Copyright © 2000, 2001 by The FreeBSD Documentation Project
This document contains the hardware compatability notes for FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE on the i386 hardware platform. It lists devices known to work on this platform, as well as some notes on boot-time kernel customization that may be useful when attempting to configure support for new devices.
Note: This document includes information specific to the i386 hardware platform. Versions of the hardware compatability notes for other architectures will differ in some details.
FreeBSD for the i386 currently runs on a wide variety of ISA, VLB, EISA, MCA and PCI bus based PC's, ranging from 386sx to Pentium 4 class machines (though the 386sx is not recommended).
This section describes the devices currently known to be supported by with FreeBSD on the i386 platform. Other configurations may also work, but simply have not been tested yet. Feedback, updates, and corrections to this list are encouraged.
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 FreeBSD base distribution (most should), it is referenced here.
IDE/ATA controllers ( ata(4) driver)
Acerlabs Aladdin
AMD 756
CMD 646, 648 ATA66, and 649 ATA100
Cypress 82C693
Cyrex 5530
HighPoint HPT366, HPT370
Intel PIIX, PIIX3, PIIX4
Intel ICH, ICH2
Promise ATA100 OEM chip (pdc20265)
Promise Fasttrak-33, -66, -100
Promise Ultra-33, -66, -100
ServerWorks ROSB4 ATA33
SiS 5591
VIA 82C586, 82C686a, 82C686b
Adaptec SCSI Controllers
Adaptec 1535 ISA SCSI controllers
Adaptec 154x series ISA SCSI controllers ( aha(4) driver)
Adaptec 164x series MCA SCSI controllers ( aha(4) driver)
Adaptec 174x series EISA SCSI controller in standard and enhanced mode ( aha(4) and ahb(4) dirver)
Adaptec 19160/274x/284x/291x/2920/2930/2940/2950/29160/3940/3950/3960/39160/398x/494x series EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI controllers, including Narrow/Wide/Twin/Ultra/Ultra2 variants ( ahc(4) driver)
Adaptec AIC7770, AIC7850, AIC7860, AIC7870, AIC7880, and AIC789x on-board SCSI controllers ( ahc(4) driver)
Adaptec 1510 series ISA SCSI controllers (not for bootable devices)
Adaptec 152x series ISA SCSI controllers ( aha(4) driver)
Adaptec AIC-6260 and AIC-6360 based boards, which includes the AHA-152x and SoundBlaster SCSI cards ( aic(4) driver)
Adaptec 2100S/32x0S/34x0S SCSI RAID controllers ( asr(4) driver)
Adaptec 2000S/2005S Zero-Channel RAID controllers ( asr(4) driver)
Adaptec 2400A ATA-100 RAID controller ( asr(4) driver)
Adaptec FSA family RAID controllers ( aac(4) driver)
Adaptec AAC-2622
Adaptec AAC-364
Adaptec SCSI RAID 5400S
Dell PERC 2/QC
Dell PERC 2/Si
Dell PERC 3/Di
Dell PERC 3/QC
Dell PERC 3/Si
HP NetRAID-4M
AdvanSys SCSI controllers (all models, adv(4) and adw(4) drivers)
BusLogic MultiMaster ``W'' Series Host Adapters ( bt(4) driver):
BT-948
BT-958
BT-958D
BusLogic MultiMaster ``C'' Series Host Adapters ( bt(4) driver):
BT-946C
BT-956C
BT-956CD
BT-445C
BT-747C
BT-757C
BT-757CD
BT-545C
BT-540CF
BusLogic MultiMaster ``S'' Series Host Adapters ( bt(4) driver):
BT-445S
BT-747S
BT-747D
BT-757S
BT-757D
BT-545S
BT-542D
BT-742A
BT-542B
BusLogic MultiMaster ``A'' Series Host Adapters ( bt(4) driver):
BT-742A
BT-542B
Note: BusLogic/Mylex ``Flashpoint'' adapters are not yet supported.
Note: AMI FastDisk controllers that are true BusLogic MultiMaster clones are also supported.
Note: The Buslogic/Bustek BT-640 and Storage Dimensions SDC3211B and SDC3211F Microchannel (MCA) bus adapters are also supported.
DPT SmartCACHE Plus, SmartCACHE III, SmartRAID III, SmartCACHE IV and SmartRAID IV SCSI/RAID controllers ( dpt(4) driver)
DPT SmartRAID V and VI SCSI RAID controllers ( asr(4) driver)
PM1554
PM2554
PM2654
PM2865
PM2754
PM3755
PM3757
AMI MegaRAID Express and Enterprise family RAID controllers ( amr(4) driver)
MegaRAID Series 418
MegaRAID Enterprise 1200 (Series 428)
MegaRAID Enterprise 1300 (Series 434)
MegaRAID Enterprise 1400 (Series 438)
MegaRAID Enterprise 1500 (Series 467)
MegaRAID Enterprise 1600 (Series 471)
MegaRAID Elite 1500 (Series 467)
MegaRAID Elite 1600 (Series 493)
MegaRAID Express 100 (Series 466WS)
MegaRAID Express 200 (Series 466)
MegaRAID Express 300 (Series 490)
MegaRAID Express 500 (Series 475)
Dell PERC
Dell PERC 2/SC
Dell PERC 2/DC
Dell PERC 3/DCL
HP NetRaid-1si
HP NetRaid-3si
HP Embedded NetRaid
Note: Booting from these controllers is supported. EISA adapters are not supported.
Mylex DAC960 and DAC1100 RAID controllers with 2.x, 3.x, 4.x and 5.x firmware ( mlx(4) driver)
DAC960P
DAC960PD
DAC960PDU
DAC960PL
DAC960PJ
DAC960PG
AcceleRAID 150
AcceleRAID 250
eXtremeRAID 1100
Note: Booting from these controllers is supported. EISA adapters are not supported.
