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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>)
1.156     mickey    159: <li>3ware Escalade 3W-5x000 and 3W-6x000 series (<i>twe</i>)
1.130     aaron     160: </ul>
                    161: <p>
                    162:
                    163: <b>CD-ROM and DVD-ROM Drives</b><p>
                    164: <ul>
                    165: <li>Mitsumi CD-ROM drives (<i>mcd</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
                    166:     [Note: The Mitsumi driver device probe is known
                    167:     to cause trouble with several devices!]
1.145     deraadt   168: <li>Most SCSI CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, and DVD drives. (<i>cd</i>)
                    169: <li>Most ATAPI (IDE) CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, and DVD drives. (<i>cd</i>)
1.130     aaron     170: </ul>
                    171: Sony and Panasonic proprietary CD-ROM interfaces are not supported.
                    172: <p>
                    173:
1.131     aaron     174: <b>Tape Drives</b>
                    175: <ul>
                    176: <li>Most SCSI tape drives (<i>st</i>)
                    177: <li>Most SCSI tape changers (<i>ch</i>)
                    178: <li>QIC-02 and QIC-36 format (Archive- and Wangtek- compatible)
                    179:     tape drives (<i>wt</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
                    180: </ul>
                    181: <p>
                    182:
1.130     aaron     183: <b>Display Adapters</b><p>
                    184: <ul>
                    185: <li>MDA, CGA, EGA, VGA, SVGA, and HGC Display Adapters
                    186: </ul>
                    187: Note that not all of the display adapters OpenBSD/i386
                    188: can work with are supported by X.
                    189: (See the <A HREF="http://www.xfree86.org/FAQ">XFree86 FAQ</a> for more information.)
                    190: <p>
                    191:
                    192: <b>Serial Ports</b><p>
1.121     chris     193: <ul>
1.132     aaron     194: <li>8250/16450-based ports (<i>com</i>)
1.131     aaron     195: <li>16550-based ports (<i>com</i>)
                    196: <li>ST16650-based ports (<i>com</i>)
                    197: <li>XR16850-based ports (only in the <i>pccom</i> driver)
                    198: <li>AST-style 4-port serial boards (<i>ast</i>) <sup>(1)</sup>
                    199: <li>BOCA 8-port serial cards (<i>boca</i>) <sup>(1)</sup>
                    200: <li>Cyclades Cyclom-{4, 8, 16}Y serial boards (<i>cy</i>) <sup>(1)</sup>
                    201: <li>IBM PC-RT 4-port serial boards (<i>rtfps</i>) <sup>(1)</sup>
1.121     chris     202: </ul>
1.120     deraadt   203: <p>
                    204:
1.130     aaron     205: <b>Parallel Ports</b><p>
1.131     aaron     206: <ul>
                    207: <li>Any standard parallel port (<i>lpt</i>)
                    208: </ul>
                    209: <p>
                    210:
                    211: <b>Communications Controllers</b><p>
                    212: <ul>
                    213: <li>Universal Serial Bus host controllers, including:
                    214:     <ul>
                    215:     <li>USB Universal Host Controller (<i>uhci</i>)
                    216:     <li>USB Open Host Controller (<i>ohci</i>)
                    217:     </ul>
                    218: <li>PCI `universal' communication cards (<i>puc</i>), providing serial (<i>com</i>) and parallel (<i>lpt</i>) children, including:
                    219:     <ul>
                    220:     <li>Dolphin Peripherals 4014 (dual parallel) and 4035 (dual serial)
                    221:     <li>SIIG Cyber 2P1S (dual parallel, single serial) and 2S1P (dual serial, single parallel) PCI
                    222:     <li>SIIG Cyber 4S PCI (quad serial)
                    223:     <li>SIIG Cyber I/O PCI (single parallel, single serial)
                    224:     <li>SIIG Cyber Parallel, Parallel Dual, Serial, Serial Dual PCI
                    225:     <li>VScom PCI-800 (8 port serial, probably OEM)
1.161   ! deraadt   226:     <li>AT&T/Lucent Venus Modem (found on IBM 33L4618 card, Actiontec 56K, and others)
1.152     jufi      227:     <li>US Robotics 3CP5609 PCI (modem)
                    228:     <li>Lava Computers 2SP-PCI (parallel port)
