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    <title>&os; &release.current; Hardware Notes</title>

    <corpauthor>The &os; Documentation Project</corpauthor>

    <pubdate>$FreeBSD: head/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml 207991 2010-05-12 19:24:31Z brueffer $</pubdate>

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  <sect1 id="intro">
    <title>Introduction</title>

    <para>This document contains the hardware compatibility notes for
      &os; &release.current;.  It lists the hardware platforms
      supported by &os;, as well as the various types of hardware
      devices (storage controllers, network interfaces, and so on),
      along with known working instances of these devices.</para>
  </sect1>

  <sect1 id="proc">
    <title>Supported Processors and System Boards</title>

    <para>This section provides some architecture-specific information
      about the specific processors and systems that are supported by
      each architecture.</para>

    <sect2 id="proc-amd64">
      <title>amd64</title>

      <para>Since mid-2003 &os;/&arch.amd64; has supported the AMD64
	(<quote>Hammer</quote>) and &intel; EM64T architecture, and is
	now one of the Tier-1 platforms (fully supported
	architecture), which are expected to be Production Quality
	with respects to all aspects of the &os; operating system,
	including installation and development environments.</para>

      <para>Note that there are two names for this architecture, AMD64
	(AMD) and Intel EM64T (Extended Memory 64-bit Technology).
	64-bit mode of the two architectures are almost compatible
	with each other, and &os;/&arch.amd64; should support them
	both.</para>

      <para>As of this writing, the following processors are
	supported:</para>

      <itemizedlist>
	<listitem>
	  <para>&amd.athlon;64 (<quote>Clawhammer</quote>).</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>&amd.opteron; (<quote>Sledgehammer</quote>).</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>All multi-core &intel; &xeon; processors except
	    Sossaman have EM64T support.</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
          <para>The single-core &intel; &xeon;
            processors <quote>Nocona</quote>, <quote>Irwindale</quote>,
	    <quote>Potomac</quote>, and <quote>Cranford</quote> have
	    EM64T support.</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>All &intel; Core 2 (not Core Duo) and later
	    processors</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>All &intel; &pentium; D processors</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>&intel; &pentium; 4s and Celeron Ds using
	    the <quote>Cedar Mill</quote> core have EM64T
	    support.</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>Some &intel; &pentium; 4s and Celeron Ds using
	    the <quote>Prescott</quote> core have EM64T support.  See
	    the <ulink url="http://processorfinder.intel.com">Intel
	    Processor Spec Finder</ulink> for the definitive answer about
	    EM64T support in Intel processors.</para>
	</listitem>

      </itemizedlist>

      <para>&intel; EM64T is an extended version of IA-32 (x86) and
	different from &intel; IA-64 (Itanium) architecture, which
	&os;/ia64 supports.  Some &intel;'s old documentation refers
	to &intel; EM64T as <quote>64-bit extension technology</quote>
	or <quote>IA-32e</quote>.</para>

      <para>The largest tested memory configuration to date is 64GB.
	SMP support has been recently completed and is reasonably
	robust.</para>

      <para>In many respects, &os;/&arch.amd64; is similar to
	&os;/&arch.i386;, in terms of drivers supported.  There may be
	some issues with 64-bit cleanliness in some (particularly
	older) drivers.  Generally, drivers that already function
	correctly on other 64-bit platforms should work.</para>

      <para>&os;/&arch.amd64; is a very young platform on &os;.  While
	the core &os; kernel and base system components are generally
	fairly robust, there are likely to still be rough edges,
	particularly with third party packages.</para>

    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="proc-i386">
      <title>i386</title>

      <para>&os;/&arch.i386; runs on a wide variety of <quote>IBM PC
	  compatible</quote> machines. Due to the wide range of
	hardware available for this architecture, it is impossible
	to exhaustively list all combinations of equipment supported
	by &os;.  Nevertheless, some general guidelines are
	presented here.</para>

      <para>Almost all &i386;-compatible processors with a floating
	point unit are supported. All &intel; processors beginning
	with the 80486 are supported, including the 80486, &pentium;,
	&pentium; Pro, &pentium; II, &pentium; III, &pentium; 4, and
	variants thereof, such as the &xeon; and &celeron; processors.
	All &i386;-compatible AMD processors are also supported,
	including the &am486;, &am5x86;, K5, &amd.k6; (and variants),
	&amd.athlon; (including Athlon-MP, Athlon-XP, Athlon-4, and
	Athlon Thunderbird), and &amd.duron; processors.  The AMD
	&Eacute;lan SC520 embedded processor is supported.  The
	Transmeta Crusoe is recognized and supported, as are
	&i386;-compatible processors from Cyrix and NexGen.</para>

      <para>There is a wide variety of motherboards available for this
	architecture.  Motherboards using the ISA, VLB, EISA, AGP, and
	PCI expansion busses are well-supported.  There is some
	limited support for the MCA (<quote>MicroChannel</quote>)
	expansion bus used in the IBM PS/2 line of PCs.</para>

