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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:
1.151 ! aaron 88: <b>Bus interfaces</b><p>
! 89: <ul>
! 90: <li>Standard PCI-PCI bridges, including PCI expansion backplanes (<i>ppb</i>)
! 91: <li>YENTA-compatible PCI-CardBus bridges (<i>cbb</i>)
! 92: </ul>
! 93: <p>
! 94:
1.130 aaron 95: <b>Disk Controllers</b><p>
96: <ul>
1.131 aaron 97: <li> Floppy controllers
98: <li> ISA MFM, ESDI, IDE, and RLL hard disk controllers
1.130 aaron 99: </ul>
100: <p>
101:
1.146 chris 102: <b>PCI IDE Controllers</b> (<i>pciide</i>)<p>
1.130 aaron 103: <ul>
104: <li>Acer Labs M5229
1.146 chris 105: <li>CMD Tech PCI0640, PCI0643, PCI0646, PCI0648, and PCI0649
1.130 aaron 106: <li>Contaq Microsystems/Cypress CY82C693
107: <li>Intel PIIX, PIIX3, and PIIX4
108: <li>Intel 82801 (ICH/ICH0)
1.146 chris 109: <li>OPTi 82C568, 82D568, and 82C621
1.130 aaron 110: <li>Promise PDC20246 (Ultra/33) and PDC20262 (Ultra/66)
111: <li>Silicon Integrated System 5513
112: <li>VIA Technologies VT82C586 and VT82C586A
113: </ul>
114: Any other PCI IDE-compliant controller should work, but those
115: not specifically listed many not be capable of DMA modes.
116: <p>
117:
118: <b>SCSI Host Adapters</b><p>
119: <ul>
1.145 deraadt 120: <li>Adaptec AHA-154xA, -B, -C, and -CF (<i>aha</i>)
121: <li>Adaptec AHA-174x (<i>ahb</i>)
122: <li>Adaptec AIC-6260 and AIC-6360 based boards (<i>aic</i>), including the
1.130 aaron 123: Adaptec AHA-152x and the SoundBlaster SCSI host adapter.
124: (Note that you cannot boot from these boards if they do not have
125: a boot ROM; only the AHA-152x and motherboards using this chip
126: are likely to be bootable, consequently.)
127: <li>Adaptec AIC-7770-based SCSI host adapters (including the
1.145 deraadt 128: Adaptec AHA-274x and AHA-284x families). (<i>ahc</i>)
1.130 aaron 129: <li>Adaptec AHA-[23]94x[W] cards and some on-board PCI designs using the
1.145 deraadt 130: AIC7870 and AIC7880 chips. (<i>ahc</i>)
1.138 deraadt 131: <li>Adaptec AHA-[23]9[34]xU[2W] cards and on-board PCI designs using the
1.145 deraadt 132: AIC789[01], AIC7895, AIC789[67] chips. (<i>ahc</i>)
1.136 deraadt 133: <li>Adaptec AIC-789[29] chips and products like the AHA-29160 based upon it
1.145 deraadt 134: which do 160MB/sec SCSI. (<i>ahc</i>)
135: <li>Buslogic 54x (Adaptec AHA-154x clones) (<i>bt</i>)
136: <li>BusLogic 445, 74x, 9xx (<i>bt</i>) (but not the new "FlashPoint" series
137: of BusLogic SCSI adapters)
1.130 aaron 138: <li>Symbios Logic (NCR) 53C8xx-based PCI SCSI host adapters
139: (Including generic/no name cards, old ASUS cards, the DTC-3130 series,
140: Diamond Fireport series, etc.)