                    229:     <li>Lava Computers 2SP-PCI and Quattro-PCI (dual serial)
                    230:     <li>NEC PK-UG-X008 (serial)
                    231:     <li>NEC PK-UG-X001 K56flex PCI (modem)
1.161   ! deraadt   232:     <li>Koutech IOFLEX-2S (dual serial)
1.131     aaron     233:     </ul>
                    234: </ul>
                    235: <p>
1.130     aaron     236:
                    237: <b>Ethernet Adapters</b><p>
                    238: <ul>
                    239: <li>3Com 3c501 (<i>el</i>)
                    240: <li>3Com 3c503 (<i>ec</i>)
                    241: <li>3Com 3c505 (<i>eg</i>) <sup>(1)</sup>
                    242: <li>3Com 3c507 (<i>ie</i>)
                    243: <li>3Com 3c509, 3c579, and 3c59x (<i>ep</i>)
                    244: <li>3Com 3c515 (<i>ef</i>)
                    245: <li>3Com 3c9xx EtherLink XL adapters (<i>xl</i>), including:
                    246:     <ul>
                    247:     <li>3Com 3c900/3c900B
                    248:     <li>3Com 3c905/3c905B/3c905C
                    249:     <li>3Com 3c980/3c980C server adapter
                    250:     <li>3Com 3c900B-FL and 3c900b-FL/FX fiber optic adapters
                    251:     <li>Dell on-board 3c920
                    252:     <li>Dell Precision on-board 3c905B
                    253:     <li>Dell OptiPlex GX1 on-board 3c918
                    254:     <li>Dell Latitude laptop docking station embedded 3c905
                    255:     </ul>
                    256:
                    257: <li>Adaptec "Starfire" AIC-6915 based PCI adapters (<i>sf</i>), including:
                    258:     <ul>
                    259:     <li>Adaptec Single32 ANA-69011
                    260:     <li>Adaptec Single64 ANA-62011
                    261:     <li>Adaptec Duo64 ANA-62022
                    262:     <li>Adaptec Quartet64 ANA-62044
                    263:     </ul>
                    264:
1.154     aaron     265: <li>ADMtek AL981 ("Comet") and AN983 ("Centaur-P") based PCI adapters (<i>dc</i>), including:
1.130     aaron     266:     <ul>
                    267:     <li>Mototech ME316
                    268:     </ul>
                    269:
                    270: <li>ADMtek AN986-based USB adapters (<i>aue</i>), including:
                    271:     <ul>
                    272:     <li>LinkSys USB100TX
                    273:     <li>Billionton USB100
                    274:     <li>Melco Inc. LU-ATX
                    275:     <li>D-Link 650TX
                    276:     <li>SMC-2202USB
                    277:     </ul>
                    278:
                    279: <li>AMD LANCE and PCnet-based ISA adapters (<i>le</i>), including:
                    280:     <ul>
                    281:     <li>Novell NE1500T
                    282:     <li>Novell NE2100
                    283:     <li>Kingston 21xx
                    284:     </ul>
                    285:
                    286: <li>AMD LANCE and PCnet-based PCI adapters (<i>le</i>), including:
                    287:     <ul>
                    288:     <li> BOCALANcard/PCI
                    289:     <li> AT&amp;T StarLAN 10, EN100, and StarLAN Fiber
                    290:     </ul>
                    291:
                    292: <li>ASIX 88140A/88141-based PCI adapters (<i>dc</i>), including:
                    293:     <ul>
                    294:     <li>CNet Pro110
                    295:     <li>Alfa Inc. GFC2204
                    296:     </ul>
                    297:
                    298: <li>CATC USB-EL1210A-based USB adapters (<i>cue</i>), including:
                    299:     <ul>
                    300:     <li>CATC Netmate and Netmate II
1.153     aaron     301:     <li>Belkin F5U011/F5U111
1.130     aaron     302:     </ul>
1.120     deraadt   303:
1.130     aaron     304: <li>Digital DC21x4x-based PCI adapters (<i>de</i>), including:
                    305:     <ul>
                    306:     <li>Older SMC PCI EtherPower 10, 10/100
                    307:     <li>Older LinkSys 10, 10/100 (newer models are supported by other drivers)
                    308:     <li>Znyx ZX34<i>x</i>
                    309:     <li>Cogent EM100
                    310:     <li>Digital DE450
                    311:     <li>Digital DE500
                    312:     <li>Almost all other variants work.