      <para>Symmetric multi-processor (SMP) systems are generally
	supported by &os;, although in some cases, BIOS or motherboard
	bugs may generate some problems.  Perusal of the archives of
	the &a.smp; may yield some clues.</para>

      <para>&os; will take advantage of HyperThreading (HTT) support
	on &intel; CPUs that support this feature.  A kernel with the
	<literal>options&nbsp;SMP</literal> feature enabled will
	automatically detect the additional logical processors.  The
	default &os; scheduler treats the logical processors the same
	as additional physical processors; in other words, no attempt
	is made to optimize scheduling decisions given the shared
	resources between logical processors within the same CPU.
	Because this naive scheduling can result in suboptimal
	performance, under certain circumstances it may be useful to
	disable the logical processors with the the
	<varname>machdep.hlt_logical_cpus</varname> sysctl variable.
	It is also possible to halt any CPU in the idle loop with the
	<varname>machdep.hlt_cpus</varname> sysctl variable.  The
	&man.smp.4; manual page has more details.</para>

      <para>&os; will take advantage of Physical Address Extensions
	(PAE) support on CPUs that support this feature.  A kernel
	with the <literal>PAE</literal> feature enabled will detect
	memory above 4 gigabytes and allow it to be used by the
	system.  This feature places constraints on the device drivers
	and other features of &os; which may be used; consult the
	&man.pae.4; manpage for more details.</para>

      <para>&os; will generally run on i386-based laptops, albeit with
	varying levels of support for certain hardware features such
	as sound, graphics, power management, and PCCARD expansion
	slots.  These features tend to vary in idiosyncratic ways
	between machines, and frequently require special-case support
	in &os; to work around hardware bugs or other oddities.  When
	in doubt, a search of the archives of the &a.mobile; may be
	useful.</para>

      <para>Most modern laptops (as well as many desktops) use the
	Advanced Configuration and Power Management (ACPI) standard.
	&os; supports ACPI via the ACPI Component Architecture
	reference implementation from &intel;, as described in the
	&man.acpi.4; manual page.  The use of ACPI causes
	instabilities on some machines and it may be necessary to
	disable the ACPI driver, which is normally loaded via a kernel
	module.  This may be accomplished by adding the following line
	to <filename>/boot/device.hints</filename>:</para>

      <programlisting>hint.acpi.0.disabled="1"</programlisting>

      <para>Users debugging ACPI-related problems may find it useful
	to disable portions of the ACPI functionality.  The
	&man.acpi.4; manual page has more information on how to do
	this via loader tunables.</para>

      <para>ACPI depends on a Differentiated System Descriptor Table
	(DSDT) provided by each machine's BIOS.  Some machines have
	bad or incomplete DSDTs, which prevents ACPI from functioning
	correctly.  Replacement DSDTs for some machines can be found
	at the <ulink
	  url="http://acpi.sourceforge.net/dsdt/index.php">DSDT</ulink>
	section of the <ulink
	  url="http://acpi.sourceforge.net/">ACPI4Linux</ulink> project
	Web site.  &os; can use these DSDTs to override the DSDT
	provided by the BIOS; see the &man.acpi.4; manual page for
	more information.</para>
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="proc-ia64">
      <title>ia64</title>

      <para>Currently supported processors are the <ulink
	  url="http://people.freebsd.org/~marcel/refs/ia64/itanium/24532003.pdf">&itanium;</ulink>
	and the <ulink
	  url="http://people.freebsd.org/~marcel/refs/ia64/itanium2/25111003.pdf">&itanium;
	  2</ulink>.</para>

      <para>Supported chipsets include:</para>

      <itemizedlist>
	<listitem>
	  <para>HP zx1</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>&intel; 460GX</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>&intel; E8870</para>
	</listitem>
      </itemizedlist>

      <para>Both Uniprocessor (UP) and Symmetric Multi-processor (SMP)
	configurations are supported.</para>

      <para>Most devices that can be found in or are compatible with
	&arch.ia64; machines are fully supported.  The notable
	exception is the VGA console. The &os; support for VGA
	consoles is at this time too much based on PC hardware and not
	all &arch.ia64; machines have chipsets that provide sufficient
	PC legacy support. As such &man.syscons.4; can not be enabled
	and the use of a serial console is required.</para>
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="proc-pc98">
      <title>pc98</title>

      <para>NEC PC-9801/9821 series with almost all &i386;-compatible
	processors, including 80486, &pentium;, &pentium; Pro,
	&pentium; II, and variants.  All &i386;-compatible processors
	by AMD, Cyrix, IBM, and IDT are also supported.</para>

      <para>NEC FC-9801/9821 series, and NEC SV-98 series (both of
	them are compatible with PC-9801/9821 series) should be
	supported.</para>