1.145 deraadt 141: <li>Ultrastor 14f, 34f, and (possibly) 24f (<i>uha</i>)
142: <li>Seagate/Future Domain ISA SCSI adapter cards (<i>sea</i>), including
1.130 aaron 143: <ul>
144: <li>ST01/02
145: <li>Future Domain TMC-885
146: <li>Future Domain TMC-950
147: </ul>
1.145 deraadt 148: <li>WD-7000 SCSI host adapters (<i>wds</i>)
149: <li>QLogic PCI SCSI controllers (<i>isp</i>)
1.137 krw 150: <li>AdvanSys `U', `UW' and 'U2W' PCI SCSI controllers including the
1.145 deraadt 151: ABP940U[AW], ASB3940U[AW]-00 and ASB3940U2W-00. (<i>adw</i>)
1.130 aaron 152: </ul>
153: <p>
154:
155: <b>RAID or Cache Controllers</b><p>
156: <ul>
157: <li>DPT SmartCache III/IV PCI/EISA adapters (<i>dpt</i>)
158: <li>ICP-Vortex GDT 6XXXRP series (<i>gdt</i>)
159: </ul>
160: <p>
161:
162: <b>CD-ROM and DVD-ROM Drives</b><p>
163: <ul>
164: <li>Mitsumi CD-ROM drives (<i>mcd</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
165: [Note: The Mitsumi driver device probe is known
166: to cause trouble with several devices!]
1.145 deraadt 167: <li>Most SCSI CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, and DVD drives. (<i>cd</i>)
168: <li>Most ATAPI (IDE) CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, and DVD drives. (<i>cd</i>)
1.130 aaron 169: </ul>
170: Sony and Panasonic proprietary CD-ROM interfaces are not supported.
171: <p>
172:
1.131 aaron 173: <b>Tape Drives</b>
174: <ul>
175: <li>Most SCSI tape drives (<i>st</i>)
176: <li>Most SCSI tape changers (<i>ch</i>)
177: <li>QIC-02 and QIC-36 format (Archive- and Wangtek- compatible)
178: tape drives (<i>wt</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
179: </ul>
180: <p>
181:
1.130 aaron 182: <b>Display Adapters</b><p>
183: <ul>
184: <li>MDA, CGA, EGA, VGA, SVGA, and HGC Display Adapters
185: </ul>
186: Note that not all of the display adapters OpenBSD/i386
187: can work with are supported by X.
188: (See the <A HREF="http://www.xfree86.org/FAQ">XFree86 FAQ</a> for more information.)
189: <p>
190:
191: <b>Serial Ports</b><p>
1.121 chris 192: <ul>
1.132 aaron 193: <li>8250/16450-based ports (<i>com</i>)
1.131 aaron 194: <li>16550-based ports (<i>com</i>)
195: <li>ST16650-based ports (<i>com</i>)
196: <li>XR16850-based ports (only in the <i>pccom</i> driver)
197: <li>AST-style 4-port serial boards (<i>ast</i>) <sup>(1)</sup>
198: <li>BOCA 8-port serial cards (<i>boca</i>) <sup>(1)</sup>
199: <li>Cyclades Cyclom-{4, 8, 16}Y serial boards (<i>cy</i>) <sup>(1)</sup>
200: <li>IBM PC-RT 4-port serial boards (<i>rtfps</i>) <sup>(1)</sup>
1.121 chris 201: </ul>
1.120 deraadt 202: <p>
203:
1.130 aaron 204: <b>Parallel Ports</b><p>
1.131 aaron 205: <ul>
206: <li>Any standard parallel port (<i>lpt</i>)
207: </ul>
208: <p>
209:
210: <b>Communications Controllers</b><p>
211: <ul>
212: <li>Universal Serial Bus host controllers, including:
213: <ul>
214: <li>USB Universal Host Controller (<i>uhci</i>)
215: <li>USB Open Host Controller (<i>ohci</i>)