                    313:     </ul>
1.128     niklas    314:
1.130     aaron     315: <li>Digital DC2114x-based four port cards, (<i>de</i>) including:
                    316:    <ul>
                    317:    <li>Adaptec ANA-6944A
                    318:    <li>Cogent EM400
                    319:    <li>Compex 400TX
                    320:    <li>Znyx ZX346
                    321:    </ul>
1.34      johns     322:
1.130     aaron     323: <li>Intel EtherExpress 16 (<i>ie</i>)
1.34      johns     324:
1.130     aaron     325: <li>Intel EtherExpress PRO/10 ISA (<i>ex</i>)
1.34      johns     326:
1.130     aaron     327: <li>Intel i8255x-based (except the i82556) PCI adapters (<i>fxp</i>), including:
1.102     deraadt   328:     <ul>
1.130     aaron     329:     <li>Intel EtherExpress PRO/10+
                    330:     <li>Intel EtherExpress PRO/100, PRO/100B, and PRO/100+
                    331:     <li>Intel EtherExpress PRO/100+ "Management Adapter"
                    332:     <li>Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 Dual Port
1.102     deraadt   333:     </ul>
1.130     aaron     334:
                    335: <li>Kawasaki LSI KL5KUSB101B-based USB adapters (<i>kue</i>), including:
1.89      fgsch     336:     <ul>
1.130     aaron     337:     <li>3Com 3C19250
                    338:     <li>LinkSys USB10T
                    339:     <li>Peracom USB Ethernet Adapter
                    340:     <li>Entegra NET-USB-E45
                    341:     <li>ADS Technologies USB-10BT
                    342:     <li>ATen UC10T
                    343:     <li>Netgear EA101
                    344:     <li>D-Link DSB-650
                    345:     <li>SMC 2102/2104USB
1.89      fgsch     346:     </ul>
1.130     aaron     347:
                    348: <li>Lite-On PNIC/PNIC-II-based adapters (<i>dc</i>), including:
1.89      fgsch     349:     <ul>
1.130     aaron     350:     <li>Netgear FA310TX rev D1
                    351:     <li>LinkSys LNE100TX
                    352:     <li>Matrox Networks FastNIC 10/100
1.89      fgsch     353:     </ul>
1.130     aaron     354:
                    355: <li>Macronix 98713/98715/98725-based adapters (<i>dc</i>), including:
1.89      fgsch     356:     <ul>
1.130     aaron     357:     <li>Addtron AEF-320TX/AEF-330TX
                    358:     <li>NDC Communications SOHOware SFA110
1.131     aaron     359:     <li>SVEC PN102-TX Fast Ethernet card
1.115     deraadt   360:     </ul>
1.130     aaron     361:
1.149     aaron     362: <li>National Semiconductor DP83815-based PCI adapters (<i>sis</i>), including:
                    363:     <ul>
                    364:     <li>NetGear FA312-TX
                    365:     </ul>
                    366:
1.133     aaron     367: <li>Novell NE1000, NE2000 (ISA, PCI, and PCMCIA variants thereof) (<i>ne</i>)
1.130     aaron     368:
                    369: <li>RealTek 8129/8139-based adapters (<i>rl</i>), including:
1.115     deraadt   370:     <ul>