      <para>EPSON PC-386/486/586 series, which are compatible with NEC
	PC-9801 series are supported.</para>

      <para>High-resolution mode is not supported.  NEC
	PC-98XA/XL/RL/XL^2, and NEC PC-H98 series are supported in
	normal (PC-9801 compatible) mode only.</para>

      <para>Although there are some multi-processor systems (such as
	Rs20/B20), SMP-related features of &os; are not supported
	yet.</para>

      <para>PC-9801/9821 standard bus (called C-Bus), PC-9801NOTE
	expansion bus (110pin), and PCI bus are supported.  New Extend
	Standard Architecture (NESA) bus (used in PC-H98, SV-H98, and
	FC-H98 series) is not supported.</para>
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="proc-powerpc">
      <title>powerpc</title>

      <para>This section describes the systems currently known to be
	supported by &os; on the PowerPC platform. This list is not
	exhaustive.</para>

      <para>In general, all New World architecture Apple hardware
	is supported, as well a limited selection of non-Apple
	machines.</para>

      <para>All systems listed below are fully supported, with the
	exception that software fan control is currently missing on
	the Power Macintosh G5. SMP is supported on all systems with
	more than 1 processor.</para>

      <itemizedlist>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Apple iMac</para>
	</listitem>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Apple Power Macintosh G3 (Blue & White)</para>
	</listitem>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Apple Power Macintosh G4</para>
	</listitem>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Apple Power Macintosh G5 (non-970MP models)</para>
	</listitem>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Apple iBook</para>
	</listitem>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Apple PowerBook G4</para>
	</listitem>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Apple XServe G4</para>
	</listitem>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Apple XServe G5</para>
	</listitem>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Apple Mac Mini</para>
	</listitem>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Embedded boards based on MPC85XX</para>
	</listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="proc-sparc64">
      <title>sparc64</title>

      <para>This section describes the systems currently known to be
	supported by &os; on the &ultrasparc; platform.  For
	background information on the various hardware designs see the
	<ulink url="http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/">Sun System
	  Handbook</ulink>.</para>

      <para>SMP is supported on all systems with more than 1
	processor.</para>

      <para>When using the <filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel,
	&os;/&arch.sparc64; systems not equipped with a framebuffer
	supported by the &man.creator.4; (&sun; Creator, &sun; Creator3D
	and &sun; Elite3D) or &man.machfb.4; (&sun; PGX and &sun; PGX64
	as well as the ATI Mach64 chips found onboard in for example
	&sun.blade; 100, &sun.blade; 150, &sun.ultra; 5	and &sun.ultra; 10)
	driver must use the serial console.</para>

      <para>If you have a system that is not listed here, it may not
	have been tested with &os; &release.current;.  We encourage
	you to try it and send a note to the &a.sparc; with your
	results, including which devices work and which do not.</para>

      <para>The following systems are fully supported by &os;:</para>

      <itemizedlist>
	<listitem>
	  <para>&sun.blade; 100</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>&sun.blade; 150</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>&sun.enterprise; 100</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>&sun.enterprise; 220R</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>&sun.enterprise; 250</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>&sun.enterprise; 420R</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>&sun.enterprise; 450</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>&sun.fire; V100</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>&sun.fire; V120</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>&netra; t1 105</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>&netra; T1 AC200/DC200</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>&netra; t 1100</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>&netra; t 1120</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>&netra; t 1125</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>&netra; t 1400/1405</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>&netra; 120</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>&netra; X1</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>&sparcengine; Ultra AX1105</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>&sparcengine; Ultra AXe</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>&sparcengine; Ultra AXi</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>&sparcengine; Ultra AXmp</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>&sun.ultra; 1</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>&sun.ultra; 1E</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>&sun.ultra; 2</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>&sun.ultra; 5</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>&sun.ultra; 10</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>&sun.ultra; 30</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>&sun.ultra; 60</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>&sun.ultra; 80</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>&sun.ultra; 450</para>
	</listitem>
      </itemizedlist>

      <para>The following systems are partially supported by &os;.  In
	particular the fibre channel controllers in SBus-based systems are not
	supported.  However, it is possible to use these with a SCSI controller
	supported by the &man.esp.4 driver (&sun; ESP SCSI, &sun; FAS Fast-SCSI
	and &sun; FAS366 Fast-Wide SCSI controllers).</para>

      <itemizedlist>
	<listitem>
	  <para>&sun.enterprise; 3500</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>&sun.enterprise; 4500</para>
	</listitem>
      </itemizedlist>

      <para>Starting with 7.2-RELEASE, &arch.sparc64; systems based on
	&ultrasparc; III and beyond are also supported by &os;, which includes
	the following known working systems:</para>