216: </ul>
217: <li>PCI `universal' communication cards (<i>puc</i>), providing serial (<i>com</i>) and parallel (<i>lpt</i>) children, including:
218: <ul>
219: <li>Dolphin Peripherals 4014 (dual parallel) and 4035 (dual serial)
220: <li>SIIG Cyber 2P1S (dual parallel, single serial) and 2S1P (dual serial, single parallel) PCI
221: <li>SIIG Cyber 4S PCI (quad serial)
222: <li>SIIG Cyber I/O PCI (single parallel, single serial)
223: <li>SIIG Cyber Parallel, Parallel Dual, Serial, Serial Dual PCI
224: <li>VScom PCI-800 (8 port serial, probably OEM)
225: </ul>
226: </ul>
227: <p>
1.130 aaron 228:
229: <b>Ethernet Adapters</b><p>
230: <ul>
231: <li>3Com 3c501 (<i>el</i>)
232: <li>3Com 3c503 (<i>ec</i>)
233: <li>3Com 3c505 (<i>eg</i>) <sup>(1)</sup>
234: <li>3Com 3c507 (<i>ie</i>)
235: <li>3Com 3c509, 3c579, and 3c59x (<i>ep</i>)
236: <li>3Com 3c515 (<i>ef</i>)
237: <li>3Com 3c9xx EtherLink XL adapters (<i>xl</i>), including:
238: <ul>
239: <li>3Com 3c900/3c900B
240: <li>3Com 3c905/3c905B/3c905C
241: <li>3Com 3c980/3c980C server adapter
242: <li>3Com 3c900B-FL and 3c900b-FL/FX fiber optic adapters
243: <li>Dell on-board 3c920
244: <li>Dell Precision on-board 3c905B
245: <li>Dell OptiPlex GX1 on-board 3c918
246: <li>Dell Latitude laptop docking station embedded 3c905
247: </ul>
248:
249: <li>Adaptec "Starfire" AIC-6915 based PCI adapters (<i>sf</i>), including:
250: <ul>
251: <li>Adaptec Single32 ANA-69011
252: <li>Adaptec Single64 ANA-62011
253: <li>Adaptec Duo64 ANA-62022
254: <li>Adaptec Quartet64 ANA-62044
255: </ul>
256:
257: <li>ADMtek AL981 ("Comet") and AN983/AN985 ("Centaur") based PCI adapters (<i>dc</i>), including:
258: <ul>
259: <li>Mototech ME316
260: </ul>
261:
262: <li>ADMtek AN986-based USB adapters (<i>aue</i>), including:
263: <ul>
264: <li>LinkSys USB100TX
265: <li>Billionton USB100
266: <li>Melco Inc. LU-ATX
267: <li>D-Link 650TX
268: <li>SMC-2202USB
269: </ul>
270:
271: <li>AMD LANCE and PCnet-based ISA adapters (<i>le</i>), including:
272: <ul>
273: <li>Novell NE1500T
274: <li>Novell NE2100
275: <li>Kingston 21xx
276: </ul>
277:
278: <li>AMD LANCE and PCnet-based PCI adapters (<i>le</i>), including:
279: <ul>
280: <li> BOCALANcard/PCI
281: <li> AT&T StarLAN 10, EN100, and StarLAN Fiber
282: </ul>
283:
284: <li>ASIX 88140A/88141-based PCI adapters (<i>dc</i>), including:
285: <ul>
286: <li>CNet Pro110
287: <li>Alfa Inc. GFC2204
288: </ul>
289:
290: <li>CATC USB-EL1210A-based USB adapters (<i>cue</i>), including:
291: <ul>
292: <li>CATC Netmate and Netmate II
293: <li>Belkin F5U111
294: </ul>
1.120 deraadt 295:
1.130 aaron 296: <li>Digital DC21x4x-based PCI adapters (<i>de</i>), including:
297: <ul>
298: <li>Older SMC PCI EtherPower 10, 10/100
299: <li>Older LinkSys 10, 10/100 (newer models are supported by other drivers)
300: <li>Znyx ZX34<i>x</i>
301: <li>Cogent EM100
302: <li>Digital DE450
303: <li>Digital DE500
304: <li>Almost all other variants work.
