310: <li>Intel EtherExpress PRO/10 ISA (<i>ex</i>)
1.34 johns 311:
1.130 aaron 312: <li>Intel i8255x-based (except the i82556) PCI adapters (<i>fxp</i>), including:
1.102 deraadt 313: <ul>
1.130 aaron 314: <li>Intel EtherExpress PRO/10+
315: <li>Intel EtherExpress PRO/100, PRO/100B, and PRO/100+
316: <li>Intel EtherExpress PRO/100+ "Management Adapter"
317: <li>Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 Dual Port
1.102 deraadt 318: </ul>
1.130 aaron 319:
320: <li>Kawasaki LSI KL5KUSB101B-based USB adapters (<i>kue</i>), including:
1.89 fgsch 321: <ul>
1.130 aaron 322: <li>3Com 3C19250
323: <li>LinkSys USB10T
324: <li>Peracom USB Ethernet Adapter
325: <li>Entegra NET-USB-E45
326: <li>ADS Technologies USB-10BT
327: <li>ATen UC10T
328: <li>Netgear EA101
329: <li>D-Link DSB-650
330: <li>SMC 2102/2104USB
1.89 fgsch 331: </ul>
1.130 aaron 332:
333: <li>Lite-On PNIC/PNIC-II-based adapters (<i>dc</i>), including:
1.89 fgsch 334: <ul>
1.130 aaron 335: <li>Netgear FA310TX rev D1
336: <li>LinkSys LNE100TX
337: <li>Matrox Networks FastNIC 10/100
1.89 fgsch 338: </ul>
1.130 aaron 339:
340: <li>Macronix 98713/98715/98725-based adapters (<i>dc</i>), including:
1.89 fgsch 341: <ul>
1.130 aaron 342: <li>Addtron AEF-320TX/AEF-330TX
343: <li>NDC Communications SOHOware SFA110
1.131 aaron 344: <li>SVEC PN102-TX Fast Ethernet card
1.115 deraadt 345: </ul>
1.130 aaron 346:
1.149 ! aaron 347: <li>National Semiconductor DP83815-based PCI adapters (<i>sis</i>), including:
! 348: <ul>
! 349: <li>NetGear FA312-TX
! 350: </ul>
! 351:
1.133 aaron 352: <li>Novell NE1000, NE2000 (ISA, PCI, and PCMCIA variants thereof) (<i>ne</i>)
1.130 aaron 353:
354: <li>RealTek 8129/8139-based adapters (<i>rl</i>), including:
1.115 deraadt 355: <ul>
1.130 aaron 356: <li>Accton MPX 5030/5038
357: <li>Allied Telesyn AT2550
358: <li>Encore ENL832-TX 10/100 M PCI
359: <li>Genius GF100TXR
360: <li>KTX-9130TX 10/100 Fast Ethernet
361: <li>Longshine LCS-8038TX-R
362: <li>NDC NE100TX-E
363: <li>Netronix EA-1210 Net Ether 10/100
364: <li>OvisLink LEF-8129TX, LEF-8139TX
365: <li>SMC EZ Card 10/100 PCI 1211-TX
1.89 fgsch 366: </ul>
1.130 aaron 367:
1.149 ! aaron 368: <li>SiS 900 and SiS 7016-based PCI adapters (<i>sis</i>), including:
1.106 chris 369: <ul>
1.130 aaron 370: <li>Mototech ME313
1.149 ! aaron 371: <li>NetSurf NS-KFE30D
1.106 chris 372: </ul>
1.110 aaron 373:
1.145 deraadt 374: <li>SMC/WD 8003, 8013, and the SMC "Elite16" ISA boards (<i>we</i>)
1.130 aaron 375:
1.145 deraadt 376: <li>SMC/WD 8216 (the SMC "Elite16 Ultra" ISA boards) (<i>we</i>) (See special care notice in <A HREF="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/i386/INSTALL.i386">INSTALL.i386</A>)