      <itemizedlist>
	<listitem>
	  <para>&sun.blade; 1000</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>&sun.blade; 1500</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>&sun.blade; 2000</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>&sun.blade; 2500</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>&sun.fire; 280R</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>&sun.fire; V210</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>&sun.fire; V215 (support first appeared in 7.3-RELEASE)</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>&sun.fire; V250</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>&sun.fire; V440 (support for the on-board NICs first
	    appeared in 8.0-RELEASE)</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>&sun.fire; V480 (501-6780 and 501-6790 centerplanes only, for
	    which support first appeared in 7.3-RELEASE)</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>&sun.fire; V880</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>&netra; 20/&netra; T4</para>
	</listitem>
      </itemizedlist>

      <para>The following &ultrasparc; IIIi systems are not tested but
	believed to be also supported by &os;:</para>

      <itemizedlist>
	<listitem>
	  <para>&sun.fire; V125</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>&sun.fire; V240</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>&sun.fire; V245 (support first appeared in 7.3-RELEASE)</para>
	</listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </sect2>
  </sect1>

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  <sect1 id="support">
    <title>Supported Devices</title>

    <para>This section describes the devices currently known to be
      supported by &os;.  Other configurations may also work, but
      simply have not been tested yet.  Feedback, updates, and
      corrections to this list are encouraged.</para>

    <para>Where possible, the drivers applicable to each device or
      class of devices is listed.  If the driver in question has a
      manual page in the &os; base distribution (most should), it is
      referenced here.  Information on specific models of supported
      devices, controllers, etc. can be found in the manual
      pages.</para>

    <note>
      <para>The device lists in this document are being generated
	automatically from &os; manual pages.  This means that some
	devices, which are supported by multiple drivers, may appear
	multiple times.</para>
    </note>

    <sect2 id="disk">
      <title>Disk Controllers</title>

      <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;, &arch.ia64;, &arch.pc98;,
	&arch.sparc64;] IDE/ATA controllers (&man.ata.4;
	driver)</para>

      <para>[&arch.pc98;] IDE/ATA controllers (wdc driver)</para>

      <itemizedlist>
	<listitem>
	  <para>On-board IDE controller</para>
	</listitem>
      </itemizedlist>

      &hwlist.aac;

      &hwlist.adv;

      &hwlist.adw;

      &hwlist.aha;

      &hwlist.ahb;

      &hwlist.ahc;

      &hwlist.ahd;

      &hwlist.aic;

      &hwlist.amd;

      &hwlist.amr;

      &hwlist.arcmsr;

      &hwlist.asr;

      &hwlist.bt;

      &hwlist.ciss;

      &hwlist.ct;

      &hwlist.dpt;

      <note>
	<para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] Booting from these
	  controllers is supported. EISA adapters are not
	  supported.</para>
      </note>

      &hwlist.esp;

      &hwlist.hptiop;

      &hwlist.hptmv;

      &hwlist.hptrr;

      &hwlist.ida;

      &hwlist.iir;

      &hwlist.ips;

      &hwlist.isp;

      &hwlist.mfi;

      &hwlist.mlx;

      <note>
	<para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] Booting from these
	  controllers is supported. EISA adapters are not
	  supported.</para>
      </note>

      &hwlist.mly;

      &hwlist.mpt;

      &hwlist.ncr;

      &hwlist.ncv;

      &hwlist.nsp;

      &hwlist.pst;

      &hwlist.stg;

      &hwlist.sym;

      &hwlist.trm;

      &hwlist.twa;

      &hwlist.twe;

      &hwlist.vpo;

      <para>[&arch.i386;] The wds(4) driver supports the WD7000 SCSI
	controller.</para>

      <para>With all supported SCSI controllers, full support is
	provided for SCSI-I, SCSI-II, and SCSI-III peripherals,
	including hard disks, optical disks, tape drives (including
	DAT, 8mm Exabyte, Mammoth, and DLT), medium changers,
	processor target devices and CD-ROM drives.  WORM devices that
	support CD-ROM commands are supported for read-only access by
	the CD-ROM drivers (such as &man.cd.4;).  WORM/CD-R/CD-RW
	writing support is provided by &man.cdrecord.1;, which is a
	part of the <filename
	  role="package">sysutils/cdrtools</filename> port in the Ports
	Collection.</para>

      <para>The following CD-ROM type systems are supported at this
	time:</para>

      <itemizedlist>
	<listitem>
	  <para>SCSI interface (also includes ProAudio Spectrum and
	    SoundBlaster SCSI) (&man.cd.4;)</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>[&arch.i386;] Sony proprietary interface (all models)
	    (&man.scd.4;)</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>ATAPI IDE interface (&man.acd.4;)</para>
	</listitem>
      </itemizedlist>

      <para>[&arch.i386;] The following device is unmaintained:</para>

      <itemizedlist>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Mitsumi proprietary CD-ROM interface (all models)
	    (&man.mcd.4;)</para>
	</listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="ethernet">
      <title>Ethernet Interfaces</title>