Mylex PCI to SCSI RAID controllers with 6.x firmware ( mly(4) driver)
AcceleRAID 160
AcceleRAID 170
AcceleRAID 352
eXtremeRAID 2000
eXtremeRAID 3000
Note: Compatible Mylex controllers not listed should work, but have not been verified.
3ware Escalade ATA RAID controllers ( twe(4) driver)
5000 series
6000 series
7000 series
LSI/SymBios (formerly NCR) 53C810, 53C810a, 53C815, 53C825, 53C825a, 53C860, 53C875, 53C875a, 53C876, 53C885, 53C895, 53C895a, 53C896, 53C1010-33, 53C1010-66, 53C1000, 53C1000R PCI SCSI controllers, either embedded on motherboard or on add-on boards ( ncr(4) and sym(4) drivers)
ASUS SC-200, SC-896
Data Technology DTC3130 (all variants)
DawiControl DC2976UW
Diamond FirePort (all)
NCR cards (all)
Symbios cards (all)
Tekram DC390W, 390U, 390F, 390U2B, 390U2W, 390U3D, and 390U3W
Tyan S1365
NCR 53C500 based PC-Card SCSI host adapters (ncv driver)
IO DATA PCSC-DV
KME KXLC002 (TAXAN ICD-400PN, etc.), KXLC004
Macnica Miracle SCSI-II mPS110
Media Intelligent MSC-110, MSC-200
NEC PC-9801N-J03R
New Media Corporation BASICS SCSI
Qlogic Fast SCSI
RATOC REX-9530, REX-5572 (as SCSI only)
TMC 18C30, 18C50 based ISA/PC-Card SCSI host adapters (stg driver)
Future Domain SCSI2GO
IBM SCSI PCMCIA Card
ICM PSC-2401 SCSI
Melco IFC-SC
RATOC REX-5536, REX-5536AM, REX-5536M, REX-9836A
Qlogic controllers and variants ( isp(4) driver)
Qlogic 1020, 1040 SCSI and Ultra SCSI host adapters
Qlogic 1240 dual Ultra SCSI controllers
Qlogic 1080 Ultra2 LVD and 1280 Dual Ultra2 LVD controllers
Qlogic 12160 Ultra3 LVD controllers
Qlogic 2100 and Qlogic 2200 Fibre Channel SCSI controllers
Performance Technology SBS440 ISP1000 variants
Performance Technology SBS450 ISP1040 variants
Performance Technology SBS470 ISP2100 variants
Antares Microsystems P-0033 ISP2100 variants
DTC 3290 EISA SCSI controller in 1542 emulation mode.
Tekram DC390 and DC390T controllers, maybe other cards based on the AMD 53c974 as well ( amd(4) driver)
Workbit Ninja SCSI-3 based PC-Card SCSI host adapters (nsp driver)
Alpha-Data AD-PCS201
IO DATA CBSC16
Parallel to SCSI interfaces ( vpo(4) driver)
AIC 7110 SCSI controller (built-in to Iomega ZIP drive)
Iomega Jaz Traveller interface
Iomega MatchMaker SCSI interface (built-in to Iomega ZIP+ drive)
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 cd(4)). WORM/CD-R/CD-RW writing support is provided by cdrecord(1), which is a part of the sysutils/cdrtools port in the Ports Collection.
The following CD-ROM type systems are supported at this time:
SCSI interface (also includes ProAudio Spectrum and SoundBlaster SCSI) ( cd(4))
Matsushita/Panasonic (Creative SoundBlaster) proprietary interface (562/563 models) ( matcd(4))
Sony proprietary interface (all models) ( scd(4))
ATAPI IDE interface ( acd(4))
The following drivers were supported under the old SCSI subsystem, but are not yet supported under the new CAM SCSI subsystem:
NCR5380/NCR53400 (``ProAudio Spectrum'') SCSI controller
UltraStor 14F, 24F and 34F SCSI controllers.
Note: There is work-in-progress to port the UltraStor driver to the new CAM SCSI framework, but no estimates on when or if it will be completed.