1.130     aaron     371:     <li>Accton MPX 5030/5038
                    372:     <li>Allied Telesyn AT2550
                    373:     <li>Encore ENL832-TX 10/100 M PCI
                    374:     <li>Genius GF100TXR
                    375:     <li>KTX-9130TX 10/100 Fast Ethernet
                    376:     <li>Longshine LCS-8038TX-R
                    377:     <li>NDC NE100TX-E
                    378:     <li>Netronix EA-1210 Net Ether 10/100
                    379:     <li>OvisLink LEF-8129TX, LEF-8139TX
                    380:     <li>SMC EZ Card 10/100 PCI 1211-TX
1.89      fgsch     381:     </ul>
1.130     aaron     382:
1.149     aaron     383: <li>SiS 900 and SiS 7016-based PCI adapters (<i>sis</i>), including:
1.106     chris     384:     <ul>
1.130     aaron     385:     <li>Mototech ME313
1.149     aaron     386:     <li>NetSurf NS-KFE30D
1.106     chris     387:     </ul>
1.110     aaron     388:
1.145     deraadt   389: <li>SMC/WD 8003, 8013, and the SMC "Elite16" ISA boards (<i>we</i>)
1.130     aaron     390:
1.145     deraadt   391: <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     392:
1.145     deraadt   393: <li>SMC 8416 ("EtherEZ") PNP cards (<i>we</i>)
1.110     aaron     394:
1.145     deraadt   395: <li>SMC 9432 ("EtherPower II") EPIC 10/100 (<i>tx</i>)
1.127     aaron     396:
1.130     aaron     397: <li>Sundance ST201-based PCI adapters (<i>ste</i>), including:
1.100     jason     398:     <ul>
1.130     aaron     399:     <li>D-Link DFE-550TX
1.100     jason     400:     </ul>
                    401:
1.130     aaron     402: <li>Texas Instruments ThunderLAN PCI adapters (<i>tl</i>), including:
1.34      johns     403:     <ul>
1.130     aaron     404:     <li>Compaq Netelligent PCI Adapters
                    405:     <li>Compaq NetFlex 3/P
                    406:     <li>Compaq Deskpro integrated adapter
                    407:     <li>Compaq Prosignia integrated adapter
                    408:     <li>Olicom OC2135, OC2183, OC2325, OC2326
                    409:     <li>Racore 8165 and 8148
                    410:     <li>TI ThunderLAN adapters
1.34      johns     411:     </ul>
                    412:
1.130     aaron     413: <li>VIA Rhine/RhineII Ethernet adapters (<i>vr</i>), including:
1.34      johns     414:     <ul>
1.130     aaron     415:     <li>Addtron AEF-360TX
                    416:     <li>Hawking PN102TX
                    417:     <li>D-Link DFE530TX
1.34      johns     418:     </ul>
                    419:
1.130     aaron     420: <li>Winbond W89C840F-based adapters (<i>wb</i>), including:
1.104     aaron     421:     <ul>
1.130     aaron     422:     <li>Trendware TE100-PCIE
                    423:     <li>Compex RL100-ATX 10/100
1.104     aaron     424:     </ul>
1.130     aaron     425: </ul>
1.133     aaron     426: Please be aware that many NE2000 adapters fail or perform very poorly. We do
                    427: not recommend using them, but your mileage may vary.