1.130 aaron 377:
1.145 deraadt 378: <li>SMC 8416 ("EtherEZ") PNP cards (<i>we</i>)
1.110 aaron 379:
1.145 deraadt 380: <li>SMC 9432 ("EtherPower II") EPIC 10/100 (<i>tx</i>)
1.127 aaron 381:
1.130 aaron 382: <li>Sundance ST201-based PCI adapters (<i>ste</i>), including:
1.100 jason 383: <ul>
1.130 aaron 384: <li>D-Link DFE-550TX
1.100 jason 385: </ul>
386:
1.130 aaron 387: <li>Texas Instruments ThunderLAN PCI adapters (<i>tl</i>), including:
1.34 johns 388: <ul>
1.130 aaron 389: <li>Compaq Netelligent PCI Adapters
390: <li>Compaq NetFlex 3/P
391: <li>Compaq Deskpro integrated adapter
392: <li>Compaq Prosignia integrated adapter
393: <li>Olicom OC2135, OC2183, OC2325, OC2326
394: <li>Racore 8165 and 8148
395: <li>TI ThunderLAN adapters
1.34 johns 396: </ul>
397:
1.130 aaron 398: <li>VIA Rhine/RhineII Ethernet adapters (<i>vr</i>), including:
1.34 johns 399: <ul>
1.130 aaron 400: <li>Addtron AEF-360TX
401: <li>Hawking PN102TX
402: <li>D-Link DFE530TX
1.34 johns 403: </ul>
404:
1.130 aaron 405: <li>Winbond W89C840F-based adapters (<i>wb</i>), including:
1.104 aaron 406: <ul>
1.130 aaron 407: <li>Trendware TE100-PCIE
408: <li>Compex RL100-ATX 10/100
1.104 aaron 409: </ul>
1.130 aaron 410: </ul>
1.133 aaron 411: Please be aware that many NE2000 adapters fail or perform very poorly. We do
412: not recommend using them, but your mileage may vary.
413: <p>
1.104 aaron 414:
1.130 aaron 415: <b>Wireless Ethernet Adapters</b><p>
416: <ul>
1.131 aaron 417: <li>Aironet 802.11DS PCMCIA and PCI (<i>an</i>)
418: <li>RayLink Aviator2.4/Pro 802.11FH PCMCIA (<i>ray</i>)
419: <li>WaveLAN 802.11DS PCMCIA (<i>wi</i>)
1.130 aaron 420: </ul>
421: <p>
422:
423: <b>Gigabit Ethernet Adapters</b><p>
424: <ul>
425: <li>Alteon Tigon I/II-based adapters (<i>ti</i>), including:
426: <ul>
427: <li>3Com 3c985
428: <li>Alteon ACEnic
429: <li>Netgear GA620
430: <li>SGI Tigon
431: <li>Farallon PN9000
432: </ul>
433:
434: <li>Intel i82452-based adapters (<i>wx</i>), including:
1.127 aaron 435: <ul>
1.130 aaron 436: <li>Intel Pro/1000 Gigabit Server Adapter
1.127 aaron 437: </ul>
438:
1.130 aaron 439: <li>SysKonnect SK-984x (9841/9842/9843/9844) based adapters (<i>sk</i>)
440: </ul>
441:
442: <b>ATM Adapters</b><p>
443: <ul>
1.135 aaron 444: <li>Efficient Networks EN-155 and Adaptec ANA-590x ATM interfaces (<i>en</i>) <sup>(1)</sup>
1.130 aaron 445: </ul>
446: <p>
447:
448: <b>FDDI Adapters</b><p>
449: <ul>
450: <li>Digital DEFEA EISA FDDI adapters (<i>fea</i>)
451: <li>Digital DEFPA PCI FDDI adapters (<i>fpa</i>)
452: </ul>
453: <p>
454:
455: <b>WAN Adapters</b><p>
456: <ul>
457: <li>Lan Media Corporation SSI (T1)/HSSI/DS1/DS3 WAN interfaces (<i>lmc</i>)