Seagate ST01/02 SCSI controllers
Future Domain 8xx/950 series SCSI controllers
WD7000 SCSI controller
The following device is unmaintained:
Mitsumi proprietary CD-ROM interface (all models) ( mcd(4))
Adaptec Duralink PCI Fast Ethernet adapters based on the Adaptec AIC-6915 Fast Ethernet controller chip ( sf(4) driver)
ANA-62011 64-bit single port 10/100baseTX adapter
ANA-62022 64-bit dual port 10/100baseTX adapter
ANA-62044 64-bit quad port 10/100baseTX adapter
ANA-69011 32-bit single port 10/100baseTX adapter
ANA-62020 64-bit single port 100baseFX adapter
Allied-Telesis AT1700 and RE2000 cards ( fe(4) driver)
Alteon Networks PCI Gigabit Ethernet NICs based on the Tigon 1 and Tigon 2 chipsets ( ti(4) driver)
3Com 3c985-SX (Tigon 1 and 2)
Alteon AceNIC (Tigon 1 and 2)
Alteon AceNIC 1000baseT (Tigon 2)
Asante PCI 1000BASE-SX Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
Asante GigaNIX1000T Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
DEC/Compaq EtherWORKS 1000
Farallon PN9000SX
NEC Gigabit Ethernet
Netgear GA620 (Tigon 2)
Netgear GA620T (Tigon 2, 1000baseT)
Silicon Graphics Gigabit Ethernet
AMD PCnet NICs ( lnc(4) and pcn(4) drivers)
AMD PCnet/PCI (79c970 & 53c974 or 79c974)
AMD PCnet/FAST
PCnet/FAST+
PCnet/FAST III
PCnet/PRO
PCnet/Home
HomePNA
SMC 83c17x (EPIC)-based Ethernet NICs ( tx(4) driver)
SMC EtherPower II 9432 series
SMC Ethernet NICs ( ed(4) driver)
Elite 16 WD8013 Ethernet interface
Most WD8003E, WD8003EBT, WD8003W, WD8013W, WD8003S, WD8003SBT and WD8013EBT based clones
SMC Elite Ultra
RealTek RTL 8002 Pocket Ethernet ( rdp(4) driver)
RealTek 8129/8139 Fast Ethernet NICs ( rl(4) driver)
Accton ``Cheetah'' EN1207D (MPX 5030/5038; RealTek 8139 clone)
Allied Telesyn AT2550
Allied Telesyn AT2500TX
D-Link DFE-538TX
Genius GF100TXR (RTL8139)
KTX-9130TX 10/100 Fast Ethernet
NDC Communications NE100TX-E
Netronix Inc. EA-1210 NetEther 10/100
OvisLink LEF-8129TX
OvisLink LEF-8139TX
SMC EZ Card 10/100 PCI 1211-TX
Lite-On 82c168/82c169 PNIC Fast Ethernet NICs ( dc(4) driver)
Kingston KNE110TX
LinkSys EtherFast LNE100TX
Matrox FastNIC 10/100
NetGear FA310-TX Rev. D1
Macronix 98713, 98713A, 98715, 98715A and 98725 Fast Ethernet NICs ( dc(4) driver)
Accton EN1217 (98715A)
Adico AE310TX (98715A)
Compex RL100-TX (98713 or 98713A)
CNet Pro120A (98713 or 98713A)
CNet Pro120B (98715)
NDC Communications SFA100A (98713A)
SVEC PN102TX (98713)
Macronix/Lite-On PNIC II LC82C115 Fast Ethernet NICs ( dc(4) driver)
LinkSys EtherFast LNE100TX Version 2
Winbond W89C840F Fast Ethernet NICs ( wb(4) driver)
Trendware TE100-PCIE
VIA Technologies VT3043 ``Rhine I'' and VT86C100A ``Rhine II'' Fast Ethernet NICs ( vr(4) driver)
AOpen/Acer ALN-320
D-Link DFE-530TX
Hawking Technologies PN102TX
Silicon Integrated Systems SiS 900 and SiS 7016 PCI Fast Ethernet NICs ( sis(4) driver)
National Semiconductor DP83815 Fast Ethernet NICs ( sis(4) driver)
NetGear FA311-TX
NetGear FA312-TX
National Semiconductor DP83820 and DP83821 Gigabit Ethernet NICs ( nge(4) driver)
Addtron AEG320T
Asante FriendlyNet GigaNIC 1000TA and 1000TPC
D-Link DGE-500T
LinkSys EG1032 (32-bit PCI) and EG1064 (64-bit PCI)
Netgear GA622T
SMC EZ Card 1000 (SMC9462TX)
Surecom Technology EP-320G-TX
Sundance Technologies ST201 PCI Fast Ethernet NICs ( ste(4) driver)
D-Link DFE-550TX
SysKonnect SK-984x PCI Gigabit Ethernet cards ( sk(4) drivers)
SK-9821 1000baseT copper, single port
SK-9822 1000baseT copper, dual port
SK-9841 1000baseLX single mode fiber, single port
SK-9842 1000baseLX single mode fiber, dual port
SK-9843 1000baseSX multimode fiber, single port
SK-9844 1000baseSX multimode fiber, dual port
Texas Instruments ThunderLAN PCI NICs ( tl(4) driver)
Compaq Netelligent 10, 10/100, 10/100 Proliant, 10/100 Dual-Port
Compaq Netelligent 10/100 TX Embedded UTP, 10 T PCI UTP/Coax, 10/100 TX UTP
Compaq NetFlex 3P, 3P Integrated, 3P w/BNC
Olicom OC-2135/2138, OC-2325, OC-2326 10/100 TX UTP
Racore 8165 10/100baseTX
Racore 8148 10baseT/100baseTX/100baseFX multi-personality
ADMtek Inc. AL981-based PCI Fast Ethernet NICs ( dc(4) driver)
ADMtek Inc. AN985-based PCI Fast Ethernet NICs ( dc(4) driver)
LinkSys EtherFast LNE100TX v4.0/4.1
ADMtek Inc. AN986-based USB Ethernet NICs ( aue(4) driver)
Billionton USB100
D-Link DSB-650TX
LinkSys USB100TX
Melco Inc. LUA-TX
SMC 2202USB
CATC USB-EL1210A-based USB Ethernet NICs ( cue(4) driver)
Belkin F5U011
Belkin F5U111
CATC Netmate
CATC Netmate II
Kawasaki LSI KU5KUSB101B-based USB Ethernet NICs ( kue(4) driver)
3Com 3c19250
Abocom URE 450
ADS Technologies USB-10BT
ATen UC10T
Corega USB-T
D-Link DSB-650
Entrega NET-USB-E45
LinkSys USB10T
Netgear EA101
Peracom USB Ethernet Adapter
SMC 2102USB
SMC 2104USB
ASIX Electronics AX88140A PCI NICs ( dc(4) driver)
Alfa Inc. GFC2204
CNet Pro110B
DEC EtherWORKS II NICs (DE200, DE201, DE202, and DE422) ( le(4) driver)
DEC EtherWORKS III NICs (DE203, DE204, and DE205) ( le(4) driver)
DEC Etherworks NICs (DE305) ( ed(4) driver)
DEC DC21040, DC21041, DC21140, DC21141, DC21142, and DC21143 based NICs ( de(4) driver)
