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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>
1.162 ! deraadt 28: <h3><font color=#0000e0>Install media</font></h3>
! 29: A number of install options exist:
! 30: <ul>
! 31: <li><strong>CD boot:</strong><p>
! 32: Booting off the CD provides an El Torido 2.88MB floppy image
! 33: that contains almost all OpenBSD drivers.<p>
! 34: <li><strong>Floppy A:</strong><p>
! 35: This 1.44MB floppy image contains the most common drivers. As a general rule,
! 36: you will find that the missing drivers are ones which need large microcodes
! 37: to run. This includes a few of the more rare scsi cards, gigabit ethernet
! 38: cards, or RAID devices.<p>
! 39: <li><strong>Floppy B:</strong><p>
! 40: This 1.44MB floppy image contains the drivers that are missing on Floppy A.
! 41: Due to space considerations, you will find that some other drivers are missing.
! 42: In particular, support for most PCMCIA devices are missing, as are really
! 43: ancient hardware devices. In some ways, this media is designed to help people
! 44: setting up modern server type systems, since it contains almost all the SCSI
! 45: and RAID drivers.<p>
! 46: <li><strong>Floppy C:</strong><p>
! 47: This 1.44MB floppy image contains many cardbus and pcmcia device drivers. It
! 48: is an excellent choice to use for laptops. In most cases, one would discover
! 49: that Floppy A also works, but the odd laptop might benefit more from using this
! 50: image.<p>
! 51: </ul>
! 52: <p>
! 53: Use the method that works best for you.
! 54:
! 55: <p>
1.54 deraadt 56: <h3><font color=#0000e0>Binary compatibility with other Operating Systems:</font></h3>
1.46 deraadt 57: The OpenBSD/i386 port can run Linux, FreeBSD, BSD/OS,
1.44 deraadt 58: SVR4 (including Solaris), and IBCS2 binaries.
59:
60: <p>
1.54 deraadt 61: <h3><font color=#0000e0>Supported Hardware:</font></h3>
1.46 deraadt 62: The OpenBSD/i386 port works across a broad range of standard PC's and clones,
1.32 grr 63: with a wide variety of processors and I/O bus architecures. It can be expected
1.53 todd 64: to install and run with minimal difficulty on most current products.
1.32 grr 65: The cases where problems may be encountered are typically older proprietary
66: PC's, Laptops or specialized server boxes that rely on a custom BIOS to paper
67: over implementation differences.
1.34 johns 68:
1.32 grr 69: <p>
1.117 deraadt 70: OpenBSD does not currently support multiple processors (SMP), but will run
71: using one processor on a multi-processor system board.
1.34 johns 72:
1.31 deraadt 73: <p>
1.117 deraadt 74: Most laptops are supported. We have <a href=i386-laptop.html>a page</a>
75: that details the specifics of most common laptops.
76:
77: <p>
78: <hr>
79:
1.130 aaron 80: <b>Processors</b><p>
81: All CPU chips compatible with the Intel 80386 (i386) architecture:
1.31 deraadt 82: <ul>
1.130 aaron 83: <li>386/486 (SX/DX/DX2/DX4)
1.106 chris 84: <li>Intel Pentium/Pentium-MMX
1.143 deraadt 85: <li>Intel Pentium Pro/II/III/Celeron/Xeon
86: <li>AMD 6x86
1.130 aaron 87: <li>AMD K5/K6/K6-2/K6-3
88: <li>AMD Athlon
89: <li>Cyrix MediaGX/M1/M2
90: <li>Rise mP6
91: <li>IDT WinChip
92: <li>NexGen 586
93: <li>VIA Joshua
94: </ul>
95: Everything that is a clone of the 386 or up should work fine.
96: The only CPU that is known to work poorly (due to flawed motherboard designs)
97: is the Cyrix 386DLC.
98: <p>
99:
100: <b>Buses</b><p>
101: <ul>
1.139 deraadt 102: <li> All standard ISA, EISA, VLB, and PCI, bus based machines, including...<br>
103: <ul>
104: <li>Intel 450GX/KX based machines.
105: <li>Intel 450NX based machines
106: <li>ServerWorks chipset-based machines
107: </ul>
108: (We just had to mention those last three, since they are the hardest to support).
109: <br>
1.130 aaron 110: <li> Both 16-Bit PCMCIA PC Cards and newer 32-Bit CardBus support.
111: <li> Universal Serial Bus (USB).
1.106 chris 112: </ul>
1.130 aaron 113: The MCA bus found in various official IBM PCs is not supported.