458: </ul>
459: <p>
460:
461: <b>Cryptography Accelerators</b><p>
462: <ul>
1.131 aaron 463: <li>Hi/Fn 7751-based boards (<i>hifn</i>), including:
1.127 aaron 464: <ul>
1.130 aaron 465: <li>GTGI PowerCrypt Encryption Accelerator
1.144 deraadt 466: <li>NetSec 7751
467: <li>HiFn reference board
468: <li>Invertex AEON
1.127 aaron 469: </ul>
1.145 deraadt 470: <li>Broadcom Bluesteelnet uBsec 5501, 5601, 5805 (<i>ubsec</i>)
1.130 aaron 471: </ul>
472: <p>
1.127 aaron 473:
1.130 aaron 474: <a name=pcmcia>
475: <b>PC Cards (PCMCIA and CardBus)</b><p>
476: <ul>
1.145 deraadt 477: <li>ATA cards (<i>wdc, wd, sd, cd</i>), including:
1.112 aaron 478: <ul>
1.130 aaron 479: <li>ATA/IDE card drives
480: <li>ATA/IDE CD-ROM adapters
481: <li>CF/ATA flash cards and disk drives
1.112 aaron 482: </ul>
483:
1.130 aaron 484: <li>SCSI host adapters, including:
1.113 aaron 485: <ul>
1.145 deraadt 486: <li>Adaptec SlimSCSI APA-14[56]0 (<i>aic</i>)
1.113 aaron 487: </ul>
488:
1.130 aaron 489: <li>Ethernet adapters, including:
1.34 johns 490: <ul>
1.148 aaron 491: <li>3Com 3c575, 3c575B, 3c575C, 3c656, 3c656B, and 3c656C (<i>xl</i>)
1.140 aaron 492: <li>3Com 3c556, 3c562, 3c574, and 3c589 (<i>ep</i>)
1.131 aaron 493: <li>D-Link DE-660 (<i>ne</i>)
1.130 aaron 494: <li>D-Link DFE-650 Fast Ethernet
495: <li>Genius ME 3000II SE
496: <li>Hawking Ethernet Combo
497: <li>IC-Card
498: <li>Kingston KNE-PC2
499: <li>Linksys PCMPC100
500: <li>Netgear FA410TX Fast Ethernet
1.131 aaron 501: <li>Xircom Ethernet adapters (<i>xe</i>)
502: <li>Ambicom NE-2000 (<i>ne</i>)
1.130 aaron 503: </ul>
504:
505: <li>Wireless Ethernet adapters:
1.106 chris 506: <ul>
1.130 aaron 507: <li>See above.
1.34 johns 508: </ul>
1.130 aaron 509:
1.145 deraadt 510: <li>Serial ports, including:
1.130 aaron 511: <ul>
512: <li>Most modems, digital cellular modems, and serial cards should work.
1.85 jason 513: </ul>
1.130 aaron 514:
515: <li>PCMCIA controllers, including:
1.88 jason 516: <ul>
1.130 aaron 517: <li>Intel i82365 and compatibles (<i>pcic</i>)
1.88 jason 518: </ul>
1.34 johns 519:
1.130 aaron 520: </ul>
521: <p>
522:
1.131 aaron 523: <b>Universal Serial Bus (USB) Devices</b><p>
1.130 aaron 524: <ul>
1.131 aaron 525: <li>USB Hubs (<i>uhub</i>)
526: <li>USB Generic Human Interface Devices (catch-all) (<i>uhid</i>)
527: <li>USB Mass Storage devices, i.e., USB floppy drives (<i>umass</i>)
528: <li>USB Printers (<i>ulpt</i>)
529: <li>USB Modems (<i>umodem</i>)
530: <li>USB Audio (<i>uaudio</i>)
531: <li>USB Ethernet adapters (<i>aue</i>, <i>cue</i>, <i>kue</i>), see above
1.130 aaron 532: </ul>
1.131 aaron 533: USB Keyboards and Mice are not supported in console mode at this time.