      &hwlist.ae;

      &hwlist.age;

      &hwlist.ale;

      &hwlist.aue;

      &hwlist.axe;

      &hwlist.bce;

      <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] Broadcom BCM4401 based Fast
	Ethernet adapters (&man.bfe.4; driver)</para>

      &hwlist.bge;

      &hwlist.cas;

      &hwlist.cdce;

      <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] Crystal Semiconductor
	CS89x0-based NICs (&man.cs.4; driver)</para>

      &hwlist.cue;

      &hwlist.cxgb;

      &hwlist.dc;

      &hwlist.de;

      &hwlist.ed;

      &hwlist.em;

      &hwlist.ep;

      &hwlist.et;

      &hwlist.ex;

      &hwlist.fe;

      &hwlist.fxp;

      &hwlist.gem;

      &hwlist.hme;

      &hwlist.ie;

      &hwlist.igb;

      &hwlist.ixgb;

      &hwlist.ixgbe;

      &hwlist.jme;

      &hwlist.kue;

      &hwlist.lge;

      &hwlist.msk;

      &hwlist.mxge;

      &hwlist.my;

      &hwlist.nfe;

      &hwlist.nge;

      &hwlist.nve;

      &hwlist.nxge;

      &hwlist.pcn;

      &hwlist.re;

      &hwlist.rl;

      &hwlist.rue;

      &hwlist.sf;

      &hwlist.sge;

      &hwlist.sis;

      &hwlist.sk;

      &hwlist.sn;

      &hwlist.snc;

      &hwlist.ste;

      &hwlist.stge;

      &hwlist.ti;

      &hwlist.tl;

      <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;, &arch.pc98;] SMC 83c17x
	(EPIC)-based Ethernet NICs (&man.tx.4; driver)</para>

      &hwlist.txp;

      &hwlist.udav;

      &hwlist.vge;

      &hwlist.vr;

      &hwlist.vx;

      &hwlist.wb;

      &hwlist.xe;

      &hwlist.xl;

    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="fddi">
      <title>FDDI Interfaces</title>

      <para>[&arch.i386;, &arch.pc98;] DEC DEFPA PCI (&man.fpa.4;
	driver)</para>

      <para>[&arch.i386;] DEC DEFEA EISA (&man.fpa.4; driver)</para>
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="atm">
      <title>ATM Interfaces</title>

      <para>[&arch.i386;, &arch.pc98;] Midway-based ATM interfaces
	(&man.en.4; driver)</para>

      <para>[&arch.i386;, &arch.pc98; &arch.sparc64;] FORE Systems,
	Inc. PCA-200E ATM PCI Adapters (hfa and &man.fatm.4;
	drivers)</para>

      <para>[&arch.i386;, &arch.pc98;] IDT NICStAR 77201/211-based ATM
	Adapters (&man.idt.4; driver)</para>

      <para>[&arch.i386;, &arch.pc98; &arch.sparc64;] FORE Systems,
	Inc. HE155 and HE622 ATM interfaces (&man.hatm.4;
	driver)</para>

      <para>[&arch.i386;, &arch.pc98;] IDT77252-based ATM cards
	(&man.patm.4; driver)</para>
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="wlan">
      <title>Wireless Network Interfaces</title>

      <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;, &arch.pc98;] Cisco/Aironet
	802.11b wireless adapters (&man.an.4; driver)</para>

      &hwlist.ath;

      &hwlist.bwi;

      <para>[&arch.i386;, &arch.amd64;] Intel PRO/Wireless 2100
	MiniPCI network adapter (&man.ipw.4; driver)</para>

      <para>[&arch.i386;, &arch.amd64;] Intel PRO/Wireless
	2200BG/2915ABG MiniPCI and 2225BG PCI network adapters
	(&man.iwi.4; driver)</para>

      <para>[&arch.i386;, &arch.amd64;] Intel Wireless WiFi Link
	4965AGN IEEE 802.11n PCI network adapters
	(&man.iwn.4; driver)</para>

      <para>[&arch.i386;, &arch.amd64;] Marvell Libertas IEEE 802.11b/g
        PCI network adapters (&man.malo.4; driver)</para>

      <para>Marvell 88W8363 IEEE 802.11n wireless network
	adapters (&man.mwl.4; driver)</para>

      &hwlist.ral;

      &hwlist.rum;

      &hwlist.run;

      &hwlist.uath;

      &hwlist.upgt;

      &hwlist.ural;

      &hwlist.urtw;

      <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;, &arch.pc98;] Lucent
	Technologies WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11b wireless network adapters
	and workalikes using the Lucent Hermes, Intersil PRISM-II,
	Intersil PRISM-2.5, Intersil Prism-3, and Symbol Spectrum24
	chipsets (&man.wi.4; driver)</para>

