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<h3 class="CORPAUTHOR">The FreeBSD Documentation Project</h3>

<p class="COPYRIGHT">Copyright &copy; 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 The FreeBSD Documentation
Project</p>

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</div>

<div class="TOC">
<dl>
<dt><b>Table of Contents</b></dt>

<dt>1 <a href="#INTRO">Introduction</a></dt>

<dt>2 <a href="#SUPPORT-SYS">Supported Systems</a></dt>

<dd>
<dl>
<dt>2.1 <a href="#AEN25">Fully Supported Systems</a></dt>

<dt>2.2 <a href="#AEN75">Partially Supported Systems</a></dt>

<dt>2.3 <a href="#AEN87">Unsupported Systems</a></dt>
</dl>
</dd>

<dt>3 <a href="#SUPPORT">Supported Devices</a></dt>

<dd>
<dl>
<dt>3.1 <a href="#AEN103">Disk Controllers</a></dt>

<dt>3.2 <a href="#ETHERNET">Ethernet Interfaces</a></dt>

<dt>3.3 <a href="#AEN824">FDDI Interfaces</a></dt>

<dt>3.4 <a href="#AEN834">ATM Interfaces</a></dt>

<dt>3.5 <a href="#AEN853">Wireless Network Interfaces</a></dt>

<dt>3.6 <a href="#AEN879">Miscellaneous Networks</a></dt>

<dt>3.7 <a href="#AEN902">ISDN Interfaces</a></dt>

<dt>3.8 <a href="#AEN966">Serial Interfaces</a></dt>

<dt>3.9 <a href="#AEN1139">Audio Devices</a></dt>

<dt>3.10 <a href="#AEN1261">Camera and Video Capture Devices</a></dt>

<dt>3.11 <a href="#USB">USB Devices</a></dt>

<dt>3.12 <a href="#FIREWIRE">IEEE 1394 (Firewire) Devices</a></dt>

<dt>3.13 <a href="#BLUETOOTH">Bluetooth Devices</a></dt>

<dt>3.14 <a href="#AEN1489">Cryptographic Accelerators</a></dt>

<dt>3.15 <a href="#AEN1507">Miscellaneous</a></dt>
</dl>
</dd>
</dl>
</div>

<div class="SECT1">
<h2 class="SECT1"><a id="INTRO" name="INTRO">1 Introduction</a></h2>

<p>This document contains the hardware compatibility notes for FreeBSD 5.2-RELEASE on the
UltraSPARC hardware platform (also referred to as FreeBSD/sparc64 5.2-RELEASE). 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.</p>

<div class="NOTE">
<blockquote class="NOTE">
<p><b>Note:</b> This document includes information specific to the UltraSPARC hardware
platform. Versions of the hardware compatibility notes for other architectures will
differ in some details.</p>
</blockquote>
</div>
</div>

<div class="SECT1">
<hr />
<h2 class="SECT1"><a id="SUPPORT-SYS" name="SUPPORT-SYS">2 Supported Systems</a></h2>

<p>This section describes the systems currently known to be supported by FreeBSD on the
UltraSPARC platform. For background information on the various hardware designs see the
<a href="http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/" target="_top">Sun System
Handbook</a>.</p>

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

<p>If you have a system that is not listed here, it may not have been tested with FreeBSD
5.2-RELEASE. We encourage you to try it and send a note to the <a
href="http://lists.FreeBSD.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-sparc64" target="_top">FreeBSD
SPARC porting mailing list</a> with your results, including which devices work and which
do not.</p>

<div class="SECT2">
<hr />
<h3 class="SECT2"><a id="AEN25" name="AEN25">2.1 Fully Supported Systems</a></h3>

<p>The following systems are fully supported by FreeBSD.</p>

<ul>
<li>
<p>Blade 100</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>Blade 150</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>Enterprise 220R</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>Enterprise 250</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>Enterprise 420R</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>Enterprise 450</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>Fire V100</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>Fire V120</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>Netra t1 105</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>Netra T1 AC200/DC200</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>Netra t 1100</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>Netra t 1120</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>Netra t 1125</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>Netra t 1400/1405</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>Netra 120</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>Netra X1</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>SPARCEngine Ultra AXi</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>SPARCEngine Ultra AXmp</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>Ultra 5</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>Ultra 10</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>Ultra 30</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>Ultra 60</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>Ultra 80</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>