1.130 aaron 534: <p>
1.34 johns 535:
1.130 aaron 536: <b>Pointing Devices</b><p>
537: <ul>
538: <li>"Logitech"-style bus mice <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
539: <li>"Microsoft"-style bus mice <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
540: <li>"PS/2"-style mice <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
541: <li>Serial mice (uses serial port driver)
542: </ul>
543: <p>
1.34 johns 544:
1.130 aaron 545: <b>Sound Devices</b><p>
546: <ul>
547: <li>SoundBlaster ISA cards and 100% compatibles (<i>sb</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
548: <li>SoundBlaster PCI128 <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
549: <li>Gravis Ultrasound and Ultrasound Max (<i>gus</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
550: <li>Ensoniq AudioPCI (<i>eap</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
551: <li>ESS Tech ES188[78], ES888 (<i>ess</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
552: <li>ESS Solo-1 PCI AudioDrive (<i>eso</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
553: <li>Yamaha OPL3-SA3 (<i>ym</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
554: <li>NeoMagic 256AV/ZX (<i>neo</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
1.142 aaron 555: <li>C-Media CMI8[37]38 (<i>cmpci</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
1.141 mickey 556: <li>Intel i810/i820 and 440MX AC'97 (<i>ich</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
1.147 aaron 557: <li>Cirrus Logic CrystalClear CS4280 (<i>clcs</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
1.130 aaron 558: </ul>
559: <p>
560: The following drivers are not extensively tested:
561: <ul>
562: <li>S3 SonicVibes (<i>sv</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
563: <li>Personal Sound System (<i>pss</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
564: <li>Windows Sound System (<i>wss</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
565: <li>ProAudio Spectrum (<i>pas</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
566: </ul>
567: <p>
1.34 johns 568:
1.130 aaron 569: <b>Miscellaneous Devices</b><p>
570: <ul>
1.131 aaron 571: <li>APM power management (<i>apm</i>)
1.130 aaron 572: <li>Brooktree 848/849/878/879-based video capture cards (<i>bktr</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>, including:
573: <ul>
574: <li>Hauppage Wincast TV
575: <li>STB TV PCI Television Tuner
576: <li>Miro PC TV
577: <li>Intel Smart Video Recorder III
578: <li>IMS TV Turbo
579: <li>AVer Media TV/FM
1.34 johns 580: </ul>
1.130 aaron 581: </ul>
582: <p>
583:
1.131 aaron 584: <b>Many kinds of ISA Plug-and-Play cards</b><p>
1.82 deraadt 585: <ul>
1.145 deraadt 586: <li>Nearly all SB-style audio cards (<i>sb</i>)
587: <li>Nearly all joystick ports (<i>joy</i>)
1.131 aaron 588: <li>Nearly all Yamaha-style audio cards
1.145 deraadt 589: <li>Nearly all ne2000-style Ethernet cards (<i>ne</i>)
590: <li>Nearly all SMC-style Ethernet cards (<i>we</i>)
591: <li>Most serial port or modem cards (<i>com</i>)
592: <li>3c509 cards in PNP mode (<i>ep</i>)
593: <li>NE2100 Ethernet cards (<i>le</i>)
1.82 deraadt 594: </ul>
1.131 aaron 595: If a device does not work, be sure to mail the output of dmesg(1)
596: to dmesg@openbsd.org, and we will try to add support.
597: <p>
598:
599: <b>ISAPNP Cards</b><p>
600: Roughly said, the following cards definitely work.
601: Others may work as well; support is continually being improved.
