From ef1439ac4afa21c3a0fdeb4f18ac7d5d9fc68efa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 01:44:15 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Changed Q's 3.2, 3.16, and 3.18 to point to the appropriate Handbook section(s). Mentioned -CURRENT's vpo driver in reference to parallel Zips in Q 3.5. Submitted by: Doug White --- FAQ/hardware.sgml | 212 ++++------------------------------------------ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 196 deletions(-) diff --git a/FAQ/hardware.sgml b/FAQ/hardware.sgml index 40e543722a..9311b74fad 100644 --- a/FAQ/hardware.sgml +++ b/FAQ/hardware.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ - + @@ -17,57 +17,9 @@ Which SCSI controllers are supported? -

FreeBSD supports the following SCSI controllers: - - - - AH-152x Series <ISA> - AH-154x Series <ISA> - AH-174x Series <EISA> - Sound Blaster SCSI (AH-152x compat) <ISA> - AH-2742/2842 Series <ISA/EISA> - AH-2820/2822/2825 Series (Narrow/Twin/Wide) <VLB> - AH-294x and aic7870 MB controllers (Narrow/Twin/Wide) <PCI> - - AH-394x (Narrow/Twin/Wide) - - ) - - BT-545 Series <ISA> - BT-742 Series <EISA> - BT-747 Series <EISA> - BT-946 Series <PCI> - BT-956 Series <PCI> - - - - - NCR 53C82x based controllers <PCI> - NCR 53C860/75 based controllers <PCI> - - - Trantor 130 based controllers <ISA> - - - - - - - UH-24f Series <EISA> - UH-34f Series <VLB> - - +

See the complete list in the + . Which CD-ROM drives are supported by FreeBSD? @@ -100,16 +52,10 @@ other than 0 or 1... look at your docs (and let me know if it works out for you). -

There is no built in support for the parallel ZIP drive, and if you - haven't bought your ZIP drive already I recommend you get the SCSI - one... the price is the same, and the performance is much better, - and you're unlikely to ever be able to boot from the parallel port. - -

If you already have a parallel ZIP, there is a port of the Linux - driver available at - - in France. +

FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT contains support for the parallel Zip + However, you will need to build a new kernel with + support for ppbus (Parallel Port Bus) in order to use the Zip. See + the LINT configuration file for examples.

Also check out , and . @@ -184,7 +130,7 @@ device psm0 at isa? port "IO_KBD" conflicts tty irq 12 vector psmintr -

See the See the if you've no experience with building kernels. @@ -312,8 +258,8 @@

FreeBSD supports the SoundBlaster, SoundBlaster Pro, SoundBlaster 16, Pro Audio Spectrum 16, AdLib and Gravis UltraSound sound cards. There is also limited support for MPU-401 and compatible MIDI cards. - The SoundBlaster 16 ASP cards are not yet supported. The Microsoft - Sound System is also supported. + Cards conforming to the Microsoft Sound System specification are also + supported through the pcm driver.

See the section of the handbook for a more - complete list. Since it doesn't list the drivers - you need to use for each of the cards, this incomplete - list will have to do. - - - driver/ - DEC DC21x40 and compatible PCI controllers - (including 21140 100bT cards) - - driver/ NE2000 and 1000 - WD/SMC 8003, 8013 and Elite Ultra (8216) - 3Com 3c503 - HP 27247B and 27252A - And clones of the above - - driver/ - DEC EtherWORKS II and EtherWORKS III controllers. - - driver/ - AT&T EN100/StarLAN 10 - 3COM 3c507 Etherlink 16/TP - NI5210 - Intel EtherExpress - - driver/ - Isolan AT 4141-0 - Isolink 4110 - - driver/ - 3com 3c501 (does not support Multicast or DMA) - - driver/ - 3com 3c505 Etherlink/+ - - driver/ - IBM PCMCIA credit card adapter - - drive/ - Lance/PCnet cards (Isolan, Novell NE2100, NE32-VL)(*) - - driver/ - 3com 3c509 (Must disable PNP support on card) - - driver/ - Cronyx/Sigma multiport Sync/Async (Cisco and PPP framing) - - driver/ - 3Com PCMCIA Etherlink III (aka 3c589)(A-C only) - - driver/ - DEC DEFEA EISA FDDI controller - - driver/ - DEC DEFPA PCI FDDI controller - - driver/ - Fujitsu MB86960A/MB86965A Ethernet cards - - -

I don't have a math co-processor - is that bad? @@ -434,56 +293,17 @@ What other devices does 2.X support? -

Here is a listing of drivers which do not fit into any of the - earlier categories. - - - - Driver for B004 compatible Transputer boards - - ``ctx'' driver - Driver for CORTEX-I Frame grabber - - ``gp'' driver - Driver for National Instruments AT-GPIB and - AT-GPIB/TNT boards - - ``pca'' driver - Driver for PC speakers to allow the playing of audio files - - ``spigot'' driver - Driver for the Creative Labs Video Spigot - - driver - Driver for the Genuis GS-4500 Hand scanner - - driver - Driver for a joystick - - driver/ - Driver for National Instrument's Lab-PC and Lab-PC+ - - driver/ PS/2 mouse port - - - Driver for the X-10 POWERHOUSE - +

See the + for the list of other devices supported.