<div class="SECT2">
<hr />
<h3 class="SECT2"><a id="AEN75" name="AEN75">2.2 Partially Supported Systems</a></h3>

<p>The following systems are partially supported by FreeBSD. In particular the onboard
scsi controller in sbus systems is not supported.</p>

<ul>
<li>
<p>Enterprise 3500</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>Enterprise 4500</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>Ultra 1 Enterprise (1E for short)</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>Ultra 2</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>

<div class="SECT2">
<hr />
<h3 class="SECT2"><a id="AEN87" name="AEN87">2.3 Unsupported Systems</a></h3>

<p>The following systems are not supported by FreeBSD. This may be due to lack of
processor support (UltraSPARC III), due to a quirk in the system design that makes
FreeBSD unstable, or due to lack of support for sufficient onboard devices to make
FreeBSD generally useful.</p>

<ul>
<li>
<p>All systems containing UltraSPARC III processor(s).</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>Ultra 1</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>

<div class="SECT1">
<hr />
<h2 class="SECT1"><a id="SUPPORT" name="SUPPORT">3 Supported Devices</a></h2>

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<p>This section describes the devices currently known to be supported by with FreeBSD on
the UltraSPARC platform. Other configurations may also work, but simply have not been
tested yet. Feedback, updates, and corrections to this list are encouraged.</p>

<p>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. Information on specific models of supported devices,
controllers, etc. can be found in the manual pages.</p>

<div class="NOTE">
<blockquote class="NOTE">
<p><b>Note:</b> Lists of specific, supported devices are gradually being removed from
this document in order to reduce the amount of duplicated (and potentially out-of-date)
information contained within. When this process is complete, the manual page for each
driver should be consulted for the authoritative list of devices supported that
particular driver.</p>
</blockquote>
</div>

<div class="SECT2">
<hr />
<h3 class="SECT2"><a id="AEN103" name="AEN103">3.1 Disk Controllers</a></h3>

<p>IDE/ATA controllers (<a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ata&amp;sektion=4&amp;manpath=FreeBSD+5.2-RELEASE">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ata</span>(4)</span></a>
driver)</p>

<ul>
<li>
<p>Acard ATP850 UDMA2, ATP860 UDMA4, ATP865 UDMA6</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>AMD 756 ATA66, 766 ATA100, 768 ATA100</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>Cenatek Rocket Drive</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>CMD 646, 648 ATA66, and 649 ATA100</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>Cypress 82C693</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>Cyrix 5530 ATA33</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>HighPoint HPT366 ATA66, HPT370 ATA100, HPT372 ATA133, HPT374 ATA133</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>Intel PIIX, PIIX3, PIIX4</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>Intel ICH ATA66, ICH2 ATA100, ICH3 ATA100, ICH4 ATA100</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>nVidia nForce ATA100, nForce2 ATA133</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>Promise ATA100 OEM chip (pdc20265)</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>Promise ATA133 OEM chip (pdc20269)</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>Promise Fasttrak-33, -66, -100, -100 TX2/TX4, -133 TX2/TX2000</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>Promise SATA150 TX2/TX4 Serial ATA/150</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>Promise Ultra-33, -66, -100, -133 TX2/TX2000/TX4000</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>ServerWorks ROSB4 ATA33</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>ServerWorks CSB5 and CSB6 ATA66/ATA100</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>Sil 0680 UDMA6</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>SiS 530, 540, 550, 620</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>SiS 630, 630S, 633, 635, 640, 645, 645DX, 648, 650, 651, 652, 655, 658, 730, 733, 735,
740, 745, 746, 748, 750, 751, 752, 755</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>SiS 5591 ATA100</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>VIA 82C586 ATA33, 82C596 ATA66, 82C686a ATA66, 82C686b ATA100</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>VIA 8233, 8235 ATA133</p>
</li>
</ul>