                    428: <p>
1.104     aaron     429:
1.130     aaron     430: <b>Wireless Ethernet Adapters</b><p>
                    431: <ul>
1.131     aaron     432: <li>Aironet 802.11DS PCMCIA and PCI (<i>an</i>)
                    433: <li>RayLink Aviator2.4/Pro 802.11FH PCMCIA (<i>ray</i>)
                    434: <li>WaveLAN 802.11DS PCMCIA (<i>wi</i>)
1.130     aaron     435: </ul>
                    436: <p>
                    437:
                    438: <b>Gigabit Ethernet Adapters</b><p>
                    439: <ul>
                    440: <li>Alteon Tigon I/II-based adapters (<i>ti</i>), including:
                    441:     <ul>
                    442:     <li>3Com 3c985
                    443:     <li>Alteon ACEnic
                    444:     <li>Netgear GA620
                    445:     <li>SGI Tigon
                    446:     <li>Farallon PN9000
                    447:     </ul>
                    448:
                    449: <li>Intel i82452-based adapters (<i>wx</i>), including:
1.127     aaron     450:     <ul>
1.130     aaron     451:     <li>Intel Pro/1000 Gigabit Server Adapter
1.127     aaron     452:     </ul>
                    453:
1.130     aaron     454: <li>SysKonnect SK-984x (9841/9842/9843/9844) based adapters (<i>sk</i>)
                    455: </ul>
                    456:
                    457: <b>ATM Adapters</b><p>
                    458: <ul>
1.135     aaron     459: <li>Efficient Networks EN-155 and Adaptec ANA-590x ATM interfaces (<i>en</i>) <sup>(1)</sup>
1.130     aaron     460: </ul>
                    461: <p>
                    462:
                    463: <b>FDDI Adapters</b><p>
                    464: <ul>
                    465: <li>Digital DEFEA EISA FDDI adapters (<i>fea</i>)
                    466: <li>Digital DEFPA PCI FDDI adapters (<i>fpa</i>)
                    467: </ul>
                    468: <p>
                    469:
                    470: <b>WAN Adapters</b><p>
                    471: <ul>
                    472: <li>Lan Media Corporation SSI (T1)/HSSI/DS1/DS3 WAN interfaces (<i>lmc</i>)
                    473: </ul>
                    474: <p>
                    475:
                    476: <b>Cryptography Accelerators</b><p>
                    477: <ul>
1.131     aaron     478: <li>Hi/Fn 7751-based boards (<i>hifn</i>), including:
1.127     aaron     479:     <ul>
1.130     aaron     480:     <li>GTGI PowerCrypt Encryption Accelerator
1.144     deraadt   481:     <li>NetSec 7751
                    482:     <li>HiFn reference board
                    483:     <li>Invertex AEON
1.127     aaron     484:     </ul>
1.145     deraadt   485: <li>Broadcom Bluesteelnet uBsec 5501, 5601, 5805 (<i>ubsec</i>)
1.130     aaron     486: </ul>
                    487: <p>
1.127     aaron     488:
1.130     aaron     489: <a name=pcmcia>
                    490: <b>PC Cards (PCMCIA and CardBus)</b><p>
                    491: <ul>
1.145     deraadt   492: <li>ATA cards (<i>wdc, wd, sd, cd</i>), including:
1.112     aaron     493:     <ul>
1.130     aaron     494:     <li>ATA/IDE card drives
                    495:     <li>ATA/IDE CD-ROM adapters
                    496:     <li>CF/ATA flash cards and disk drives
1.112     aaron     497:     </ul>
                    498:
1.130     aaron     499: <li>SCSI host adapters, including:
1.113     aaron     500:     <ul>
1.145     deraadt   501:     <li>Adaptec SlimSCSI APA-14[56]0 (<i>aic</i>)
1.113     aaron     502:     </ul>
                    503:
1.130     aaron     504: <li>Ethernet adapters, including:
1.34      johns     505:     <ul>
1.148     aaron     506:     <li>3Com 3c575, 3c575B, 3c575C, 3c656, 3c656B, and 3c656C (<i>xl</i>)
1.140     aaron     507:     <li>3Com 3c556, 3c562, 3c574, and 3c589 (<i>ep</i>)
1.131     aaron     508:     <li>D-Link DE-660 (<i>ne</i>)
1.130     aaron     509:     <li>D-Link DFE-650 Fast Ethernet
                    510:     <li>Genius ME 3000II SE
                    511:     <li>Hawking Ethernet Combo
                    512:     <li>IC-Card
1.159     aaron     513:     <li>Intel PRO/100 CardBus I/II (<i>fxp</i>)
1.130     aaron     514:     <li>Kingston KNE-PC2
                    515:     <li>Linksys PCMPC100
                    516:     <li>Netgear FA410TX Fast Ethernet
1.131     aaron     517:     <li>Xircom Ethernet adapters (<i>xe</i>)
                    518:     <li>Ambicom NE-2000 (<i>ne</i>)
1.130     aaron     519:     </ul>
                    520:
                    521: <li>Wireless Ethernet adapters:
1.106     chris     522:     <ul>
1.130     aaron     523:     <li>See above.
