INTRO(4) | Device Drivers Manual (evbarm) | INTRO(4) |
intro
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This section describes the supported boards, the special files, related driver functions, and networking support available in each system. In this part of the manual, the SYNOPSIS section of each configurable device gives a sample specification for use in constructing a system description for the config(1) program. The DIAGNOSTICS section lists messages which may appear on the console and/or in the system error log /var/log/messages due to errors in device operation; see syslogd(8) for more information.
This section contains both devices which may be configured into the system and network related information. The networking support is introduced in netintro(4).
A hardware device is identified to the system at configuration time and the appropriate device or network interface driver is then compiled into the system. When the resultant system is booted, the autoconfiguration facilities in the system probe for the device and, if found, enable the software support for it. If a device does not respond at autoconfiguration time it is not accessible at any time afterwards. To enable a device which did not autoconfigure, the system must be rebooted.
The autoconfiguration system is described in autoconf(4).
intro
appeared in NetBSD
2.0.
May 27, 2020 | NetBSD 10.0 |