305: </ul>
1.128 niklas 306:
1.130 aaron 307: <li>Digital DC2114x-based four port cards, (<i>de</i>) including:
308: <ul>
309: <li>Adaptec ANA-6944A
310: <li>Cogent EM400
311: <li>Compex 400TX
312: <li>Znyx ZX346
313: </ul>
1.34 johns 314:
1.130 aaron 315: <li>Intel EtherExpress 16 (<i>ie</i>)
1.34 johns 316:
1.130 aaron 317: <li>Intel EtherExpress PRO/10 ISA (<i>ex</i>)
1.34 johns 318:
1.130 aaron 319: <li>Intel i8255x-based (except the i82556) PCI adapters (<i>fxp</i>), including:
1.102 deraadt 320: <ul>
1.130 aaron 321: <li>Intel EtherExpress PRO/10+
322: <li>Intel EtherExpress PRO/100, PRO/100B, and PRO/100+
323: <li>Intel EtherExpress PRO/100+ "Management Adapter"
324: <li>Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 Dual Port
1.102 deraadt 325: </ul>
1.130 aaron 326:
327: <li>Kawasaki LSI KL5KUSB101B-based USB adapters (<i>kue</i>), including:
1.89 fgsch 328: <ul>
1.130 aaron 329: <li>3Com 3C19250
330: <li>LinkSys USB10T
331: <li>Peracom USB Ethernet Adapter
332: <li>Entegra NET-USB-E45
333: <li>ADS Technologies USB-10BT
334: <li>ATen UC10T
335: <li>Netgear EA101
336: <li>D-Link DSB-650
337: <li>SMC 2102/2104USB
1.89 fgsch 338: </ul>
1.130 aaron 339:
340: <li>Lite-On PNIC/PNIC-II-based adapters (<i>dc</i>), including:
1.89 fgsch 341: <ul>
1.130 aaron 342: <li>Netgear FA310TX rev D1
343: <li>LinkSys LNE100TX
344: <li>Matrox Networks FastNIC 10/100
1.89 fgsch 345: </ul>
1.130 aaron 346:
347: <li>Macronix 98713/98715/98725-based adapters (<i>dc</i>), including:
1.89 fgsch 348: <ul>
1.130 aaron 349: <li>Addtron AEF-320TX/AEF-330TX
350: <li>NDC Communications SOHOware SFA110
1.131 aaron 351: <li>SVEC PN102-TX Fast Ethernet card
1.115 deraadt 352: </ul>
1.130 aaron 353:
1.149 aaron 354: <li>National Semiconductor DP83815-based PCI adapters (<i>sis</i>), including:
355: <ul>
356: <li>NetGear FA312-TX
357: </ul>
358:
1.133 aaron 359: <li>Novell NE1000, NE2000 (ISA, PCI, and PCMCIA variants thereof) (<i>ne</i>)
1.130 aaron 360:
361: <li>RealTek 8129/8139-based adapters (<i>rl</i>), including:
1.115 deraadt 362: <ul>
1.130 aaron 363: <li>Accton MPX 5030/5038
364: <li>Allied Telesyn AT2550
365: <li>Encore ENL832-TX 10/100 M PCI
366: <li>Genius GF100TXR
367: <li>KTX-9130TX 10/100 Fast Ethernet
368: <li>Longshine LCS-8038TX-R
369: <li>NDC NE100TX-E
370: <li>Netronix EA-1210 Net Ether 10/100
371: <li>OvisLink LEF-8129TX, LEF-8139TX
372: <li>SMC EZ Card 10/100 PCI 1211-TX
1.89 fgsch 373: </ul>
1.130 aaron 374:
1.149 aaron 375: <li>SiS 900 and SiS 7016-based PCI adapters (<i>sis</i>), including:
1.106 chris 376: <ul>
1.130 aaron 377: <li>Mototech ME313
1.149 aaron 378: <li>NetSurf NS-KFE30D
1.106 chris 379: </ul>
1.110 aaron 380:
1.145 deraadt 381: <li>SMC/WD 8003, 8013, and the SMC "Elite16" ISA boards (<i>we</i>)
