hardware revision 1.1.1.1
1 1.1 cgd NetBSD/i386 1.0 runs on ISA (AT-Bus), EISA, PCI, and VL-bus systems 2 1.1 cgd with 386-family processors, with or without math coprocessors. It 3 1.1 cgd does NOT support MCA systems, such as some IBM PS/2 systems. The 4 1.1 cgd minimal configuration requires 4M of RAM and 40M of disk space. To 5 1.1 cgd install the entire system requires much more disk space, and to run X 6 1.1 cgd or compile the system, more RAM is recommended. (4M of RAM will 7 1.1 cgd actually allow you to run X and/or compile, but it won't be speedy. 8 1.1 cgd Note that until you have around 16M of RAM, getting more RAM is more 9 1.1 cgd important than getting a faster CPU.) 10 1.1 cgd 11 1.1 cgd Supported devices include: 12 1.1 cgd Floppy controllers. 13 1.1 cgd MFM, ESDI, IDE, and RLL hard disk controllers. 14 1.1 cgd SCSI host adapters: 15 1.1 cgd Adaptec AHA-154xA, -B, -C, and -CF [only on kcaha floppy] 16 1.1 cgd Adaptec AHA-174x 17 1.1 cgd Adaptec AIC-6260- and AIC-6360-based boards, including 18 1.1 cgd the Adaptec AHA-152x and the SoundBlaster SCSI 19 1.1 cgd host adapter. (Note that you cannot boot from 20 1.1 cgd these boards if they do not have a boot ROM, 21 1.1 cgd and many do not.) 22 1.1 cgd Buslogic 54x [AHA-154x clones; only on kcaha floppy] 23 1.1 cgd Buslogic 445, 74x, 9xx [only on kcbt floppy] 24 1.1 cgd NCR 53C810 PCI SCSI host adapter 25 1.1 cgd Ultrastor 14f, 34f, and (possibly) 24f 26 1.1 cgd MDA, CGA, VGA, SVGA, and HGC Display Adapters. (Note that not 27 1.1 cgd all of the display adapters NetBSD/i386 can work with 28 1.1 cgd are supported by X. See the XFree86 FAQ for more 29 1.1 cgd information.) 30 1.1 cgd Serial ports: 31 1.1 cgd 8250/16450-based ports 32 1.1 cgd 16550-based ports 33 1.1 cgd AST-style 4-port serial boards [*] 34 1.1 cgd IBM PC-RT 4-port serial boards [*] 35 1.1 cgd Parallel ports. 36 1.1 cgd Ethernet controllers: 37 1.1 cgd AT&T StarLAN 10, EN100, and StarLAN Fiber 38 1.1 cgd 3COM 3c501 [*] 39 1.1 cgd 3COM 3c503 40 1.1 cgd 3COM 3c505 [*] 41 1.1 cgd 3COM 3c507 42 1.1 cgd 3COM 3c509 and 3c579 43 1.1 cgd Digital DEPCA 44 1.1 cgd BICC Isolan [not recently tested] 45 1.1 cgd SMC/WD 8003, 8013, and the SMC "Elite16" ISA boards 46 1.1 cgd SMC/WD 8216 (the SMC "Elite16 Ultra" ISA boards) 47 1.1 cgd Novell NE1000, NE2000 48 1.1 cgd Novell NE2100 [not recently tested] 49 1.1 cgd Tape drives: 50 1.1 cgd Most SCSI tape drives 51 1.1 cgd QIC-02 and QIC-36 format (Archive- and Wangtek- 52 1.1 cgd compatible) tape drives [*] 53 1.1 cgd CD-ROM drives: 54 1.1 cgd Mitsumi CD-ROM drives [*] 55 1.1 cgd Most SCSI CD-ROM drives 56 1.1 cgd Mice: 57 1.1 cgd "Logitech"-style bus mice [*] 58 1.1 cgd "Microsoft"-style bus mice [*] 59 1.1 cgd "PS/2"-style mice [*] 60 1.1 cgd Serial mice (no kernel support necessary) 61 1.1 cgd Miscellaneous: 62 1.1 cgd SoundBlaster [*] 63 1.1 cgd 64 1.1 cgd Drivers for hardware marked with "[*]" are NOT included on the 65 1.1 cgd distribution floppies. Except as noted above, all other drivers are 66 1.1 cgd present on both kernel-copy disks. Also, at the present time, the 67 1.1 cgd distributed kernels support only one SCSI host adapter per machine. 