Asante
Cogent EM100FX and EM440TX
DEC DE425, DE435, DE450, and DE500
SMC Etherpower 8432T, 9332, and 9334
ZYNX ZX 3xx
DEC/Intel 21143 based Fast Ethernet NICs ( dc(4) driver)
DEC DE500-BA
Compaq Presario 7900 series built-in Ethernet
D-Link DFE-570TX
Kingston KNE100TX
LinkSys EtherFast 10/100 Instant GigaDrive built-in Ethernet
Davicom DM9100 and DM9102 PCI Fast Ethernet NICs ( dc(4) driver)
Jaton Corporation XpressNet
Fujitsu MB86960A/MB86965A based Fast Ethernet NICs ( fe(4) driver)
CONTEC C-NET(PC)C Ethernet
Eiger Labs EPX-10BT
Fujitsu FMV-J182, FMV-J182A, MBH10302, MBH10303 Ethernet PCMCIA
Fujitsu Towa LA501 Ethernet
HITACHI HT-4840-11
NextCom J Link NC5310
RATOC REX-5588, REX-9822, REX-4886, REX-R280
TDK LAK-CD021, LAK-CD021A, LAK-CD021BX
HP PC Lan+ cards (model numbers: 27247B and 27252A) ( ed(4) driver)
Intel EtherExpress NICs
Intel EtherExpress 16 ( ie(4) driver)
Intel EtherExpress Pro/10 and Pro/10+ Ethernet ( ex(4) driver)
Intel EtherExpress Pro/100B PCI Fast Ethernet ( fxp(4) driver)
Intel PRO/1000, PRO/1000-F, and PRO/1000-T Gigabit Ethernet ( wx(4) driver)
Intel InBusiness 10/100 PCI Network Adapter ( fxp(4) driver)
Intel PRO/100+ Management Adapter ( fxp(4) driver)
Isolan AT 4141-0 (16 bit)
Isolink 4110 (8 bit)
Novell NE1000, NE2000, and NE2100 Ethernet interface ( ed(4) driver)
Novell NE2000 clones ( ed(4) driver)
NetVin 5000
RealTek 8029
Surecom NE-34
VIA VT86C926
Winbond W89C940
3Com Ethernet and Fast Ethernet NICs
3C450-TX HomeConnect adapter ( xl(4) driver)
3C501 ( el(4) driver)
3C503 Etherlink II ( ed(4) driver)
3C507 Etherlink 16/TP ( ie(4) driver)
3C509 ( ep(4) driver)
3C529 MCA ( ep(4) driver)
3C579 EISA ( ep(4) driver)
3C589/589B/589C/589D/589E/XE589ET/574TX/574B PC-card/PCMCIA ( ep(4) driver)
3C590/592/595 ( vx(4) driver)
3C900/905/905B/905C PCI ( xl(4) driver)
3C556/556B MiniPCI ( xl(4) driver)
EISA (Fast) Etherlink III / (Fast) Etherlink XL
3c980/3c980B Fast Etherlink XL server adapter ( xl(4) driver)
3cSOHO100-TX OfficeConnect adapter ( xl(4) driver)
Crystal Semiconductor CS89x0-based NICs ( cs(4) driver)
IBM Etherjet ISA
NE2000 compatible PC-Card (PCMCIA) Ethernet and FastEthernet cards ( ed(4) driver)
AR-P500 Ethernet card
Accton EN2212/EN2216/UE2216(OEM)
Allied Telesis CentreCOM LA100-PCM_V2
AmbiCom 10BaseT card
BayNetworks NETGEAR FA410TXC Fast Ethernet
CNet BC40 adapter
COREGA Ether PCC-T/EtherII PCC-T/FEther PCC-TXF/PCC-TXD
Compex Net-A adapter
CyQ've ELA-010
D-Link DE-650/660
Danpex EN-6200P2
Elecom Laneed LD-CDL/TX
IO DATA PCLATE
IBM Creditcard Ethernet I/II
IC-CARD Ethernet/IC-CARD+ Ethernet
Linksys EC2T/PCMPC100,EtherFast 10/100 PC Card (PCMPC100 V2)
Melco LPC-T/LPC2-T/LPC2-CLT/LPC2-TX/LPC3-TX/LPC3-CLX
NDC Ethernet Instant-Link
National Semiconductor InfoMover NE4100
NetGear FA-410TX
Network Everywhere Ethernet 10BaseT PC Card
Planex FNW-3600-T
Socket LP-E
Surecom EtherPerfect EP-427
TDK LAK-CD031,Grey Cell GCS2000 Ethernet Card
Telecom Device SuperSocket RE450T
Megahertz X-Jack Ethernet PC-Card CC-10BT (sn driver)
Xircom CreditCard adapters (16 bit) and workalikes (xe driver)
Accton EN2226/Fast EtherCard (16-bit verison)
Compaq Netelligent 10/100 PC Card
Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 Mobile Adapter (16-bit verison)
Xircom 10/100 Network PC Card adapter
Xircom Realport card + modem(Ethernet part)
Xircom CreditCard Ethernet 10/100
Xircom CreditCard 10Base-T ``CreditCard Ethernet Adapter IIps'' (PS-CE2-10)
Xircom CreditCard Ethernet 10/100 + modem (Ethernet part)
National Semiconductor DP8393X (SONIC) Ethernet cards (snc driver)
NEC PC-9801-83, -84, -103, and -104
NEC PC-9801N-25 and -J02R
Gigabit Ethernet cards based on the Level 1 LXT1001 NetCellerator controller ( lge(4) driver)
D-Link DGE-500SX
SMC TigerCard 1000 (SMC9462SX)
Ethernet and Fast Ethernet NICs based on the 3Com 3XP Typhoon/Sidewinder (3CR990) chipset ( txp(4) driver)
3Com 3CR990-TX-95
3Com 3CR990-TX-97
3Com 3CR990B-SRV
3Com 3CR990B-TXM
3Com 3CR990SVR95
3Com 3CR990SVR97
Efficient Networks, Inc. ENI-155p ATM PCI Adapters (hea driver)
FORE Systems, Inc. PCA-200E ATM PCI Adapters (hfa driver)
The ATM support in FreeBSD supports the following signaling protocols:
The ATM Forum UNI 3.1 signaling protocol
The ATM Forum UNI 3.0 signaling protocol
The ATM Forum ILMI address registration
FORE Systems' proprietary SPANS signaling protocol
Permanent Virtual Channels (PVCs)
Support for the IETF ``Classical IP and ARP over ATM'' model is provided, compliant with the following RFCs and Internet Drafts:
RFC 1483, ``Multiprotocol Encapsulation over ATM Adaptation Layer 5''
RFC 1577, ``Classical IP and ARP over ATM''
RFC 1626, ``Default IP MTU for use over ATM AAL5''
RFC 1755, ``ATM Signaling Support for IP over ATM''
RFC 2225, ``Classical IP and ARP over ATM''
RFC 2334, ``Server Cache Synchronization Protocol (SCSP)''
Internet Draft draft-ietf-ion-scsp-atmarp-00.txt, ``A Distributed ATMARP Service Using SCSP''
Support for an ATM sockets interface is also provided.