1.130 aaron 382:
1.145 deraadt 383: <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 384:
1.145 deraadt 385: <li>SMC 8416 ("EtherEZ") PNP cards (<i>we</i>)
1.110 aaron 386:
1.145 deraadt 387: <li>SMC 9432 ("EtherPower II") EPIC 10/100 (<i>tx</i>)
1.127 aaron 388:
1.130 aaron 389: <li>Sundance ST201-based PCI adapters (<i>ste</i>), including:
1.100 jason 390: <ul>
1.130 aaron 391: <li>D-Link DFE-550TX
1.100 jason 392: </ul>
393:
1.130 aaron 394: <li>Texas Instruments ThunderLAN PCI adapters (<i>tl</i>), including:
1.34 johns 395: <ul>
1.130 aaron 396: <li>Compaq Netelligent PCI Adapters
397: <li>Compaq NetFlex 3/P
398: <li>Compaq Deskpro integrated adapter
399: <li>Compaq Prosignia integrated adapter
400: <li>Olicom OC2135, OC2183, OC2325, OC2326
401: <li>Racore 8165 and 8148
402: <li>TI ThunderLAN adapters
1.34 johns 403: </ul>
404:
1.130 aaron 405: <li>VIA Rhine/RhineII Ethernet adapters (<i>vr</i>), including:
1.34 johns 406: <ul>
1.130 aaron 407: <li>Addtron AEF-360TX
408: <li>Hawking PN102TX
409: <li>D-Link DFE530TX
1.34 johns 410: </ul>
411:
1.130 aaron 412: <li>Winbond W89C840F-based adapters (<i>wb</i>), including:
1.104 aaron 413: <ul>
1.130 aaron 414: <li>Trendware TE100-PCIE
415: <li>Compex RL100-ATX 10/100
1.104 aaron 416: </ul>
1.130 aaron 417: </ul>
1.133 aaron 418: Please be aware that many NE2000 adapters fail or perform very poorly. We do
419: not recommend using them, but your mileage may vary.
420: <p>
1.104 aaron 421:
1.130 aaron 422: <b>Wireless Ethernet Adapters</b><p>
423: <ul>
1.131 aaron 424: <li>Aironet 802.11DS PCMCIA and PCI (<i>an</i>)
425: <li>RayLink Aviator2.4/Pro 802.11FH PCMCIA (<i>ray</i>)
426: <li>WaveLAN 802.11DS PCMCIA (<i>wi</i>)
1.130 aaron 427: </ul>
428: <p>
429:
430: <b>Gigabit Ethernet Adapters</b><p>
431: <ul>
432: <li>Alteon Tigon I/II-based adapters (<i>ti</i>), including:
433: <ul>
434: <li>3Com 3c985
435: <li>Alteon ACEnic
436: <li>Netgear GA620
437: <li>SGI Tigon
438: <li>Farallon PN9000
439: </ul>
440:
441: <li>Intel i82452-based adapters (<i>wx</i>), including:
1.127 aaron 442: <ul>
1.130 aaron 443: <li>Intel Pro/1000 Gigabit Server Adapter
1.127 aaron 444: </ul>
445:
1.130 aaron 446: <li>SysKonnect SK-984x (9841/9842/9843/9844) based adapters (<i>sk</i>)
447: </ul>
448:
449: <b>ATM Adapters</b><p>
450: <ul>
1.135 aaron 451: <li>Efficient Networks EN-155 and Adaptec ANA-590x ATM interfaces (<i>en</i>) <sup>(1)</sup>
1.130 aaron 452: </ul>
453: <p>
454:
455: <b>FDDI Adapters</b><p>
456: <ul>
457: <li>Digital DEFEA EISA FDDI adapters (<i>fea</i>)
458: <li>Digital DEFPA PCI FDDI adapters (<i>fpa</i>)
459: </ul>
460: <p>
461:
462: <b>WAN Adapters</b><p>
463: <ul>