      <para>[&arch.i386;] NCR / AT&amp;T / Lucent Technologies WaveLan
	T1-speed ISA/radio LAN cards (&man.wl.4; driver)</para>

      <para>[&arch.i386;, &arch.amd64;] Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG
	MiniPCI network adapters (&man.wpi.4; driver)</para>

      &hwlist.zyd;
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="misc-network">
      <title>Miscellaneous Networks</title>

      &hwlist.ce;

      &hwlist.cx;

      &hwlist.cp;

      &hwlist.ctau;

      &hwlist.cm;
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="serial">
      <title>Serial Interfaces</title>

      <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] <quote>PC standard</quote>
	8250, 16450, and 16550-based serial ports (&man.sio.4;
	driver)</para>

      &hwlist.uart;

      &hwlist.scc;

      <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] AST 4 port serial card using
	shared IRQ</para>

      <itemizedlist>
	<listitem>
	  <para>ARNET 8 port serial card using shared IRQ</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>ARNET (now Digiboard) Sync 570/i high-speed
	    serial</para>
	</listitem>
      </itemizedlist>

      <para>[&arch.i386;] Boca multi-port serial cards</para>

      <itemizedlist>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Boca BB1004 4-Port serial card (Modems
	    <emphasis>not</emphasis> supported)</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>Boca IOAT66 6-Port serial card (Modems
	    supported)</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>Boca BB1008 8-Port serial card (Modems
	    <emphasis>not</emphasis> supported)</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>Boca BB2016 16-Port serial card (Modems
	    supported)</para>
	</listitem>
      </itemizedlist>

      <para>[&arch.i386;] Comtrol Rocketport card (&man.rp.4;
	driver)</para>

      <para>[&arch.i386;] Cyclades Cyclom-Y serial board (&man.cy.4;
	driver)</para>

      <para>[&arch.i386;] STB 4 port card using shared IRQ</para>

      <para>[&arch.i386;] DigiBoard intelligent serial cards (digi
	driver)</para>

      <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;, &arch.ia64;] PCI-Based
	multi-port serial boards (&man.puc.4; driver)</para>

      <itemizedlist>
	<listitem>
	  <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] Actiontech 56K PCI</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] Avlab Technology, PCI IO 2S
	    and PCI IO 4S</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] Comtrol RocketPort 550</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] Decision Computers PCCOM
	    4-port serial and dual port RS232/422/485</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>[&arch.ia64;] Diva Serial (GSP) Multiport UART</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] Dolphin Peripherals
	    4025/4035/4036</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] IC Book Labs Dreadnought
	    16x Lite and Pro</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] Lava Computers
	    2SP-PCI/DSerial-PCI/Quattro-PCI/Octopus-550</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] Middle Digital, Weasle
	    serial port</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] Moxa Industio CP-114,
	    Smartio C104H-PCI and C168H/PCI</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] NEC PK-UG-X001 and
	    PK-UG-X008</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] Netmos NM9835
	    PCI-2S-550</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] Oxford Semiconductor
	    OX16PCI954 PCI UART</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] Syba Tech SD-LAB
	    PCI-4S2P-550-ECP</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] SIIG Cyber I/O PCI
	    16C550/16C650/16C850</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] SIIG Cyber 2P1S PCI
	    16C550/16C650/16C850</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] SIIG Cyber 2S1P PCI
	    16C550/16C650/16C850</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] SIIG Cyber 4S PCI
	  16C550/16C650/16C850</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] SIIG Cyber Serial (Single
	    and Dual) PCI 16C550/16C650/16C850</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] Syba Tech
	    Ltd. PCI-4S2P-550-ECP</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] Titan PCI-200H and
	    PCI-800H</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] US Robotics (3Com) 3CP5609
	    modem</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] VScom PCI-400 and
	    PCI-800</para>
	</listitem>
      </itemizedlist>

      &hwlist.rc;

      <para>[&arch.i386;, &arch.amd64;] Specialix SI/XIO/SX multiport
	serial cards, with both the older SIHOST2.x and the
	<quote>enhanced</quote> (transputer based, aka JET) host cards
	(ISA, EISA and PCI) are supported.  Note that the newer SX+
	PCI cards are not currently supported.  (&man.si.4;
	driver)</para>

      <para>[&arch.pc98;] Internel serial interfaces (&man.sio.4;
	driver)</para>

      <itemizedlist>
	<listitem>
	  <para>PC-9801 on-board</para>
	</listitem>
	<listitem>
	  <para>PC-9821 2'nd CCU (flags 0x12000000)</para>
	</listitem>
      </itemizedlist>

      <para>[&arch.pc98;] NEC PC-9861K, PC-9801-101 and Midori-Denshi
	MDC-926Rs (&man.sio.4; driver)</para>