68 1.1 cgd NetBSD normally allows more, though, so if you have more than one, you 69 1.1 cgd can use all of them by compiling a custom kernel once NetBSD is 70 1.1 cgd installed. 71 1.1 cgd 72 1.1 cgd Hardware the we do NOT currently support, but get many questions 73 1.1 cgd about: 74 1.1 cgd Adaptec AIC-7770-based SCSI host adapters (including the 75 1.1 cgd Adaptec AHA-274x, AHA-284x, and AHA-294x families). 76 1.1 cgd Intel EtherExpress Ethernet boards. 77 1.1 cgd NCR 5380-based SCSI host adapters. 78 1.1 cgd PCMCIA devices. 79 1.1 cgd QIC-40 and QIC-80 tape drives. (Those are the tape drives 80 1.1 cgd that connect to the floppy disk controller.) 81 1.1 cgd WD-7000 SCSI host adapters. 82 1.1 cgd 83 1.1 cgd We are planning future support for most of these devices. 84 1.1 cgd 85 1.1 cgd To be detected by the distributed kernels, the devices must 86 1.1 cgd be configured as follows: 87 1.1 cgd 88 1.1 cgd Device Name Port IRQ DRQ Misc 89 1.1 cgd ------ ---- ---- --- --- ---- 90 1.1 cgd Serial ports com0 0x3f8 4 [8250/16450/16550/clones] 91 1.1 cgd com1 0x2f8 3 [8250/16450/16550/clones] 92 1.1 cgd com2 0x3e8 5 [8250/16450/16550/clones] 93 1.1 cgd 94 1.1 cgd Parallel ports lpt0 0x378 7 [interrupt-driven or polling] 95 1.1 cgd lpt1 0x278 [polling only] 96 1.1 cgd lpt2 0x3bc [polling only] 97 1.1 cgd 98 1.1 cgd MFM/ESDI/IDE/RLL hard disk controller 99 1.1 cgd wdc0 0x1f0 14 [supports two disks] 100 1.1 cgd 101 1.1 cgd Floppy controller 102 1.1 cgd fdc0 0x3f0 6 2 [supports two disks] 103 1.1 cgd 104 1.1 cgd AHA-154x, AHA-174x (in compatibility mode), or BT-54x SCSI host adapters 105 1.1 cgd aha0 0x330 any any [only on kcaha kernel floppy] 106 1.1 cgd 107 1.1 cgd AHA-174x SCSI host adapters (in enhanced mode) 108 1.1 cgd ahb0 any any any 109 1.1 cgd 110 1.1 cgd BT445, BT74x, or BT9xx SCSI host adapters 111 1.1 cgd bt0 0x330 any any [only on kcbt kernel floppy] 112 1.1 cgd 113 1.1 cgd Ultrastor 14f, 24f (if it works), or 34f SCSI host adapters 114 1.1 cgd uha0 0x330 any any 115 1.1 cgd 116 1.1 cgd AHA-152x, AIC-6260- or AIC-6360-based SCSI host adapters 117 1.1 cgd aic0 0x340 11 6 118 1.1 cgd 119 1.1 cgd NCR 53C810 PCI SCSI host adapter 120 1.1 cgd ncr0 any any any 121 1.1 cgd 122 1.1 cgd SCSI disks sd0 first SCSI disk (by SCSI id) 123 1.1 cgd sd1 second SCSI disk (by SCSI id) 124 1.1 cgd sd2 third SCSI disk (by SCSI id) 125 1.1 cgd sd3 fourth SCSI disk (by SCSI id) 126 1.1 cgd 127 1.1 cgd SCSI tapes st0 first SCSI tape (by SCSI id) 128 1.1 cgd st1 second SCSI tape (by SCSI id) 129 1.1 cgd 130 1.1 cgd SCSI CD-ROMs cd0 first SCSI CD-ROM (by SCSI id) 131 1.1 cgd cd1 second SCSI CD-ROM (by SCSI id) 132 1.1 cgd 133 1.1 cgd SMC/WD 8003, 8013, Elite16, and Elite16 Ultra Ethernet boards, 3c503, 134 1.1 cgd Novell NE1000, or NE2000 Ethernet boards 135 1.1 cgd ed0 0x280 2 iomem 0xd0000 136 1.1 cgd ed1 0x250 2 iomem 0xd8000 137 1.1 cgd ed2 0x300 10 iomem 0xcc000 138 1.1 cgd 139 1.1 cgd 3COM 3c509 or 3COM 3c579 Ethernet boards 140 1.1 cgd ep0 any any 141 1.1 cgd 142 1.1 cgd AT&T StarLAN 10, EN100, or StarLAN Fiber, or 3COM 3c507 Ethernet boards 143 1.1 cgd ie0 0x360 7 iomem 0xd0000 144 1.1 cgd 145 1.1 cgd BICC Isolan, Novell NE2100, or Digitial DEPCA Ethernet boards 146 1.1 cgd le0 0x320 10 7 147
Indexes created Sun Jun 28 00:24:58 UTC 2026