464: <li>Lan Media Corporation SSI (T1)/HSSI/DS1/DS3 WAN interfaces (<i>lmc</i>)
465: </ul>
466: <p>
467:
468: <b>Cryptography Accelerators</b><p>
469: <ul>
1.131 aaron 470: <li>Hi/Fn 7751-based boards (<i>hifn</i>), including:
1.127 aaron 471: <ul>
1.130 aaron 472: <li>GTGI PowerCrypt Encryption Accelerator
1.144 deraadt 473: <li>NetSec 7751
474: <li>HiFn reference board
475: <li>Invertex AEON
1.127 aaron 476: </ul>
1.145 deraadt 477: <li>Broadcom Bluesteelnet uBsec 5501, 5601, 5805 (<i>ubsec</i>)
1.130 aaron 478: </ul>
479: <p>
1.127 aaron 480:
1.130 aaron 481: <a name=pcmcia>
482: <b>PC Cards (PCMCIA and CardBus)</b><p>
483: <ul>
1.145 deraadt 484: <li>ATA cards (<i>wdc, wd, sd, cd</i>), including:
1.112 aaron 485: <ul>
1.130 aaron 486: <li>ATA/IDE card drives
487: <li>ATA/IDE CD-ROM adapters
488: <li>CF/ATA flash cards and disk drives
1.112 aaron 489: </ul>
490:
1.130 aaron 491: <li>SCSI host adapters, including:
1.113 aaron 492: <ul>
1.145 deraadt 493: <li>Adaptec SlimSCSI APA-14[56]0 (<i>aic</i>)
1.113 aaron 494: </ul>
495:
1.130 aaron 496: <li>Ethernet adapters, including:
1.34 johns 497: <ul>
1.148 aaron 498: <li>3Com 3c575, 3c575B, 3c575C, 3c656, 3c656B, and 3c656C (<i>xl</i>)
1.140 aaron 499: <li>3Com 3c556, 3c562, 3c574, and 3c589 (<i>ep</i>)
1.131 aaron 500: <li>D-Link DE-660 (<i>ne</i>)
1.130 aaron 501: <li>D-Link DFE-650 Fast Ethernet
502: <li>Genius ME 3000II SE
503: <li>Hawking Ethernet Combo
504: <li>IC-Card
505: <li>Kingston KNE-PC2
506: <li>Linksys PCMPC100
507: <li>Netgear FA410TX Fast Ethernet
1.131 aaron 508: <li>Xircom Ethernet adapters (<i>xe</i>)
509: <li>Ambicom NE-2000 (<i>ne</i>)
1.130 aaron 510: </ul>
511:
512: <li>Wireless Ethernet adapters:
1.106 chris 513: <ul>
1.130 aaron 514: <li>See above.
1.34 johns 515: </ul>
1.130 aaron 516:
1.145 deraadt 517: <li>Serial ports, including:
1.130 aaron 518: <ul>
519: <li>Most modems, digital cellular modems, and serial cards should work.
1.85 jason 520: </ul>
1.130 aaron 521:
522: <li>PCMCIA controllers, including:
1.88 jason 523: <ul>
1.130 aaron 524: <li>Intel i82365 and compatibles (<i>pcic</i>)
1.88 jason 525: </ul>
1.34 johns 526:
1.130 aaron 527: </ul>
528: <p>
529:
1.131 aaron 530: <b>Universal Serial Bus (USB) Devices</b><p>
1.130 aaron 531: <ul>
1.131 aaron 532: <li>USB Hubs (<i>uhub</i>)
533: <li>USB Generic Human Interface Devices (catch-all) (<i>uhid</i>)
534: <li>USB Mass Storage devices, i.e., USB floppy drives (<i>umass</i>)
535: <li>USB Printers (<i>ulpt</i>)
536: <li>USB Modems (<i>umodem</i>)
537: <li>USB Audio (<i>uaudio</i>)
538: <li>USB Ethernet adapters (<i>aue</i>, <i>cue</i>, <i>kue</i>), see above
1.130 aaron 539: </ul>
1.131 aaron 540: USB Keyboards and Mice are not supported in console mode at this time.