      <itemizedlist>
	<listitem>
	  <para>COM2 (flags 0x01000000)</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>COM3 (flags 0x02000000)</para>
	</listitem>
      </itemizedlist>

      <para>[&arch.pc98;] NEC PC-9801-120 (&man.sio.4; driver)</para>

      <note>
	<para>"flags 0x11000000" is necessary in kernel
	  configuration.</para>
      </note>

      <para>[&arch.pc98;] Microcore MC-16550, MC-16550II, MC-RS98
	(&man.sio.4; driver)</para>

      <note>
	<para>"flags 0x14000?01" is necessary in kernel
	  configuration.</para>
      </note>

      <para>[&arch.pc98;] Media Intelligent RSB-2000, RSB-3000 and
	AIWA B98-02 (&man.sio.4; driver)</para>

      <note>
	<para>"flags 0x15000?01" is necessary in kernel
	configuration.</para>
      </note>

      <para>[&arch.pc98;] Media Intelligent RSB-384 (&man.sio.4;
	driver)</para>

      <note>
	<para>"flags 0x16000001" is necessary in kernel
	  configuration.</para>
      </note>

      <para>[&arch.pc98;] I-O DATA RSA-98III (&man.sio.4;
	driver)</para>

      <note>
	<para>"flags 0x18000?01" is necessary in kernel
	  configuration.</para>
      </note>

      <para>[&arch.pc98;] Hayes ESP98 (&man.sio.4; driver)</para>

      <note>
	<para>"options COM_ESP" and "flags 0x19000000" are necessary
	  in kernel configuration.</para>
      </note>

    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="sound">
      <title>Sound Devices</title>

      &hwlist.snd.ad1816;

      &hwlist.snd.als4000;

      &hwlist.snd.atiixp;

      &hwlist.snd.audiocs;

      &hwlist.snd.cmi;

      &hwlist.snd.cs4281;

      &hwlist.snd.csa;

      &hwlist.snd.ds1;

      &hwlist.snd.emu10k1;

      &hwlist.snd.emu10kx;

      &hwlist.snd.envy24;

      &hwlist.snd.envy24ht;

      &hwlist.snd.es137x;

      &hwlist.snd.ess;

      &hwlist.snd.fm801;

      &hwlist.snd.gusc;

      &hwlist.snd.hda;

      &hwlist.snd.ich;

      &hwlist.snd.maestro;

      &hwlist.snd.maestro3;

      &hwlist.snd.mss;

      &hwlist.snd.neomagic;

      &hwlist.snd.sbc;

      &hwlist.snd.solo;

      &hwlist.snd.spicds;

      &hwlist.snd.t4dwave;

      &hwlist.snd.via8233;

      &hwlist.snd.via82c686;

      &hwlist.snd.vibes;

      <para>[&arch.pc98;] NEC PC-9801-73, 86 and compatibles (nss
	driver)</para>

      <itemizedlist>
	<listitem>
	  <para>NEC A-MATE internal sound</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>Q-Vision WaveStar, WaveMaster</para>
	</listitem>
      </itemizedlist>

      <para>[&arch.pc98;] NEC X-MATE, CanBe, ValueStar internal (mss
	driver)</para>

      <para>[&arch.pc98;] Creative Technologies SoundBlaster(98)
	(&man.sb.4; driver)</para>

      <para>[&arch.pc98;] I-O DATA CD-BOX (&man.sb.4; driver)</para>

      <para>[&arch.pc98;] MPU-401 and compatible interfaces (mpu
	driver)</para>

      <itemizedlist>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Q-Vision WaveStar</para>
	</listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="camera">
      <title>Camera and Video Capture Devices</title>

      &hwlist.bktr;

      <para>[&arch.i386;] Connectix QuickCam</para>
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="usb">
      <title>USB Devices</title>

      <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;, &arch.ia64;, &arch.pc98;] A
	range of USB peripherals are supported; devices known to work
	are listed in this section.  Owing to the generic nature of
	most USB devices, with some exceptions any device of a given
	class will be supported, even if not explicitly listed
	here.</para>

      <note>
	<para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;, &arch.ia64;, &arch.pc98;]
	  USB Ethernet adapters can be found in the section listing
	  <link linkend="ethernet">Ethernet
	    interfaces</link>.</para>
      </note>

      <note>
	<para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;, &arch.ia64;, &arch.pc98;]
	  USB Bluetooth adapters can be found in <link
	    linkend="bluetooth">Bluetooth</link> section.</para>
      </note>

      &hwlist.ohci;

      &hwlist.uhci;

      <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;, &arch.ia64;, &arch.pc98;] USB
	2.0 controllers using the EHCI interface (&man.ehci.4;
	driver)</para>

      <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;, &arch.ia64;, &arch.pc98;]
	Hubs</para>

      <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;, &arch.ia64;, &arch.pc98;]
	Keyboards (&man.ukbd.4; driver)</para>