1.120 deraadt 114: <p>
115:
1.151 aaron 116: <b>Bus interfaces</b><p>
117: <ul>
118: <li>Standard PCI-PCI bridges, including PCI expansion backplanes (<i>ppb</i>)
119: <li>YENTA-compatible PCI-CardBus bridges (<i>cbb</i>)
120: </ul>
121: <p>
122:
1.130 aaron 123: <b>Disk Controllers</b><p>
124: <ul>
1.131 aaron 125: <li> Floppy controllers
126: <li> ISA MFM, ESDI, IDE, and RLL hard disk controllers
1.130 aaron 127: </ul>
128: <p>
129:
1.146 chris 130: <b>PCI IDE Controllers</b> (<i>pciide</i>)<p>
1.130 aaron 131: <ul>
132: <li>Acer Labs M5229
1.146 chris 133: <li>CMD Tech PCI0640, PCI0643, PCI0646, PCI0648, and PCI0649
1.130 aaron 134: <li>Contaq Microsystems/Cypress CY82C693
135: <li>Intel PIIX, PIIX3, and PIIX4
136: <li>Intel 82801 (ICH/ICH0)
1.146 chris 137: <li>OPTi 82C568, 82D568, and 82C621
1.130 aaron 138: <li>Promise PDC20246 (Ultra/33) and PDC20262 (Ultra/66)
139: <li>Silicon Integrated System 5513
140: <li>VIA Technologies VT82C586 and VT82C586A
141: </ul>
142: Any other PCI IDE-compliant controller should work, but those
143: not specifically listed many not be capable of DMA modes.
144: <p>
145:
146: <b>SCSI Host Adapters</b><p>
147: <ul>
1.145 deraadt 148: <li>Adaptec AHA-154xA, -B, -C, and -CF (<i>aha</i>)
149: <li>Adaptec AHA-174x (<i>ahb</i>)
150: <li>Adaptec AIC-6260 and AIC-6360 based boards (<i>aic</i>), including the
1.130 aaron 151: Adaptec AHA-152x and the SoundBlaster SCSI host adapter.
152: (Note that you cannot boot from these boards if they do not have
153: a boot ROM; only the AHA-152x and motherboards using this chip
154: are likely to be bootable, consequently.)
155: <li>Adaptec AIC-7770-based SCSI host adapters (including the
1.145 deraadt 156: Adaptec AHA-274x and AHA-284x families). (<i>ahc</i>)
1.130 aaron 157: <li>Adaptec AHA-[23]94x[W] cards and some on-board PCI designs using the
1.145 deraadt 158: AIC7870 and AIC7880 chips. (<i>ahc</i>)
1.138 deraadt 159: <li>Adaptec AHA-[23]9[34]xU[2W] cards and on-board PCI designs using the
1.145 deraadt 160: AIC789[01], AIC7895, AIC789[67] chips. (<i>ahc</i>)
1.136 deraadt 161: <li>Adaptec AIC-789[29] chips and products like the AHA-29160 based upon it
1.145 deraadt 162: which do 160MB/sec SCSI. (<i>ahc</i>)
163: <li>Buslogic 54x (Adaptec AHA-154x clones) (<i>bt</i>)
164: <li>BusLogic 445, 74x, 9xx (<i>bt</i>) (but not the new "FlashPoint" series
165: of BusLogic SCSI adapters)
1.130 aaron 166: <li>Symbios Logic (NCR) 53C8xx-based PCI SCSI host adapters
167: (Including generic/no name cards, old ASUS cards, the DTC-3130 series,
168: Diamond Fireport series, etc.)
1.145 deraadt 169: <li>Ultrastor 14f, 34f, and (possibly) 24f (<i>uha</i>)
170: <li>Seagate/Future Domain ISA SCSI adapter cards (<i>sea</i>), including
1.130 aaron 171: <ul>
172: <li>ST01/02
173: <li>Future Domain TMC-885
174: <li>Future Domain TMC-950
175: </ul>
1.145 deraadt 176: <li>WD-7000 SCSI host adapters (<i>wds</i>)
177: <li>QLogic PCI SCSI controllers (<i>isp</i>)
1.137 krw 178: <li>AdvanSys `U', `UW' and 'U2W' PCI SCSI controllers including the
1.145 deraadt 179: ABP940U[AW], ASB3940U[AW]-00 and ASB3940U2W-00. (<i>adw</i>)
1.130 aaron 180: </ul>
181: <p>
182:
183: <b>RAID or Cache Controllers</b><p>
184: <ul>
185: <li>DPT SmartCache III/IV PCI/EISA adapters (<i>dpt</i>)
186: <li>ICP-Vortex GDT 6XXXRP series (<i>gdt</i>)
1.156 mickey 187: <li>3ware Escalade 3W-5x000 and 3W-6x000 series (<i>twe</i>)
1.130 aaron 188: </ul>
189: <p>
190:
191: <b>CD-ROM and DVD-ROM Drives</b><p>
192: <ul>
193: <li>Mitsumi CD-ROM drives (<i>mcd</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
194: [Note: The Mitsumi driver device probe is known
195: to cause trouble with several devices!]