1.130 aaron 541: <p>
1.34 johns 542:
1.130 aaron 543: <b>Pointing Devices</b><p>
544: <ul>
545: <li>"Logitech"-style bus mice <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
546: <li>"Microsoft"-style bus mice <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
547: <li>"PS/2"-style mice <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
548: <li>Serial mice (uses serial port driver)
549: </ul>
550: <p>
1.34 johns 551:
1.130 aaron 552: <b>Sound Devices</b><p>
553: <ul>
554: <li>SoundBlaster ISA cards and 100% compatibles (<i>sb</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
555: <li>SoundBlaster PCI128 <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
556: <li>Gravis Ultrasound and Ultrasound Max (<i>gus</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
557: <li>Ensoniq AudioPCI (<i>eap</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
558: <li>ESS Tech ES188[78], ES888 (<i>ess</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
559: <li>ESS Solo-1 PCI AudioDrive (<i>eso</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
560: <li>Yamaha OPL3-SA3 (<i>ym</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
561: <li>NeoMagic 256AV/ZX (<i>neo</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
1.142 aaron 562: <li>C-Media CMI8[37]38 (<i>cmpci</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
1.141 mickey 563: <li>Intel i810/i820 and 440MX AC'97 (<i>ich</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
1.147 aaron 564: <li>Cirrus Logic CrystalClear CS4280 (<i>clcs</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
1.150 aaron 565: <li>VIA VT82C686A SouthBridge integrated AC'97 audio (<i>auvia</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
566: <li>Forte Media FM801 audio (<i>fms</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
1.130 aaron 567: </ul>
568: <p>
569: The following drivers are not extensively tested:
570: <ul>
571: <li>S3 SonicVibes (<i>sv</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
572: <li>Personal Sound System (<i>pss</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
573: <li>Windows Sound System (<i>wss</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
574: <li>ProAudio Spectrum (<i>pas</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
575: </ul>
576: <p>
1.34 johns 577:
1.130 aaron 578: <b>Miscellaneous Devices</b><p>
579: <ul>
1.131 aaron 580: <li>APM power management (<i>apm</i>)
1.130 aaron 581: <li>Brooktree 848/849/878/879-based video capture cards (<i>bktr</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>, including:
582: <ul>
583: <li>Hauppage Wincast TV
584: <li>STB TV PCI Television Tuner
585: <li>Miro PC TV
586: <li>Intel Smart Video Recorder III
587: <li>IMS TV Turbo
588: <li>AVer Media TV/FM
1.34 johns 589: </ul>
1.130 aaron 590: </ul>
591: <p>
592:
1.131 aaron 593: <b>Many kinds of ISA Plug-and-Play cards</b><p>
1.82 deraadt 594: <ul>
1.145 deraadt 595: <li>Nearly all SB-style audio cards (<i>sb</i>)
596: <li>Nearly all joystick ports (<i>joy</i>)
1.131 aaron 597: <li>Nearly all Yamaha-style audio cards
1.145 deraadt 598: <li>Nearly all ne2000-style Ethernet cards (<i>ne</i>)
599: <li>Nearly all SMC-style Ethernet cards (<i>we</i>)
600: <li>Most serial port or modem cards (<i>com</i>)
601: <li>3c509 cards in PNP mode (<i>ep</i>)
602: <li>NE2100 Ethernet cards (<i>le</i>)
1.82 deraadt 603: </ul>
1.131 aaron 604: If a device does not work, be sure to mail the output of dmesg(1)
605: to dmesg@openbsd.org, and we will try to add support.
606: <p>
607:
608: <b>ISAPNP Cards</b><p>
609: Roughly said, the following cards definitely work.
610: Others may work as well; support is continually being improved.
611: <ul>
612: <li>"3Com 3C509B EtherLink III, TCM5090, PNP80F7, "
613: <li>"3Com 3C509B EtherLink III, TCM5095, PNP80F7, "