NCR / AT&T / Lucent Technologies WaveLan T1-speed ISA/radio LAN cards ( wl(4) driver)
Lucent Technologies WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11 PCMCIA and ISA standard speed (2Mbps) and turbo speed (6Mbps) wireless network adapters and workalikes ( wi(4) driver)
Note: The ISA versions of these adapters are actually PCMCIA cards combined with an ISA to PCMCIA bridge card, so both kinds of devices work with the same driver.
NCR WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11
3COM 3crwe737A AirConnect Wireless LAN PC Card
Addtron AWA100
Cabletron RoamAbout 802.11 DS
Compaq WL100
Corega KK Wireless LAN PCC-11
ELECOM Air@Hawk/LD-WL11/PCC
Farallon Skyline 11Mbps Wireless
ICOM SL-1100
Laneed Wireless card
Melco Airconnect WLI-PCM-L11
NEC Wireless Card CMZ-RT-WP
PLANEX GeoWave/GW-NS110
TDK LAK-CD011WL
Aironet 802.11 wireless adapters ( an(4) driver)
Aironet 4500/4800 series (PCMCIA, PCI, and ISA adapters are all supported)
Cisco Systems Aironet 340, 341, and 342
Raytheon Raylink 2.4GHz wireless adapters ( ray(4) driver)
Webgear Aviator
Webgear Aviator Pro
Raylink PC Card
AMD Am79C930 and Harris (Intersil) based 802.11 cards (awi driver)
BayStack 650 and 660
Farallon SkyLINE Wireless
Icom SL-200
Melco WLI-PCM
NEL SSMagic
Netwave AirSurfer Plus and AirSurfer Pro
ZoomAir 4000
AcerISDN P10 ISA PnP (experimental)
Asuscom ISDNlink 128K ISA
ASUSCOM P-IN100-ST-D (and other Winbond W6692-based cards)
AVM
A1
B1 ISA (tested with V2.0)
B1 PCI (tested with V4.0)
Fritz!Card classic
Fritz!Card PnP
Fritz!Card PCI
T1
Creatix
ISDN-S0
ISDN-S0 P&P
Dr. Neuhaus Niccy Go@ and compatibles
Dynalink IS64PH
Eicon Diehl DIVA 2.0 and 2.02
ELSA
ELSA PCC-16
QuickStep 1000pro ISA
MicroLink ISDN/PCI
QuickStep 1000pro PCI
ITK ix1 Micro ( < V.3, non-PnP version )
Sedlbauer Win Speed
Siemens I-Surf 2.0
TELEINT ISDN SPEED No.1 (experimental)
Teles
S0/8
S0/16
S0/16.3
S0/16.3 PnP
16.3c ISA PnP (experimental)
Teles PCI-TJ
Traverse Technologies NETjet-S PCI
USRobotics Sportster ISDN TA intern
Winbond W6692 based PCI cards
AST 4 port serial card using shared IRQ
ARNET serial cards ( ar(4) driver)
ARNET 8 port serial card using shared IRQ
ARNET (now Digiboard) Sync 570/i high-speed serial
Boca multi-port serial cards
Boca BB1004 4-Port serial card (Modems not supported)
Boca IOAT66 6-Port serial card (Modems supported)
Boca BB1008 8-Port serial card (Modems not supported)
Boca BB2016 16-Port serial card (Modems supported)
Comtrol Rocketport card (rp driver)
Cyclades Cyclom-y serial board ( cy(4) driver)
STB 4 port card using shared IRQ
DigiBoard intelligent serial cards ( dgb(4) driver)
DigiBoard PC/Xe series
DigiBoard PC/Xi series
SDL Communication serial boards
SDL Communications Riscom/8 Serial Board (rc driver)
SDL Communications RISCom/N2 and N2pci high-speed sync serial boards ( sr(4) driver)
Stallion Technologies multiport serial boards
EasyIO ( stl(4) driver)
EasyConnection 8/32 ( stl(4) driver)
EasyConnection 8/64 ( stli(4) driver)
ONboard 4/16 ( stli(4) driver)
Brumby ( stli(4) driver)
Specialix SI/XIO/SX multiport serial cards, with both the older SIHOST2.x and the new ``enhanced'' (transputer based, aka JET) host cards (ISA, EISA and PCI are supported) ( si(4) driver)
Advance ( sbc(4) driver)
Asound 100 and 110
Logic ALS120 and ALS4000
CMedia sound chips
CMI8338/CMI8738
Crystal Semiconductor ( csa(4) driver)
CS461x/462x Audio Accelerator
CS428x Audio Controller
ENSONIQ ( pcm(4) driver)
AudioPCI ES1370/1371
ESS
ES1868, ES1869, ES1879 and ES1888 ( sbc(4) driver)
Maestro-1, Maestro-2, and Maestro-2E
Maestro-3/Allegro
Note: The Maestro-3/Allegro cannot be compiled into the FreeBSD kernel due to licensing restrictions, it cannot be compiled into the kernel. To use this driver, add the following line to /boot/loader.conf:
maestro3_load="YES"
ForteMedia fm801
Gravis ( gusc(4) driver)
UltraSound MAX
UltraSound PnP
Intel 443MX, 810, 815, and 815E integrated sound devices ( pcm(4) driver)
MSS/WSS Compatible DSPs ( pcm(4) driver)
NeoMagic 256AV/ZX ( pcm(4) driver)
OPTi 931/82C931 ( pcm(4) driver)
S3 Sonicvibes
Creative Technologies SoundBlaster series ( sbc(4) driver)
SoundBlaster
SoundBlaster Pro
SoundBlaster AWE-32
SoundBlaster AWE-64
SoundBlaster AWE-64 GOLD
SoundBlaster ViBRA-16
Trident 4DWave DX/NX ( pcm(4) driver)
VIA Technologies VT82C686A
Yamaha
DS1
DS1e
Brooktree Bt848/849/878/879-based frame grabbers ( bktr(4) driver)
AverMedia cards
Hauppauge Wincast TV and WinTV boards (PCI)
Intel Smart Video Recorder III
Miro PC TV
STB TV PCI
Video Highway XTreme
VideoLogic Captivator PCI
Connectix QuickCam
Cortex1 frame grabber (ctx driver)
Creative Labs Video Spigot frame grabber (spigot driver)
Matrox Meteor Video frame grabber ( meteor(4) driver)
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.
Note: USB Ethernet adapters can be found in the section listing Ethernet interfaces.
Host Controllers ( ohci(4) and uhci(4) drivers)
ALi Aladdin-V
AMD-756
CMD Tech 670 & 673
Intel 82371SB (PIIX3)
Intel 82371AB and EB (PIIX4)
Intel 82801AA (ICH)
Intel 82801AB (ICH0)
Intel 82801BA/BAM (ICH2)
Intel 82443MX
NEC uPD 9210
OPTi 82C861 (FireLink)
SiS 5571
VIA 83C572 USB
UHCI or OHCI compliant motherboard chipsets (no exceptions known)
USB host controllers (PCI)
ADS Electronics PCI plug-in card (2 ports)
Entrega PCI plug-in card (4 ports)
Hubs
Andromeda hub
MacAlly self powered hub (4 ports)
NEC hub
Keyboards ( ukbd(4) driver)
Apple iMac keyboard
BTC BTC7935 keyboard with PS/2 mouse port
Cherry G81-3504 keyboard
Logitech M2452 keyboard
MacAlly iKey keyboard
Microsoft keyboard
Miscellaneous
ActiveWire I/O Board
Rio500 MP3 player ( urio(4) driver)
Modems (umodem driver)
3Com 5605
Metricom Ricochet GS USB wireless modem
Mice ( ums(4) driver)
Agiler Mouse 29UO
Apple iMac Mouse
Belkin Mouse
Chic mouse
Cypress mouse
Genius Niche mouse
Kensington Mouse-in-a-Box
Logitech wheel mouse (3 buttons)
Logitech PS/2 / USB mouse (3 buttons)
MacAlly mouse (3 buttons)
Microsoft IntelliMouse (3 buttons)
Trust Ami Mouse (3 buttons)
Printers and parallel printer conversion cables (ulpt driver)
ATen parallel printer adapter
Belkin F5U002 parallel printer adapter
Entrega USB-to-parallel printer adapter
Scanners (through SANE) ( uscanner(4) driver)
Perfection 636U
HP ScanJet 4100C, 5200C, 6300C
Storage ( umass(4) driver)
Iomega USB Zip 100Mb (primitive support still)
Matshita CF-VFDU03 floppy drive
Microtech USB-SCSI-HD 50 USB to SCSI cable
Panasonic floppy drive
Y-E Data floppy drive (720/1.44/2.88Mb)
FAX-Modem/PCCARD
Melco IGM-PCM56K/IGM-PCM56KH
Nokia Card Phone 2.0 (gsm900/dcs1800 HSCSD terminal)
Floppy drives ( fd(4) driver)
Genius and Mustek hand scanners
GPB and Transputer drivers
HP4020, HP6020, Philips CDD2000/CDD2660 and Plasmon CD-R drives
Keyboards including:
AT-style keyboards
PS/2 keyboards
USB keyboards (specific instances are listed in the section describing USB devices)
Loran-C receiver (Dave Mills experimental hardware, loran driver).
Mice including:
Bus mice ( mse(4) driver)
PS/2 mice ( psm(4) driver)
Serial mice
USB mice (specific instances are listed in the section describing USB devices)
Parallel ports
PC-compatible joysticks ( joy(4) driver)
PHS Data Communication Card/PCCARD
NTT DoCoMo P-in Comp@ct
Panasonic KX-PH405
SII MC-P200
Serial ports
X-10 power controllers ( tw(4) driver)
Xilinx XC6200-based reconfigurable hardware cards compatible with the HOT1 from Virtual Computers (xrpu driver).
This section describes the boot-time configuration of the FreeBSD kernel.