1.145 deraadt 196: <li>Most SCSI CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, and DVD drives. (<i>cd</i>)
197: <li>Most ATAPI (IDE) CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, and DVD drives. (<i>cd</i>)
1.130 aaron 198: </ul>
199: Sony and Panasonic proprietary CD-ROM interfaces are not supported.
200: <p>
201:
1.131 aaron 202: <b>Tape Drives</b>
203: <ul>
204: <li>Most SCSI tape drives (<i>st</i>)
205: <li>Most SCSI tape changers (<i>ch</i>)
206: <li>QIC-02 and QIC-36 format (Archive- and Wangtek- compatible)
207: tape drives (<i>wt</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
208: </ul>
209: <p>
210:
1.130 aaron 211: <b>Display Adapters</b><p>
212: <ul>
213: <li>MDA, CGA, EGA, VGA, SVGA, and HGC Display Adapters
214: </ul>
215: Note that not all of the display adapters OpenBSD/i386
216: can work with are supported by X.
217: (See the <A HREF="http://www.xfree86.org/FAQ">XFree86 FAQ</a> for more information.)
218: <p>
219:
220: <b>Serial Ports</b><p>
1.121 chris 221: <ul>
1.132 aaron 222: <li>8250/16450-based ports (<i>com</i>)
1.131 aaron 223: <li>16550-based ports (<i>com</i>)
224: <li>ST16650-based ports (<i>com</i>)
225: <li>XR16850-based ports (only in the <i>pccom</i> driver)
226: <li>AST-style 4-port serial boards (<i>ast</i>) <sup>(1)</sup>
227: <li>BOCA 8-port serial cards (<i>boca</i>) <sup>(1)</sup>
228: <li>Cyclades Cyclom-{4, 8, 16}Y serial boards (<i>cy</i>) <sup>(1)</sup>
229: <li>IBM PC-RT 4-port serial boards (<i>rtfps</i>) <sup>(1)</sup>
1.121 chris 230: </ul>
1.120 deraadt 231: <p>
232:
1.130 aaron 233: <b>Parallel Ports</b><p>
1.131 aaron 234: <ul>
235: <li>Any standard parallel port (<i>lpt</i>)
236: </ul>
237: <p>
238:
239: <b>Communications Controllers</b><p>
240: <ul>
241: <li>Universal Serial Bus host controllers, including:
242: <ul>
243: <li>USB Universal Host Controller (<i>uhci</i>)
244: <li>USB Open Host Controller (<i>ohci</i>)
245: </ul>
246: <li>PCI `universal' communication cards (<i>puc</i>), providing serial (<i>com</i>) and parallel (<i>lpt</i>) children, including:
247: <ul>
248: <li>Dolphin Peripherals 4014 (dual parallel) and 4035 (dual serial)
249: <li>SIIG Cyber 2P1S (dual parallel, single serial) and 2S1P (dual serial, single parallel) PCI
250: <li>SIIG Cyber 4S PCI (quad serial)
251: <li>SIIG Cyber I/O PCI (single parallel, single serial)
252: <li>SIIG Cyber Parallel, Parallel Dual, Serial, Serial Dual PCI
253: <li>VScom PCI-800 (8 port serial, probably OEM)
1.161 deraadt 254: <li>AT&T/Lucent Venus Modem (found on IBM 33L4618 card, Actiontec 56K, and others)
1.152 jufi 255: <li>US Robotics 3CP5609 PCI (modem)
256: <li>Lava Computers 2SP-PCI (parallel port)
257: <li>Lava Computers 2SP-PCI and Quattro-PCI (dual serial)
258: <li>NEC PK-UG-X008 (serial)
259: <li>NEC PK-UG-X001 K56flex PCI (modem)
1.161 deraadt 260: <li>Koutech IOFLEX-2S (dual serial)
1.131 aaron 261: </ul>
262: </ul>
263: <p>
1.130 aaron 264:
265: <b>Ethernet Adapters</b><p>
266: <ul>
267: <li>3Com 3c501 (<i>el</i>)
268: <li>3Com 3c503 (<i>ec</i>)
269: <li>3Com 3c505 (<i>eg</i>) <sup>(1)</sup>
270: <li>3Com 3c507 (<i>ie</i>)
271: <li>3Com 3c509, 3c579, and 3c59x (<i>ep</i>)