614: <li>"3Com 3C509B EtherLink III, TCM5098, PNP80F7, "
615: <li>"ACCTON EN166X MPX2 ETHERNET CAR, @@@9519, PNP80D6, "
616: <li>"CMI8330. Audio Adapter, @X@0001, , "
617: <li>"Creative AWE64 PnP, CTL0045, , Audio"
618: <li>"Creative AWE64 PnP, CTL7002, PNPB02F, Game"
619: <li>"Creative SB AWE64 PnP, CTL0045, , Audio"
620: <li>"Creative SB AWE64 PnP, CTL7002, PNPB02F, Game"
621: <li>"Creative SB AWE64 Gold, CTL0044, , Audio"
622: <li>"Creative SB AWE64 Gold, CTL7002, PNPB02F, Game"
623: <li>"Creative SB AWE64 PnP, CTL0042, , Audio"
624: <li>"Creative SB AWE64 PnP, CTL0045, , Audio"
625: <li>"Creative SB AWE64 PnP, CTL7002, PNPB02F, Game"
626: <li>"Creative SB16 PnP, CTL0031, , Audio"
627: <li>"Creative SB16 PnP, CTL7001, PNPB02F, Game"
628: <li>"Creative SB32 PnP, CTL0031, , Audio"
629: <li>"Creative SB32 PnP, CTL0041, , Audio"
630: <li>"Creative SB32 PnP, CTL0051, , StereoEnhance"
631: <li>"Creative SB32 PnP, CTL2011, PNP0600, IDE"
632: <li>"Creative SB32 PnP, CTL7001, PNPB02F, Game"
633: <li>"Creative ViBRA16C PnP, CTL0001, , Audio"
634: <li>"Creative ViBRA16C PnP, CTL7001, PNPB02F, Game"
635: <li>"Creative ViBRA16X PnP, CTL7005, PNPB02F, Game"
636: <li>"ESS ES1868 Plug and Play AudioD, ESS0001, , "
637: <li>"ESS ES1868 Plug and Play AudioD, ESS1868, , "
638: <li>"OPL3-SA2 Sound Chip , YMH0021, , "
639: <li>"OPL3-SA2 Sound Chip , YMH0022, PNPB02F, "
640: <li>"OPL3-SA3 Snd System, YMH0021, , "
641: <li>"OPL3-SA3 Snd System, YMH0022, PNPB02F, "
642: <li>"RealTek Plug & Play Ethernet Ca, RTL8019, PNP80D6, "
643: </ul>
1.34 johns 644: </ul>
645:
1.37 johns 646: <p>
647: <sup>(1)</sup> Drivers for hardware marked with (1) are NOT included on the
1.62 deraadt 648: distribution floppies.
1.37 johns 649: </p>
1.34 johns 650:
1.37 johns 651: <p>
652: <sup>(2)</sup> Support for devices marked with (2) IS included in the
653: "generic" kernels, although it is not in the kernel on the installation floppy.
1.34 johns 654: </p>
655:
1.31 deraadt 656: <p>
1.54 deraadt 657: <h3><font color=#0000e0>Unsupported Hardware</font></h3>
1.98 deraadt 658: <P>Unsupported hardware may be supported in the future, your <A HREF="donations.html">
659: donation
660: of time, hardware, or documentation</a> can accelerate this support!
1.34 johns 661: <ul>
1.130 aaron 662: <li>The "Micro Channel" MCA bus used in many IBM PS/2 models
663: <li>NCR 5380-based and 53400-based SCSI host adapters
664: <li>QIC-40 and QIC-80 tape drives
665: (these are the tape drives that connect to the floppy disk controller)
666: <li>Multiprocessor motherboards (though they will run fine using one
667: processor only).
668: There exists a <a href=smp.html>project</a> aiming to support these.
669: <li>Sony and Panasonic proprietary CD-ROM interfaces
670: <li>Parallel-port ZIP drives (SCSI and ATAPI ZIP drives work fine)
671: <li>Intel i82556 (EtherExpress PRO/100A) and i82596 (EtherExpress PRO/10 PCI)
672: Ethernet adapters
1.134 aaron 673: <li>Hewlett-Packard PC-LAN+ (HP27xxx) Ethernet adapters
1.130 aaron 674: <li>ESS Maestro-based sound devices
1.150 aaron 675: <li>Yamaha DS1-based sound devices
1.130 aaron 676: <li>Infrared devices, such as commonly found on laptops
677: <li>PCMCIA:
678: <ul>
679: <li>Memory cards
680: <li>Most multifunction cards
681: </ul>
1.31 deraadt 682: </ul>
1.34 johns 683: </p>
1.31 deraadt 684:
1.3 fn 685: <hr>
1.1 deraadt 686: <p>
1.109 chris 687: If you are looking for to test new pre-release features, you can
688: try one of the snapshots. For the i386 architecture,
689: <a href=ftp.html>snapshots are made available from time to time</a>
1.1 deraadt 690:
1.3 fn 691: <hr>
1.64 pauls 692: <a href=plat.html><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.1 deraadt 693: <a href=mailto:www@openbsd.org>www@openbsd.org</a>
1.3 fn 694: <br>
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