1.34      johns     524:     </ul>
1.130     aaron     525:
1.145     deraadt   526: <li>Serial ports, including:
1.130     aaron     527:     <ul>
                    528:     <li>Most modems, digital cellular modems, and serial cards should work.
1.85      jason     529:     </ul>
1.130     aaron     530:
                    531: <li>PCMCIA controllers, including:
1.88      jason     532:     <ul>
1.130     aaron     533:     <li>Intel i82365 and compatibles (<i>pcic</i>)
1.88      jason     534:     </ul>
1.34      johns     535:
1.130     aaron     536: </ul>
                    537: <p>
                    538:
1.131     aaron     539: <b>Universal Serial Bus (USB) Devices</b><p>
1.130     aaron     540: <ul>
1.131     aaron     541: <li>USB Hubs (<i>uhub</i>)
                    542: <li>USB Generic Human Interface Devices (catch-all) (<i>uhid</i>)
                    543: <li>USB Mass Storage devices, i.e., USB floppy drives (<i>umass</i>)
                    544: <li>USB Printers (<i>ulpt</i>)
                    545: <li>USB Modems (<i>umodem</i>)
                    546: <li>USB Audio (<i>uaudio</i>)
                    547: <li>USB Ethernet adapters (<i>aue</i>, <i>cue</i>, <i>kue</i>), see above
1.130     aaron     548: </ul>
1.131     aaron     549: USB Keyboards and Mice are not supported in console mode at this time.
1.130     aaron     550: <p>
1.34      johns     551:
1.130     aaron     552: <b>Pointing Devices</b><p>
                    553: <ul>
                    554: <li>"Logitech"-style bus mice <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
                    555: <li>"Microsoft"-style bus mice <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
                    556: <li>"PS/2"-style mice <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
                    557: <li>Serial mice (uses serial port driver)
                    558: </ul>
                    559: <p>
1.34      johns     560:
1.130     aaron     561: <b>Sound Devices</b><p>
                    562: <ul>
                    563: <li>SoundBlaster ISA cards and 100% compatibles (<i>sb</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
                    564: <li>SoundBlaster PCI128 <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
                    565: <li>Gravis Ultrasound and Ultrasound Max (<i>gus</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
                    566: <li>Ensoniq AudioPCI (<i>eap</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
                    567: <li>ESS Tech ES188[78], ES888 (<i>ess</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
                    568: <li>ESS Solo-1 PCI AudioDrive (<i>eso</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
                    569: <li>Yamaha OPL3-SA3 (<i>ym</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
                    570: <li>NeoMagic 256AV/ZX (<i>neo</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
1.142     aaron     571: <li>C-Media CMI8[37]38 (<i>cmpci</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
1.141     mickey    572: <li>Intel i810/i820 and 440MX AC'97 (<i>ich</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
1.147     aaron     573: <li>Cirrus Logic CrystalClear CS4280 (<i>clcs</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
1.150     aaron     574: <li>VIA VT82C686A SouthBridge integrated AC'97 audio (<i>auvia</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
                    575: <li>Forte Media FM801 audio (<i>fms</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
1.130     aaron     576: </ul>
                    577: <p>
                    578: The following drivers are not extensively tested:
                    579: <ul>
                    580: <li>S3 SonicVibes (<i>sv</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