272: <li>3Com 3c515 (<i>ef</i>)
273: <li>3Com 3c9xx EtherLink XL adapters (<i>xl</i>), including:
274: <ul>
275: <li>3Com 3c900/3c900B
276: <li>3Com 3c905/3c905B/3c905C
277: <li>3Com 3c980/3c980C server adapter
278: <li>3Com 3c900B-FL and 3c900b-FL/FX fiber optic adapters
279: <li>Dell on-board 3c920
280: <li>Dell Precision on-board 3c905B
281: <li>Dell OptiPlex GX1 on-board 3c918
282: <li>Dell Latitude laptop docking station embedded 3c905
283: </ul>
284:
285: <li>Adaptec "Starfire" AIC-6915 based PCI adapters (<i>sf</i>), including:
286: <ul>
287: <li>Adaptec Single32 ANA-69011
288: <li>Adaptec Single64 ANA-62011
289: <li>Adaptec Duo64 ANA-62022
290: <li>Adaptec Quartet64 ANA-62044
291: </ul>
292:
1.154 aaron 293: <li>ADMtek AL981 ("Comet") and AN983 ("Centaur-P") based PCI adapters (<i>dc</i>), including:
1.130 aaron 294: <ul>
295: <li>Mototech ME316
296: </ul>
297:
298: <li>ADMtek AN986-based USB adapters (<i>aue</i>), including:
299: <ul>
300: <li>LinkSys USB100TX
301: <li>Billionton USB100
302: <li>Melco Inc. LU-ATX
303: <li>D-Link 650TX
304: <li>SMC-2202USB
305: </ul>
306:
307: <li>AMD LANCE and PCnet-based ISA adapters (<i>le</i>), including:
308: <ul>
309: <li>Novell NE1500T
310: <li>Novell NE2100
311: <li>Kingston 21xx
312: </ul>
313:
314: <li>AMD LANCE and PCnet-based PCI adapters (<i>le</i>), including:
315: <ul>
316: <li> BOCALANcard/PCI
317: <li> AT&T StarLAN 10, EN100, and StarLAN Fiber
318: </ul>
319:
320: <li>ASIX 88140A/88141-based PCI adapters (<i>dc</i>), including:
321: <ul>
322: <li>CNet Pro110
323: <li>Alfa Inc. GFC2204
324: </ul>
325:
326: <li>CATC USB-EL1210A-based USB adapters (<i>cue</i>), including:
327: <ul>
328: <li>CATC Netmate and Netmate II
1.153 aaron 329: <li>Belkin F5U011/F5U111
1.130 aaron 330: </ul>
1.120 deraadt 331:
1.130 aaron 332: <li>Digital DC21x4x-based PCI adapters (<i>de</i>), including:
333: <ul>
334: <li>Older SMC PCI EtherPower 10, 10/100
335: <li>Older LinkSys 10, 10/100 (newer models are supported by other drivers)
336: <li>Znyx ZX34<i>x</i>
337: <li>Cogent EM100
338: <li>Digital DE450
339: <li>Digital DE500
340: <li>Almost all other variants work.
341: </ul>
1.128 niklas 342:
1.130 aaron 343: <li>Digital DC2114x-based four port cards, (<i>de</i>) including:
344: <ul>
345: <li>Adaptec ANA-6944A
346: <li>Cogent EM400
347: <li>Compex 400TX
348: <li>Znyx ZX346
349: </ul>
1.34 johns 350:
1.130 aaron 351: <li>Intel EtherExpress 16 (<i>ie</i>)
1.34 johns 352:
1.130 aaron 353: <li>Intel EtherExpress PRO/10 ISA (<i>ex</i>)
1.34 johns 354:
1.130 aaron 355: <li>Intel i8255x-based (except the i82556) PCI adapters (<i>fxp</i>), including:
1.102 deraadt 356: <ul>
1.130 aaron 357: <li>Intel EtherExpress PRO/10+
358: <li>Intel EtherExpress PRO/100, PRO/100B, and PRO/100+
359: <li>Intel EtherExpress PRO/100+ "Management Adapter"
360: <li>Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 Dual Port
1.102 deraadt 361: </ul>
1.130 aaron 362:
363: <li>Kawasaki LSI KL5KUSB101B-based USB adapters (<i>kue</i>), including:
1.89 fgsch 364: <ul>
1.130 aaron 365: <li>3Com 3C19250
366: <li>LinkSys USB10T
367: <li>Peracom USB Ethernet Adapter
368: <li>Entegra NET-USB-E45