      <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;, &arch.pc98;]
	Miscellaneous</para>

      <itemizedlist>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Assist Computer Systems PC Camera C-M1</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>ActiveWire I/O Board</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>Creative Technology Video Blaster WebCam Plus</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>D-Link DSB-R100 USB Radio (&man.ufm.4; driver)</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>Mirunet AlphaCam Plus</para>
	</listitem>
      </itemizedlist>

      &hwlist.urio;

      &hwlist.umodem;

      <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;, &arch.ia64;, &arch.pc98;] Mice
	(&man.ums.4; driver)</para>

      &hwlist.ulpt;

      &hwlist.ubsa;

      &hwlist.ubser;

      &hwlist.uftdi;

      &hwlist.uplcom;

      &hwlist.umct;

      &hwlist.umass;

      <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;, &arch.pc98;] Audio Devices
	(&man.uaudio.4; driver)</para>

      &hwlist.uvisor;
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="firewire">
      <title>IEEE 1394 (Firewire) Devices</title>

      &hwlist.fwohci;

      <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;, &arch.sparc64;] Serial Bus
	Protocol 2 (SBP-2) storage devices (&man.sbp.4; driver)</para>
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="bluetooth">
      <title>Bluetooth Devices</title>

      &hwlist.ng.bt3c;

      &hwlist.ng.ubt;
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="crypto-accel">
      <title>Cryptographic Accelerators</title>

      &hwlist.hifn;

      &hwlist.safe;

      &hwlist.ubsec;
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="misc">
      <title>Miscellaneous</title>

      <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;, &arch.pc98;]
	FAX-Modem/PCCARD</para>

      <itemizedlist>
	<listitem>
	  <para>MELCO IGM-PCM56K/IGM-PCM56KH</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>Nokia Card Phone 2.0 (gsm900/dcs1800 HSCSD
	    terminal)</para>
	</listitem>
      </itemizedlist>

      <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;, &arch.pc98;] Floppy drives
	(&man.fdc.4; driver)</para>

      <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] VGA-compatible video cards
	(&man.vga.4; driver)</para>

      <note>
	<para>Information regarding specific video cards and
	  compatibility with <application>Xorg</application> can be
	  found at <ulink url="http://www.x.org/"></ulink>.</para>
      </note>

      <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;, &arch.ia64;, &arch.pc98;]
	Keyboards including:</para>

      <itemizedlist>
	<listitem>
	  <para>[&arch.i386;] AT-style keyboards (&man.atkbd.4;
	    driver)</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] PS/2 keyboards
	    (&man.atkbd.4; driver)</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>[&arch.pc98;] Standard keyboards</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;, &arch.ia64;, &arch.pc98;]
	    USB keyboards (&man.ukbd.4; driver)</para>
	</listitem>
      </itemizedlist>

      <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;, &arch.ia64;, &arch.pc98;]
	Pointing devices including:</para>

      <itemizedlist>
	<listitem>
	  <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;, &arch.pc98;] Bus mice and
	    compatible devices (&man.mse.4; driver)</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] PS/2 mice and compatible
	    devices, including many laptop pointing devices
	    (&man.psm.4; driver)</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>Serial mice and compatible devices</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;, &arch.ia64;, &arch.pc98;]
	    USB mice (&man.ums.4; driver)</para>
	</listitem>
      </itemizedlist>

      <note>
	<para>&man.moused.8; has more information on using pointing
	  devices with &os;.  Information on using pointing devices
	  with <application>Xorg</application> can be found at <ulink
	    url="http://www.x.org/"></ulink>.</para>
      </note>

      <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] <quote>PC standard</quote>
	parallel ports (&man.ppc.4; driver)</para>

      <para>[&arch.pc98;] <quote>PC-9821 standard</quote> parallel
	ports (&man.ppc.4; driver)</para>

      <para>[&arch.i386;, &arch.amd64;] PC-compatible joysticks
	(&man.joy.4; driver)</para>

      <para>[&arch.pc98;] Joystick port of SoundBlaster(98)
	(&man.joy.4; driver)</para>

      <para>[&arch.i386;, &arch.pc98;] PHS Data Communication
	Card/PCCARD</para>

      <itemizedlist>
	<listitem>
	  <para>NTT DoCoMo P-in Comp@ct</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>Panasonic KX-PH405</para>
	</listitem>

	<listitem>
	  <para>SII MC-P200</para>
	</listitem>
      </itemizedlist>

      <para>[&arch.i386;] Xilinx XC6200-based reconfigurable hardware
	cards compatible with the HOT1 from <ulink
	  url="http://www.vcc.com/">Virtual Computers</ulink> (xrpu
	driver).</para>

      <para>[&arch.pc98;] Power Management Controller of NEC PC-98
	Note (pmc driver)</para>
    </sect2>
  </sect1>
</article>