                    581: <li>Personal Sound System (<i>pss</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
                    582: <li>Windows Sound System (<i>wss</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
                    583: <li>ProAudio Spectrum (<i>pas</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
                    584: </ul>
                    585: <p>
1.34      johns     586:
1.130     aaron     587: <b>Miscellaneous Devices</b><p>
                    588: <ul>
1.131     aaron     589: <li>APM power management (<i>apm</i>)
1.130     aaron     590: <li>Brooktree 848/849/878/879-based video capture cards (<i>bktr</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>, including:
                    591:     <ul>
                    592:     <li>Hauppage Wincast TV
                    593:     <li>STB TV PCI Television Tuner
                    594:     <li>Miro PC TV
                    595:     <li>Intel Smart Video Recorder III
                    596:     <li>IMS TV Turbo
                    597:     <li>AVer Media TV/FM
1.34      johns     598:     </ul>
1.130     aaron     599: </ul>
                    600: <p>
                    601:
1.131     aaron     602: <b>Many kinds of ISA Plug-and-Play cards</b><p>
1.82      deraadt   603:   <ul>
1.145     deraadt   604:   <li>Nearly all SB-style audio cards (<i>sb</i>)
                    605:   <li>Nearly all joystick ports (<i>joy</i>)
1.131     aaron     606:   <li>Nearly all Yamaha-style audio cards
1.145     deraadt   607:   <li>Nearly all ne2000-style Ethernet cards (<i>ne</i>)
                    608:   <li>Nearly all SMC-style Ethernet cards (<i>we</i>)
                    609:   <li>Most serial port or modem cards (<i>com</i>)
                    610:   <li>3c509 cards in PNP mode (<i>ep</i>)
                    611:   <li>NE2100 Ethernet cards (<i>le</i>)
1.82      deraadt   612:   </ul>
1.131     aaron     613: If a device does not work, be sure to mail the output of dmesg(1)
                    614: to dmesg@openbsd.org, and we will try to add support.
                    615: <p>
                    616:
                    617: <b>ISAPNP Cards</b><p>
                    618: Roughly said, the following cards definitely work.
                    619: Others may work as well; support is continually being improved.
                    620: <ul>
                    621: <li>"3Com 3C509B EtherLink III, TCM5090, PNP80F7, "
                    622: <li>"3Com 3C509B EtherLink III, TCM5095, PNP80F7, "
                    623: <li>"3Com 3C509B EtherLink III, TCM5098, PNP80F7, "
                    624: <li>"ACCTON EN166X MPX2 ETHERNET CAR, @@@9519, PNP80D6, "
                    625: <li>"CMI8330. Audio Adapter, @X@0001, , "
                    626: <li>"Creative AWE64 PnP, CTL0045, , Audio"
                    627: <li>"Creative AWE64 PnP, CTL7002, PNPB02F, Game"
                    628: <li>"Creative SB AWE64  PnP, CTL0045, , Audio"
                    629: <li>"Creative SB AWE64  PnP, CTL7002, PNPB02F, Game"
                    630: <li>"Creative SB AWE64 Gold, CTL0044, , Audio"
                    631: <li>"Creative SB AWE64 Gold, CTL7002, PNPB02F, Game"
                    632: <li>"Creative SB AWE64 PnP, CTL0042, , Audio"
                    633: <li>"Creative SB AWE64 PnP, CTL0045, , Audio"
                    634: <li>"Creative SB AWE64 PnP, CTL7002, PNPB02F, Game"
                    635: <li>"Creative SB16 PnP, CTL0031, , Audio"
                    636: <li>"Creative SB16 PnP, CTL7001, PNPB02F, Game"
                    637: <li>"Creative SB32 PnP, CTL0031, , Audio"
                    638: <li>"Creative SB32 PnP, CTL0041, , Audio"
                    639: <li>"Creative SB32 PnP, CTL0051, , StereoEnhance"
                    640: <li>"Creative SB32 PnP, CTL2011, PNP0600, IDE"
                    641: <li>"Creative SB32 PnP, CTL7001, PNPB02F, Game"
                    642: <li>"Creative ViBRA16C PnP, CTL0001, , Audio"