369: <li>ADS Technologies USB-10BT
370: <li>ATen UC10T
371: <li>Netgear EA101
372: <li>D-Link DSB-650
373: <li>SMC 2102/2104USB
1.89 fgsch 374: </ul>
1.130 aaron 375:
376: <li>Lite-On PNIC/PNIC-II-based adapters (<i>dc</i>), including:
1.89 fgsch 377: <ul>
1.130 aaron 378: <li>Netgear FA310TX rev D1
379: <li>LinkSys LNE100TX
380: <li>Matrox Networks FastNIC 10/100
1.89 fgsch 381: </ul>
1.130 aaron 382:
383: <li>Macronix 98713/98715/98725-based adapters (<i>dc</i>), including:
1.89 fgsch 384: <ul>
1.130 aaron 385: <li>Addtron AEF-320TX/AEF-330TX
386: <li>NDC Communications SOHOware SFA110
1.131 aaron 387: <li>SVEC PN102-TX Fast Ethernet card
1.115 deraadt 388: </ul>
1.130 aaron 389:
1.149 aaron 390: <li>National Semiconductor DP83815-based PCI adapters (<i>sis</i>), including:
391: <ul>
392: <li>NetGear FA312-TX
393: </ul>
394:
1.133 aaron 395: <li>Novell NE1000, NE2000 (ISA, PCI, and PCMCIA variants thereof) (<i>ne</i>)
1.130 aaron 396:
397: <li>RealTek 8129/8139-based adapters (<i>rl</i>), including:
1.115 deraadt 398: <ul>
1.130 aaron 399: <li>Accton MPX 5030/5038
400: <li>Allied Telesyn AT2550
401: <li>Encore ENL832-TX 10/100 M PCI
402: <li>Genius GF100TXR
403: <li>KTX-9130TX 10/100 Fast Ethernet
404: <li>Longshine LCS-8038TX-R
405: <li>NDC NE100TX-E
406: <li>Netronix EA-1210 Net Ether 10/100
407: <li>OvisLink LEF-8129TX, LEF-8139TX
408: <li>SMC EZ Card 10/100 PCI 1211-TX
1.89 fgsch 409: </ul>
1.130 aaron 410:
1.149 aaron 411: <li>SiS 900 and SiS 7016-based PCI adapters (<i>sis</i>), including:
1.106 chris 412: <ul>
1.130 aaron 413: <li>Mototech ME313
1.149 aaron 414: <li>NetSurf NS-KFE30D
1.106 chris 415: </ul>
1.110 aaron 416:
1.145 deraadt 417: <li>SMC/WD 8003, 8013, and the SMC "Elite16" ISA boards (<i>we</i>)
1.130 aaron 418:
1.145 deraadt 419: <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 420:
1.145 deraadt 421: <li>SMC 8416 ("EtherEZ") PNP cards (<i>we</i>)
1.110 aaron 422:
1.145 deraadt 423: <li>SMC 9432 ("EtherPower II") EPIC 10/100 (<i>tx</i>)
1.127 aaron 424:
1.130 aaron 425: <li>Sundance ST201-based PCI adapters (<i>ste</i>), including:
1.100 jason 426: <ul>
1.130 aaron 427: <li>D-Link DFE-550TX
1.100 jason 428: </ul>
429:
1.130 aaron 430: <li>Texas Instruments ThunderLAN PCI adapters (<i>tl</i>), including:
1.34 johns 431: <ul>
1.130 aaron 432: <li>Compaq Netelligent PCI Adapters
433: <li>Compaq NetFlex 3/P
434: <li>Compaq Deskpro integrated adapter
435: <li>Compaq Prosignia integrated adapter
436: <li>Olicom OC2135, OC2183, OC2325, OC2326
437: <li>Racore 8165 and 8148
438: <li>TI ThunderLAN adapters
1.34 johns 439: </ul>
440:
1.130 aaron 441: <li>VIA Rhine/RhineII Ethernet adapters (<i>vr</i>), including:
1.34 johns 442: <ul>
1.130 aaron 443: <li>Addtron AEF-360TX
444: <li>Hawking PN102TX
445: <li>D-Link DFE530TX
1.34 johns 446: </ul>
447:
1.130 aaron 448: <li>Winbond W89C840F-based adapters (<i>wb</i>), including:
1.104 aaron 449: <ul>
1.130 aaron 450: <li>Trendware TE100-PCIE
451: <li>Compex RL100-ATX 10/100
1.104 aaron 452: </ul>
1.130 aaron 453: </ul>
1.133 aaron 454: Please be aware that many NE2000 adapters fail or perform very poorly. We do
455: not recommend using them, but your mileage may vary.