The following table contains a list of all of the devices that are present in the GENERIC kernel. This is the essential part of the operating system that is placed in your root partition during the installation process. A compressed version of the GENERIC kernel is also used on the installation floppy diskette and DOS boot image.
The table describes the various parameters used by the driver to communicate with the hardware in your system. There are four parameters in the table, though not all are used by each and every device:
Port | The starting I/O port used by the device, shown in hexadecimal. |
IRQ | The interrupt the device uses to alert the driver to an event, given in decimal. |
DRQ | The DMA (direct memory access) channel the device uses to move data to and from main memory, also given in decimal. |
IOMem | The lowest (or starting) memory address used by the device, also shown in hexadecimal. |
If an entry is marked with an *, it means that support is currently not available for it but should be back as soon as someone converts the driver to work within the new (post-4.0) framework.
Device | Port | IRQ | DRQ | IOMem | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
fdc0 | 3f0 | 6 | 2 | n/a | Floppy disk controller |
ata0 | 170 | 14 | n/a | n/a | ATA/ATAPI controller |
ata1 | 170 | 15 | n/a | n/a | ATA/ATAPI controller |
atadisk0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | ATA disk drives |
atapicd0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | ATAPI CDROM drives |
atapifd0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | ATAPI floppy drives |
atapist0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | ATAPI tape drives |
adv0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | AdvanSys Narrow SCSI controllers |
adw0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | AdvanSys Wide SCSI controllers |
amd0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | AMD 53C974 (Tekram DC390(T)) |
ncr0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | NCR PCI SCSI controller |
bt0 | 330 | dyn | dyn | dyn | Buslogic SCSI controller |
aha0 | 330 | dyn | 5 | dyn | Adaptec 154x/1535 SCSI controller |
ahb0 | dyn | dyn | dyn | dyn | Adaptec 174x SCSI controller |
ahc0 | dyn | dyn | dyn | dyn | Adaptec 274x/284x/294x SCSI controller |
aic0 | 340 | 11 | dyn | dyn | Adaptec 152x/AIC-6360/AIC-6260 SCSI controller |
isp0 | dyn | dyn | dyn | dyn | QLogic 10X0, 1240 Ultra SCSI, 1080/1280 Ultra2 SCSI, 12160 Ultra3 SCSI, 2X00 Fibre Channel SCSI controller |
dpt0 | dyn | dyn | n/a | n/a | DPT RAID SCSI controllers |
amr0 | dyn | dyn | n/a | n/a | AMI MegaRAID controllers |
mlx0 | dyn | dyn | n/a | dyn | Mylex DAC960 RAID controllers |
twe0 | dyn | dyn | n/a | n/a | 3ware Escalade RAID controllers |
asr0 | dyn | dyn | dyn | dyn | DPT SmartRaid V, VI, and Adaptec SCSI RAID |
mly0 | dyn | dyn | dyn | dyn | Mylex AcceleRAID/eXtremeRAID |
aac | dyn | dyn | dyn | dyn | Adaptec FSA family PCI SCSI RAID |
ncv | dyn | dyn | n/a | n/a | NCR 53C500 based PC-Card SCSI |
nsp | dyn | dyn | n/a | dyn | Workbit Ninja SCSI-3 based PC-Card SCSI |
stg | dyn | dyn | n/a | n/a | TMC 18C30/50 based ISA/PC-Card SCSI |
wt0 | 300 | 5 | 1 | dyn | Wangtek and Archive QIC-02/QIC-36 |
psm0 | 60 | 12 | n/a | n/a | PS/2 Mouse |
mcd0 | 300 | 10 | n/a | n/a | Mitsumi CD-ROM |
matcd0 | 230 | n/a | n/a | n/a | Matsushita/Panasonic CD-ROM |
scd0 | 230 | n/a | n/a | n/a | Sony CD-ROM |
sio0 | 3f8 | 4 | n/a | n/a | Serial Port 0 (COM1) |
sio1 | 2f8 | 3 | n/a | n/a | Serial Port 1 (COM2) |
ppc0 | dyn | 7 | n/a | n/a | Printer ports |
dc0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | DEC/Intel 21143 cards and workalikes |
de0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | DEC DC21x40 PCI based cards (including 21140 100bT cards) |
ed0 | 280 | 10 | dyn | d8000 | WD & SMC 80xx; Novell NE1000 & NE2000; 3Com 3C503; HP PC Lan+ |
ep0 | 300 | 10 | dyn | dyn | 3Com 3C509, 3C529, 3C556, 3C562D, 3C563D, 3C572, 3C574X, 3C579, 3C589 |
ex0 | dyn | dyn | dyn | n/a | Intel EtherExpress Pro/10 cards |
fe0 | 300 | dyn | n/a | n/a | Allied-Telesyn AT1700, RE2000 and Fujitsu FMV-180 series cards. |
fxp0 | dyn | dyn | n/a | dyn | Intel EtherExpress Pro/100B and Intel PRO/100+ Management Adapter |
ie0 | 300 | 10 | dyn | d0000 | AT&T StarLAN 10 and EN100; 3Com 3C507; NI5210; Intel EtherExpress (8/16,16[TP]) cards |
le0 | 300 | 5 | dyn | d0000 | Digital Equipment EtherWorks 2 and EtherWorks 3 |
lnc0 | 280 | 10 | n/a | dyn | Lance/PCnet cards (Isolan, Novell NE2100, NE32-VL, some PCnet-PCI cards) |
pcn0 | dyn | dyn | n/a | dyn | AMD PCnet/FAST, PCnet/FAST+, PCnet/FAST III, PCnet/PRO, PCnet/Home, and HomePNA cards |
rl0 | dyn | dyn | n/a | dyn | RealTek 8129/8139 fast ethernet |
sf0 | dyn | dyn | n/a | dyn | Adaptec AIC-6915 fast ethernet |
sis0 | dyn | dyn | n/a | dyn | SiS 900/SiS 7016 fast ethernet |
sn0 | 0x300 | 10 | n/a | n/a | SMC 91xx ethernet |
ste0 | dyn | dyn | n/a | dyn | Sundance ST201 fast ethernet |
tl0 | dyn | dyn | n/a | dyn | TI TNET100 'ThunderLAN' cards. |
tx0 | dyn | dyn | n/a | dyn | SMC 9432 'Epic' fast ethernet |
wb0 | dyn | dyn | n/a | dyn | Winbond W89C840F PCI based cards. |
vr0 | dyn | dyn | n/a | dyn | VIA VT3043/VT86C100A PCI based cards. |
vx0 | dyn | dyn | n/a | dyn | 3Com 3c59x ((Fast) Etherlink III) |
xe0 | dyn | dyn | n/a | dyn | Xircom CreditCard adapters (16 bit) |
xl0 | dyn | dyn | n/a | dyn | 3Com 3c900, 3c905, 3c905B, 3c905C, 3c980, 3cSOHO100 ((Fast) Etherlink XL) |
cs0 | 0x300 | dyn | n/a | n/a | Crystal Semiconductor CS89x0-based cards. |
If the hardware in your computer is not set to the same settings as those shown in the table and the item in conflict is not marked 'dyn', you will have to either reconfigure your hardware or use UserConfig to reconfigure the kernel to match the way your hardware is currently set (see the next section).