<br />
<br />
<p>Adaptec AIC-7770, AIC-7850, AIC-7860, AIC-7870, AIC-7880, and AIC789x based SCSI host
adapters (<a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ahc&amp;sektion=4&amp;manpath=FreeBSD+5.2-RELEASE">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ahc</span>(4)</span></a>
driver)</p>

<p>Ultra-320 SCSI controllers based on the Adaptec AIC7901, AIC7901A, and AIC7902
Ultra320 controller chips (<a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ahd&amp;sektion=4&amp;manpath=FreeBSD+5.2-RELEASE">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ahd</span>(4)</span></a>
driver)</p>

<p>LSI/Symbios (formerly NCR) 53C8<var class="REPLACEABLE">XX</var> and 53C10<var
class="REPLACEABLE">XX</var> PCI SCSI controllers, either embedded on motherboard or on
add-on boards (<a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ncr&amp;sektion=4&amp;manpath=FreeBSD+5.2-RELEASE">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ncr</span>(4)</span></a> and <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sym&amp;sektion=4&amp;manpath=FreeBSD+5.2-RELEASE">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">sym</span>(4)</span></a>
drivers)</p>

<p>Qlogic controllers and variants (<a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=isp&amp;sektion=4&amp;manpath=FreeBSD+5.2-RELEASE">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">isp</span>(4)</span></a>
driver)</p>

<p>LSI Logic Fusion/MP architecture Fiber Channel controllers (<a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mpt&amp;sektion=4&amp;manpath=FreeBSD+5.2-RELEASE">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">mpt</span>(4)</span></a>
driver)</p>

<p>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 <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=cd&amp;sektion=4&amp;manpath=FreeBSD+5.2-RELEASE">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">cd</span>(4)</span></a>).
WORM/CD-R/CD-RW writing support is provided by <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=cdrecord&amp;sektion=1&amp;manpath=FreeBSD+Ports">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">cdrecord</span>(1)</span></a>,
which is a part of the <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/url.cgi?ports/sysutils/cdrtools/pkg-descr"><tt
class="FILENAME">sysutils/cdrtools</tt></a> port in the Ports Collection.</p>

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

<ul>
<li>
<p>SCSI interface (also includes ProAudio Spectrum and SoundBlaster SCSI) (<a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=cd&amp;sektion=4&amp;manpath=FreeBSD+5.2-RELEASE">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">cd</span>(4)</span></a>)</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>ATAPI IDE interface (<a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=acd&amp;sektion=4&amp;manpath=FreeBSD+5.2-RELEASE">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">acd</span>(4)</span></a>)</p>
</li>
</ul>

<br />
<br />
</div>

<div class="SECT2">
<hr />
<h3 class="SECT2"><a id="ETHERNET" name="ETHERNET">3.2 Ethernet Interfaces</a></h3>

<p>RealTek 8129/8139 Fast Ethernet NICs (<a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rl&amp;sektion=4&amp;manpath=FreeBSD+5.2-RELEASE">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">rl</span>(4)</span></a>
driver)</p>

<p>DEC/Intel 21143 Fast Ethernet NICs and clones for PCI, MiniPCI, and CardBus (<a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=dc&amp;sektion=4&amp;manpath=FreeBSD+5.2-RELEASE">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">dc</span>(4)</span></a>
driver)</p>

<p>Intel 82557-, 82258-, 82559-, 82550- or 82562-based Fast Ethernet NICs (<a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=fxp&amp;sektion=4&amp;manpath=FreeBSD+5.2-RELEASE">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">fxp</span>(4)</span></a>
driver)</p>

<ul>
<li>
<p>Intel EtherExpress Pro/100B PCI Fast Ethernet</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>Intel PRO/100+ Management Adapter</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>Intel Pro/100 VE Desktop Adapter</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>Intel Pro/100 M Desktop Adapter</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>Intel Pro/100 S Desktop, Server and Dual-Port Server Adapters</p>
</li>
</ul>

<br />
<br />
<p>3Com Etherlink XL-based NICs (<a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=xl&amp;sektion=4&amp;manpath=FreeBSD+5.2-RELEASE">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">xl</span>(4)</span></a>
driver)</p>