456: <p>
1.104 aaron 457:
1.130 aaron 458: <b>Wireless Ethernet Adapters</b><p>
459: <ul>
1.131 aaron 460: <li>Aironet 802.11DS PCMCIA and PCI (<i>an</i>)
461: <li>RayLink Aviator2.4/Pro 802.11FH PCMCIA (<i>ray</i>)
462: <li>WaveLAN 802.11DS PCMCIA (<i>wi</i>)
1.130 aaron 463: </ul>
464: <p>
465:
466: <b>Gigabit Ethernet Adapters</b><p>
467: <ul>
468: <li>Alteon Tigon I/II-based adapters (<i>ti</i>), including:
469: <ul>
470: <li>3Com 3c985
471: <li>Alteon ACEnic
472: <li>Netgear GA620
473: <li>SGI Tigon
474: <li>Farallon PN9000
475: </ul>
476:
477: <li>Intel i82452-based adapters (<i>wx</i>), including:
1.127 aaron 478: <ul>
1.130 aaron 479: <li>Intel Pro/1000 Gigabit Server Adapter
1.127 aaron 480: </ul>
481:
1.130 aaron 482: <li>SysKonnect SK-984x (9841/9842/9843/9844) based adapters (<i>sk</i>)
483: </ul>
484:
485: <b>ATM Adapters</b><p>
486: <ul>
1.135 aaron 487: <li>Efficient Networks EN-155 and Adaptec ANA-590x ATM interfaces (<i>en</i>) <sup>(1)</sup>
1.130 aaron 488: </ul>
489: <p>
490:
491: <b>FDDI Adapters</b><p>
492: <ul>
493: <li>Digital DEFEA EISA FDDI adapters (<i>fea</i>)
494: <li>Digital DEFPA PCI FDDI adapters (<i>fpa</i>)
495: </ul>
496: <p>
497:
498: <b>WAN Adapters</b><p>
499: <ul>
500: <li>Lan Media Corporation SSI (T1)/HSSI/DS1/DS3 WAN interfaces (<i>lmc</i>)
501: </ul>
502: <p>
503:
504: <b>Cryptography Accelerators</b><p>
505: <ul>
1.131 aaron 506: <li>Hi/Fn 7751-based boards (<i>hifn</i>), including:
1.127 aaron 507: <ul>
1.130 aaron 508: <li>GTGI PowerCrypt Encryption Accelerator
1.144 deraadt 509: <li>NetSec 7751
510: <li>HiFn reference board
511: <li>Invertex AEON
1.127 aaron 512: </ul>
1.145 deraadt 513: <li>Broadcom Bluesteelnet uBsec 5501, 5601, 5805 (<i>ubsec</i>)
1.130 aaron 514: </ul>
515: <p>
1.127 aaron 516:
1.130 aaron 517: <a name=pcmcia>
518: <b>PC Cards (PCMCIA and CardBus)</b><p>
519: <ul>
1.145 deraadt 520: <li>ATA cards (<i>wdc, wd, sd, cd</i>), including:
1.112 aaron 521: <ul>
1.130 aaron 522: <li>ATA/IDE card drives
523: <li>ATA/IDE CD-ROM adapters
524: <li>CF/ATA flash cards and disk drives
1.112 aaron 525: </ul>
526:
1.130 aaron 527: <li>SCSI host adapters, including:
1.113 aaron 528: <ul>
1.145 deraadt 529: <li>Adaptec SlimSCSI APA-14[56]0 (<i>aic</i>)
1.113 aaron 530: </ul>
531:
1.130 aaron 532: <li>Ethernet adapters, including:
1.34 johns 533: <ul>
1.148 aaron 534: <li>3Com 3c575, 3c575B, 3c575C, 3c656, 3c656B, and 3c656C (<i>xl</i>)
1.140 aaron 535: <li>3Com 3c556, 3c562, 3c574, and 3c589 (<i>ep</i>)
1.131 aaron 536: <li>D-Link DE-660 (<i>ne</i>)
1.130 aaron 537: <li>D-Link DFE-650 Fast Ethernet
538: <li>Genius ME 3000II SE
539: <li>Hawking Ethernet Combo
540: <li>IC-Card
1.159 aaron 541: <li>Intel PRO/100 CardBus I/II (<i>fxp</i>)
1.130 aaron 542: <li>Kingston KNE-PC2
543: <li>Linksys PCMPC100
544: <li>Netgear FA410TX Fast Ethernet
1.131 aaron 545: <li>Xircom Ethernet adapters (<i>xe</i>)
546: <li>Ambicom NE-2000 (<i>ne</i>)
1.130 aaron 547: </ul>
548:
549: <li>Wireless Ethernet adapters:
1.106 chris 550: <ul>
1.130 aaron 551: <li>See above.
1.34 johns 552: </ul>
1.130 aaron 553:
1.145 deraadt 554: <li>Serial ports, including:
1.130 aaron 555: <ul>
556: <li>Most modems, digital cellular modems, and serial cards should work.
1.85 jason 557: </ul>
1.130 aaron 558:
559: <li>PCMCIA controllers, including:
1.88 jason 560: <ul>
1.130 aaron 561: <li>Intel i82365 and compatibles (<i>pcic</i>)
1.88 jason 562: </ul>
1.34 johns 563:
1.130 aaron 564: </ul>
565: <p>
566:
1.131 aaron 567: <b>Universal Serial Bus (USB) Devices</b><p>
1.130 aaron 568: <ul>
1.131 aaron 569: <li>USB Hubs (<i>uhub</i>)
570: <li>USB Generic Human Interface Devices (catch-all) (<i>uhid</i>)
571: <li>USB Mass Storage devices, i.e., USB floppy drives (<i>umass</i>)
572: <li>USB Printers (<i>ulpt</i>)
573: <li>USB Modems (<i>umodem</i>)
574: <li>USB Audio (<i>uaudio</i>)
575: <li>USB Ethernet adapters (<i>aue</i>, <i>cue</i>, <i>kue</i>), see above
1.130 aaron 576: </ul>
1.131 aaron 577: USB Keyboards and Mice are not supported in console mode at this time.