                    643: <li>"Creative ViBRA16C PnP, CTL7001, PNPB02F, Game"
                    644: <li>"Creative ViBRA16X PnP, CTL7005, PNPB02F, Game"
                    645: <li>"ESS ES1868 Plug and Play AudioD, ESS0001, , "
                    646: <li>"ESS ES1868 Plug and Play AudioD, ESS1868, , "
                    647: <li>"OPL3-SA2 Sound Chip , YMH0021, , "
                    648: <li>"OPL3-SA2 Sound Chip , YMH0022, PNPB02F, "
                    649: <li>"OPL3-SA3 Snd System, YMH0021, , "
                    650: <li>"OPL3-SA3 Snd System, YMH0022, PNPB02F, "
                    651: <li>"RealTek Plug &amp; Play Ethernet Ca, RTL8019, PNP80D6, "
                    652: </ul>
1.34      johns     653: </ul>
                    654:
1.37      johns     655: <p>
                    656: <sup>(1)</sup> Drivers for hardware marked with (1) are NOT included on the
1.62      deraadt   657: distribution floppies.
1.37      johns     658: </p>
1.34      johns     659:
1.37      johns     660: <p>
                    661: <sup>(2)</sup> Support for devices marked with (2) IS included in the
                    662: "generic" kernels, although it is not in the kernel on the installation floppy.
1.34      johns     663: </p>
                    664:
1.31      deraadt   665: <p>
1.54      deraadt   666: <h3><font color=#0000e0>Unsupported Hardware</font></h3>
1.98      deraadt   667: <P>Unsupported hardware may be supported in the future, your <A HREF="donations.html">
                    668: donation
                    669: of time, hardware, or documentation</a> can accelerate this support!
1.34      johns     670: <ul>
1.130     aaron     671: <li>The "Micro Channel" MCA bus used in many IBM PS/2 models
                    672: <li>NCR 5380-based and 53400-based SCSI host adapters
                    673: <li>QIC-40 and QIC-80 tape drives
                    674:     (these are the tape drives that connect to the floppy disk controller)
                    675: <li>Multiprocessor motherboards (though they will run fine using one
                    676:     processor only).
                    677:     There exists a <a href=smp.html>project</a> aiming to support these.
                    678: <li>Sony and Panasonic proprietary CD-ROM interfaces
                    679: <li>Parallel-port ZIP drives (SCSI and ATAPI ZIP drives work fine)
                    680: <li>Intel i82556 (EtherExpress PRO/100A) and i82596 (EtherExpress PRO/10 PCI)
                    681:     Ethernet adapters
1.134     aaron     682: <li>Hewlett-Packard PC-LAN+ (HP27xxx) Ethernet adapters
1.157     aaron     683: <li>SoundBlaster Live! (EMU10k1) sound devices
1.130     aaron     684: <li>ESS Maestro-based sound devices
1.150     aaron     685: <li>Yamaha DS1-based sound devices
1.157     aaron     686: <li>Aureal Vortex sound cards
                    687: <li>Winmodems
1.130     aaron     688: <li>Infrared devices, such as commonly found on laptops
1.157     aaron     689: <li>Firewire
                    690: <li>3C990 Hardware Crypto Accelerators (3Com will not make specs public)
1.160     aaron     691: <li>Initio SCSI adapters
                    692: <li>Adaptec RAID, AMI RAID, Mylex RAID, Compaq RAID
1.130     aaron     693: <li>PCMCIA:
                    694:     <ul>
                    695:     <li>Memory cards
                    696:     <li>Most multifunction cards
                    697:     </ul>
1.31      deraadt   698: </ul>
1.34      johns     699: </p>
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1.109     chris     703: If you are looking for to test new pre-release features, you can
                    704: try one of the snapshots.  For the i386 architecture,
                    705: <a href=ftp.html>snapshots are made available from time to time</a>
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