602: <ul>
603: <li>"3Com 3C509B EtherLink III, TCM5090, PNP80F7, "
604: <li>"3Com 3C509B EtherLink III, TCM5095, PNP80F7, "
605: <li>"3Com 3C509B EtherLink III, TCM5098, PNP80F7, "
606: <li>"ACCTON EN166X MPX2 ETHERNET CAR, @@@9519, PNP80D6, "
607: <li>"CMI8330. Audio Adapter, @X@0001, , "
608: <li>"Creative AWE64 PnP, CTL0045, , Audio"
609: <li>"Creative AWE64 PnP, CTL7002, PNPB02F, Game"
610: <li>"Creative SB AWE64 PnP, CTL0045, , Audio"
611: <li>"Creative SB AWE64 PnP, CTL7002, PNPB02F, Game"
612: <li>"Creative SB AWE64 Gold, CTL0044, , Audio"
613: <li>"Creative SB AWE64 Gold, CTL7002, PNPB02F, Game"
614: <li>"Creative SB AWE64 PnP, CTL0042, , Audio"
615: <li>"Creative SB AWE64 PnP, CTL0045, , Audio"
616: <li>"Creative SB AWE64 PnP, CTL7002, PNPB02F, Game"
617: <li>"Creative SB16 PnP, CTL0031, , Audio"
618: <li>"Creative SB16 PnP, CTL7001, PNPB02F, Game"
619: <li>"Creative SB32 PnP, CTL0031, , Audio"
620: <li>"Creative SB32 PnP, CTL0041, , Audio"
621: <li>"Creative SB32 PnP, CTL0051, , StereoEnhance"
622: <li>"Creative SB32 PnP, CTL2011, PNP0600, IDE"
623: <li>"Creative SB32 PnP, CTL7001, PNPB02F, Game"
624: <li>"Creative ViBRA16C PnP, CTL0001, , Audio"
625: <li>"Creative ViBRA16C PnP, CTL7001, PNPB02F, Game"
626: <li>"Creative ViBRA16X PnP, CTL7005, PNPB02F, Game"
627: <li>"ESS ES1868 Plug and Play AudioD, ESS0001, , "
628: <li>"ESS ES1868 Plug and Play AudioD, ESS1868, , "
629: <li>"OPL3-SA2 Sound Chip , YMH0021, , "
630: <li>"OPL3-SA2 Sound Chip , YMH0022, PNPB02F, "
631: <li>"OPL3-SA3 Snd System, YMH0021, , "
632: <li>"OPL3-SA3 Snd System, YMH0022, PNPB02F, "
633: <li>"RealTek Plug & Play Ethernet Ca, RTL8019, PNP80D6, "
634: </ul>
1.34 johns 635: </ul>
636:
1.37 johns 637: <p>
638: <sup>(1)</sup> Drivers for hardware marked with (1) are NOT included on the
1.62 deraadt 639: distribution floppies.
1.37 johns 640: </p>
1.34 johns 641:
1.37 johns 642: <p>
643: <sup>(2)</sup> Support for devices marked with (2) IS included in the
644: "generic" kernels, although it is not in the kernel on the installation floppy.
1.34 johns 645: </p>
646:
1.31 deraadt 647: <p>
1.54 deraadt 648: <h3><font color=#0000e0>Unsupported Hardware</font></h3>
1.98 deraadt 649: <P>Unsupported hardware may be supported in the future, your <A HREF="donations.html">
650: donation
651: of time, hardware, or documentation</a> can accelerate this support!
1.34 johns 652: <ul>
1.130 aaron 653: <li>The "Micro Channel" MCA bus used in many IBM PS/2 models
654: <li>NCR 5380-based and 53400-based SCSI host adapters
655: <li>QIC-40 and QIC-80 tape drives
656: (these are the tape drives that connect to the floppy disk controller)
657: <li>Multiprocessor motherboards (though they will run fine using one
658: processor only).
659: There exists a <a href=smp.html>project</a> aiming to support these.
660: <li>Sony and Panasonic proprietary CD-ROM interfaces
661: <li>Parallel-port ZIP drives (SCSI and ATAPI ZIP drives work fine)
662: <li>Intel i82556 (EtherExpress PRO/100A) and i82596 (EtherExpress PRO/10 PCI)
663: Ethernet adapters
1.134 aaron 664: <li>Hewlett-Packard PC-LAN+ (HP27xxx) Ethernet adapters
1.130 aaron 665: <li>ESS Maestro-based sound devices
666: <li>Forte Media FM801 audio
667: <li>VIA VT82C686A southbridge integrated AC'97 audio
668: <li>Infrared devices, such as commonly found on laptops
669: <li>PCMCIA:
670: <ul>
671: <li>Memory cards
672: <li>Most multifunction cards
673: </ul>
1.31 deraadt 674: </ul>
1.34 johns 675: </p>
1.31 deraadt 676:
1.3 fn 677: <hr>
1.1 deraadt 678: <p>
1.109 chris 679: If you are looking for to test new pre-release features, you can
680: try one of the snapshots. For the i386 architecture,
681: <a href=ftp.html>snapshots are made available from time to time</a>
1.1 deraadt 682:
1.3 fn 683: <hr>
1.64 pauls 684: <a href=plat.html><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.1 deraadt 685: <a href=mailto:www@openbsd.org>www@openbsd.org</a>
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