1.130 aaron 578: <p>
1.34 johns 579:
1.130 aaron 580: <b>Pointing Devices</b><p>
581: <ul>
582: <li>"Logitech"-style bus mice <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
583: <li>"Microsoft"-style bus mice <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
584: <li>"PS/2"-style mice <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
585: <li>Serial mice (uses serial port driver)
586: </ul>
587: <p>
1.34 johns 588:
1.130 aaron 589: <b>Sound Devices</b><p>
590: <ul>
591: <li>SoundBlaster ISA cards and 100% compatibles (<i>sb</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
592: <li>SoundBlaster PCI128 <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
593: <li>Gravis Ultrasound and Ultrasound Max (<i>gus</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
594: <li>Ensoniq AudioPCI (<i>eap</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
595: <li>ESS Tech ES188[78], ES888 (<i>ess</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
596: <li>ESS Solo-1 PCI AudioDrive (<i>eso</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
597: <li>Yamaha OPL3-SA3 (<i>ym</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
598: <li>NeoMagic 256AV/ZX (<i>neo</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
1.142 aaron 599: <li>C-Media CMI8[37]38 (<i>cmpci</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
1.141 mickey 600: <li>Intel i810/i820 and 440MX AC'97 (<i>ich</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
1.147 aaron 601: <li>Cirrus Logic CrystalClear CS4280 (<i>clcs</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
1.150 aaron 602: <li>VIA VT82C686A SouthBridge integrated AC'97 audio (<i>auvia</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
603: <li>Forte Media FM801 audio (<i>fms</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
1.130 aaron 604: </ul>
605: <p>
606: The following drivers are not extensively tested:
607: <ul>
608: <li>S3 SonicVibes (<i>sv</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
609: <li>Personal Sound System (<i>pss</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
610: <li>Windows Sound System (<i>wss</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
611: <li>ProAudio Spectrum (<i>pas</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>
612: </ul>
613: <p>
1.34 johns 614:
1.130 aaron 615: <b>Miscellaneous Devices</b><p>
616: <ul>
1.131 aaron 617: <li>APM power management (<i>apm</i>)
1.130 aaron 618: <li>Brooktree 848/849/878/879-based video capture cards (<i>bktr</i>) <sup>(1) (2)</sup>, including:
619: <ul>
620: <li>Hauppage Wincast TV
621: <li>STB TV PCI Television Tuner
622: <li>Miro PC TV
623: <li>Intel Smart Video Recorder III
624: <li>IMS TV Turbo
625: <li>AVer Media TV/FM
1.34 johns 626: </ul>
1.130 aaron 627: </ul>
628: <p>
629:
1.131 aaron 630: <b>Many kinds of ISA Plug-and-Play cards</b><p>
1.82 deraadt 631: <ul>
1.145 deraadt 632: <li>Nearly all SB-style audio cards (<i>sb</i>)
633: <li>Nearly all joystick ports (<i>joy</i>)
1.131 aaron 634: <li>Nearly all Yamaha-style audio cards
1.145 deraadt 635: <li>Nearly all ne2000-style Ethernet cards (<i>ne</i>)
636: <li>Nearly all SMC-style Ethernet cards (<i>we</i>)
637: <li>Most serial port or modem cards (<i>com</i>)
638: <li>3c509 cards in PNP mode (<i>ep</i>)
639: <li>NE2100 Ethernet cards (<i>le</i>)
1.82 deraadt 640: </ul>
1.131 aaron 641: If a device does not work, be sure to mail the output of dmesg(1)
642: to dmesg@openbsd.org, and we will try to add support.
643: <p>
644:
645: <b>ISAPNP Cards</b><p>
646: Roughly said, the following cards definitely work.
647: Others may work as well; support is continually being improved.