<p>Sun HME and QFE Ethernet NICs (<a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=hme&amp;sektion=4&amp;manpath=FreeBSD+5.2-RELEASE">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">hme</span>(4)</span></a>
driver)</p>

<p>Sun GEM (Gigabit Ethernet) and ERI (Fast Ethernet) NICs (<a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=gem&amp;sektion=4&amp;manpath=FreeBSD+5.2-RELEASE">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">gem</span>(4)</span></a>
driver)</p>
</div>

<div class="SECT2">
<hr />
<h3 class="SECT2"><a id="AEN824" name="AEN824">3.3 FDDI Interfaces</a></h3>
</div>

<div class="SECT2">
<hr />
<h3 class="SECT2"><a id="AEN834" name="AEN834">3.4 ATM Interfaces</a></h3>

<p>FORE Systems, Inc. PCA-200E ATM PCI Adapters (hfa and <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=fatm&amp;sektion=4&amp;manpath=FreeBSD+5.2-RELEASE">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">fatm</span>(4)</span></a>
drivers)</p>

<p>FORE Systems, Inc. HE155 and HE622 ATM interfaces (<a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=hatm&amp;sektion=4&amp;manpath=FreeBSD+5.2-RELEASE">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">hatm</span>(4)</span></a>
driver)</p>
</div>

<div class="SECT2">
<hr />
<h3 class="SECT2"><a id="AEN853" name="AEN853">3.5 Wireless Network Interfaces</a></h3>
</div>

<div class="SECT2">
<hr />
<h3 class="SECT2"><a id="AEN879" name="AEN879">3.6 Miscellaneous Networks</a></h3>
</div>

<div class="SECT2">
<hr />
<h3 class="SECT2"><a id="AEN902" name="AEN902">3.7 ISDN Interfaces</a></h3>
</div>

<div class="SECT2">
<hr />
<h3 class="SECT2"><a id="AEN966" name="AEN966">3.8 Serial Interfaces</a></h3>

<p>Serial ports based on the SAB82532 serial chip, console only (<a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sab&amp;sektion=4&amp;manpath=FreeBSD+5.2-RELEASE">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">sab</span>(4)</span></a>
driver)</p>

<p>Serial ports based on the Zilog 8530 dual uart, console only (zs driver)</p>
</div>

<div class="SECT2">
<hr />
<h3 class="SECT2"><a id="AEN1139" name="AEN1139">3.9 Audio Devices</a></h3>
</div>

<div class="SECT2">
<hr />
<h3 class="SECT2"><a id="AEN1261" name="AEN1261">3.10 Camera and Video Capture
Devices</a></h3>
</div>

<div class="SECT2">
<hr />
<h3 class="SECT2"><a id="USB" name="USB">3.11 USB Devices</a></h3>
</div>

<div class="SECT2">
<hr />
<h3 class="SECT2"><a id="FIREWIRE" name="FIREWIRE">3.12 IEEE 1394 (Firewire)
Devices</a></h3>

<p>Host Controllers (<a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=fwohci&amp;sektion=4&amp;manpath=FreeBSD+5.2-RELEASE">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">fwohci</span>(4)</span></a>
driver)</p>

<p>Serial Bus Protocol 2 (SBP-2) storage devices (<a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sbp&amp;sektion=4&amp;manpath=FreeBSD+5.2-RELEASE">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">sbp</span>(4)</span></a>
driver)</p>
</div>

<div class="SECT2">
<hr />
<h3 class="SECT2"><a id="BLUETOOTH" name="BLUETOOTH">3.13 Bluetooth Devices</a></h3>
</div>

<div class="SECT2">
<hr />
<h3 class="SECT2"><a id="AEN1489" name="AEN1489">3.14 Cryptographic Accelerators</a></h3>
</div>

<div class="SECT2">
<hr />
<h3 class="SECT2"><a id="AEN1507" name="AEN1507">3.15 Miscellaneous</a></h3>

<p>OpenFirmware console (ofwcons driver)</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>

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<p align="center"><small>For questions about FreeBSD, read the <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/docs.html">documentation</a> before contacting &#60;<a
href="mailto:questions@FreeBSD.org">questions@FreeBSD.org</a>&#62;.</small></p>

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