If the settings do not match, the kernel may be unable to locate or reliably access the devices in your system.
Note: The markup for this section leaves a lot to be desired.
The FreeBSD kernel on the install floppy contains drivers for every piece of hardware that could conceivably be used to install the rest of the system with. Unfortunately, PC hardware being what it is, some of these devices can be difficult to detect accurately, and for some, the process of detecting another can cause irreversible confusion.
To make this process easier, FreeBSD provides UserConfig. With this tool the user can configure and disable device drivers before the kernel is loaded, avoiding potential conflicts, and eliminating the need to reconfigure hardware to suit the default driver settings.
Once FreeBSD is installed, it will remember the changes made using UserConfig, so that they only need be made once.
It is important to disable drivers that are not relevant to a system in order to minimize the possibility of interference, which can cause problems that are difficult to track down.
UserConfig features a command line interface for users with serial consoles or a need to type commands, and a full screen ``visual'' interface, which provides point-and-shoot configuration functionality.
Here is a sample UserConfig screen shot in ``visual'' mode:
---Active Drivers---------------------------10 Conflicts------Dev---IRQ--Port-- Storage : (Collapsed) Network : NE1000,NE2000,3C503,WD/SMC80xx Ethernet adapters CONF ed0 5 0x280 NE1000,NE2000,3C503,WD/SMC80xx Ethernet adapters CONF ed1 5 0x300 Communications : (Collapsed) Input : (Collapsed) Multimedia : ---Inactive Drivers-------------------------------------------Dev-------------- Storage : Network : (Collapsed) Communications : Input : Multimedia : ---Parameters-for-device-ed0--------------------------------------------------- Port address : 0x280 Memory address : 0xd8000 IRQ number : 5 Memory size : 0x2000 Flags : 0x0000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IO Port address (Hexadecimal, 0x1-0x2000) [TAB] Change fields [Q] Save device parameters
The screen is divided into four sections:
Active Drivers. Listed here are the device drivers that are currently enabled, and their basic parameters.
Inactive Drivers. These drivers are present, but are disabled.
Parameter edit field. This area is used for editing driver parameters.
Help area. Keystroke help is displayed here.
One of the Active and Inactive lists is always in use, and the current entry in the list will be shown with a highlight bar. If there are more entries in a list than can be shown, it will scroll. The bar can be moved up and down using the cursor keys, and moved between lists with the TAB key.
Drivers in the Active list may be marked CONF. This indicates that one or more of their parameters conflicts with another device, and indicates a potential for problems. The total number of conflicts is displayed at the top of the screen.
As a general rule, conflicts should be avoided, either by disabling conflicting devices that are not present in the system, or by altering their configuration so that they match the installed hardware.
In the list areas, drivers are grouped by their basic function. Groups can be Collapsed to simplify the display (this is the default state for all groups). If a group is collapsed, it will be shown with Collapsed in the list, as above. To Expand a Collapsed group, position the highlight bar over the group heading and press Enter. To Collapse it again, repeat the process.
When a device driver in the Active list is highlighted, its full parameters are displayed in the Parameter edit area. Note that not all drivers use all possible parameters, and some hardware supported by drivers may not use all the parameters the driver supports.
To disable a driver, go to the Active list, Expand the group it is in, highlight the driver and press Del. The driver will move to its group in the Inactive list. (If the group is collapsed or off the screen, you may not see the driver in its new location.)
To enable a driver, go to the Inactive list, Expand the group it is in, highlight the driver and press Enter. The highlight will move to the Active list, and the driver you have just enabled will be highlighted, ready to be configured.
To configure a driver, go to the Active list, Expand the group it is in, highlight the driver and press Enter. The cursor will move to the Parameter edit area, and the device's parameters may be edited.
While editing parameters, the TAB and cursor keys can be used to move between fields. Most numeric values (except IRQ) are entered in hexadecimal, as indicated by the '0x' at the beginning of the field. The allowable values for a given field are show in the Key Help area when the field is active.
To finish configuring a driver, press 'Q'.
Note that PCI, Microchannel and EISA devices can be probed reliably, therefore they are not shown in the table above nor can their settings be changed using UserConfig.
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