648: <ul>
649: <li>"3Com 3C509B EtherLink III, TCM5090, PNP80F7, "
650: <li>"3Com 3C509B EtherLink III, TCM5095, PNP80F7, "
651: <li>"3Com 3C509B EtherLink III, TCM5098, PNP80F7, "
652: <li>"ACCTON EN166X MPX2 ETHERNET CAR, @@@9519, PNP80D6, "
653: <li>"CMI8330. Audio Adapter, @X@0001, , "
654: <li>"Creative AWE64 PnP, CTL0045, , Audio"
655: <li>"Creative AWE64 PnP, CTL7002, PNPB02F, Game"
656: <li>"Creative SB AWE64 PnP, CTL0045, , Audio"
657: <li>"Creative SB AWE64 PnP, CTL7002, PNPB02F, Game"
658: <li>"Creative SB AWE64 Gold, CTL0044, , Audio"
659: <li>"Creative SB AWE64 Gold, CTL7002, PNPB02F, Game"
660: <li>"Creative SB AWE64 PnP, CTL0042, , Audio"
661: <li>"Creative SB AWE64 PnP, CTL0045, , Audio"
662: <li>"Creative SB AWE64 PnP, CTL7002, PNPB02F, Game"
663: <li>"Creative SB16 PnP, CTL0031, , Audio"
664: <li>"Creative SB16 PnP, CTL7001, PNPB02F, Game"
665: <li>"Creative SB32 PnP, CTL0031, , Audio"
666: <li>"Creative SB32 PnP, CTL0041, , Audio"
667: <li>"Creative SB32 PnP, CTL0051, , StereoEnhance"
668: <li>"Creative SB32 PnP, CTL2011, PNP0600, IDE"
669: <li>"Creative SB32 PnP, CTL7001, PNPB02F, Game"
670: <li>"Creative ViBRA16C PnP, CTL0001, , Audio"
671: <li>"Creative ViBRA16C PnP, CTL7001, PNPB02F, Game"
672: <li>"Creative ViBRA16X PnP, CTL7005, PNPB02F, Game"
673: <li>"ESS ES1868 Plug and Play AudioD, ESS0001, , "
674: <li>"ESS ES1868 Plug and Play AudioD, ESS1868, , "
675: <li>"OPL3-SA2 Sound Chip , YMH0021, , "
676: <li>"OPL3-SA2 Sound Chip , YMH0022, PNPB02F, "
677: <li>"OPL3-SA3 Snd System, YMH0021, , "
678: <li>"OPL3-SA3 Snd System, YMH0022, PNPB02F, "
679: <li>"RealTek Plug & Play Ethernet Ca, RTL8019, PNP80D6, "
680: </ul>
1.34 johns 681: </ul>
682:
1.37 johns 683: <p>
684: <sup>(1)</sup> Drivers for hardware marked with (1) are NOT included on the
1.62 deraadt 685: distribution floppies.
1.37 johns 686: </p>
1.34 johns 687:
1.37 johns 688: <p>
689: <sup>(2)</sup> Support for devices marked with (2) IS included in the
690: "generic" kernels, although it is not in the kernel on the installation floppy.
1.34 johns 691: </p>
692:
1.31 deraadt 693: <p>
1.54 deraadt 694: <h3><font color=#0000e0>Unsupported Hardware</font></h3>
1.98 deraadt 695: <P>Unsupported hardware may be supported in the future, your <A HREF="donations.html">
696: donation
697: of time, hardware, or documentation</a> can accelerate this support!
1.34 johns 698: <ul>
1.130 aaron 699: <li>The "Micro Channel" MCA bus used in many IBM PS/2 models
700: <li>NCR 5380-based and 53400-based SCSI host adapters
701: <li>QIC-40 and QIC-80 tape drives
702: (these are the tape drives that connect to the floppy disk controller)
703: <li>Multiprocessor motherboards (though they will run fine using one
704: processor only).
705: There exists a <a href=smp.html>project</a> aiming to support these.
706: <li>Sony and Panasonic proprietary CD-ROM interfaces
707: <li>Parallel-port ZIP drives (SCSI and ATAPI ZIP drives work fine)
708: <li>Intel i82556 (EtherExpress PRO/100A) and i82596 (EtherExpress PRO/10 PCI)
709: Ethernet adapters
1.134 aaron 710: <li>Hewlett-Packard PC-LAN+ (HP27xxx) Ethernet adapters
1.157 aaron 711: <li>SoundBlaster Live! (EMU10k1) sound devices
1.130 aaron 712: <li>ESS Maestro-based sound devices
1.150 aaron 713: <li>Yamaha DS1-based sound devices
1.157 aaron 714: <li>Aureal Vortex sound cards
715: <li>Winmodems
1.130 aaron 716: <li>Infrared devices, such as commonly found on laptops
1.157 aaron 717: <li>Firewire
718: <li>3C990 Hardware Crypto Accelerators (3Com will not make specs public)
1.160 aaron 719: <li>Initio SCSI adapters
720: <li>Adaptec RAID, AMI RAID, Mylex RAID, Compaq RAID
1.130 aaron 721: <li>PCMCIA:
722: <ul>
723: <li>Memory cards
724: <li>Most multifunction cards
725: </ul>
1.31 deraadt 726: </ul>
1.34 johns 727: </p>
1.31 deraadt 728:
1.3 fn 729: <hr>
1.1 deraadt 730: <p>
1.109 chris 731: If you are looking for to test new pre-release features, you can
732: try one of the snapshots. For the i386 architecture,
733: <a href=ftp.html>snapshots are made available from time to time</a>
1.1 deraadt 734:
1.3 fn 735: <hr>
1.64 pauls 736: <a href=plat.html><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.1 deraadt 737: <a href=mailto:www@openbsd.org>www@openbsd.org</a>
1.3 fn 738: <br>
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