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Author: gjb Date: Thu Oct 5 18:58:44 2017 New Revision: 51047 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/51047 Log: Add directory structure and XML files from base/head/release/doc/ in preparation for adding the build glue for the release-related documentation. This corresponds to src revision r324328 (r317508 being the last revision change). 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An up-to-date version of this document + should always be consulted before installing this version of + &os;.</para> + + <para>This errata document for &os; &release; + will be maintained until the release of &os; &release.next;.</para> + </abstract> + </info> + + <sect1 xml:id="intro"> + <title>Introduction</title> + + <para>This errata document contains <quote>late-breaking news</quote> + about &os; &release; + Before installing this version, it is important to consult this + document to learn about any post-release discoveries or problems + that may already have been found and fixed.</para> + + <para>Any version of this errata document actually distributed + with the release (for example, on a CDROM distribution) will be + out of date by definition, but other copies are kept updated on + the Internet and should be consulted as the <quote>current + errata</quote> for this release. These other copies of the + errata are located at + <link xlink:href="https://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/" />, + plus any sites + which keep up-to-date mirrors of this location.</para> + + <para>Source and binary snapshots of &os; &release.branch; also + contain up-to-date copies of this document (as of the time of + the snapshot).</para> + + <para>For a list of all &os; CERT security advisories, see + <link xlink:href="https://www.FreeBSD.org/security/"/>.</para> + </sect1> + + <sect1 xml:id="security"> + <title>Security Advisories</title> + + &security; + </sect1> + + <sect1 xml:id="errata"> + <title>Errata Notices</title> + + &errata; + </sect1> + + <sect1 xml:id="open-issues"> + <title>Open Issues</title> + + <para>No open issues.</para> + </sect1> + + <sect1 xml:id="late-news"> + <title>Late-Breaking News</title> + + <para>No news.</para> + </sect1> +</article> Added: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/12.0R/hardware/hardware.xml ============================================================================== --- /dev/null 00:00:00 1970 (empty, because file is newly added) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/12.0R/hardware/hardware.xml Thu Oct 5 18:58:44 2017 (r51047) @@ -0,0 +1,1460 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> +<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//DTD DocBook XML V5.0-Based Extension//EN" +"../../../../../share/xml/freebsd50.dtd" [ +<!ENTITY % release PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//ENTITIES Release Specification//EN" "../share/xml/release.ent"> + %release; +<!ENTITY % sponsor PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//ENTITIES Sponsor Specification//EN" "../share/xml/sponsor.ent"> + %sponsor; +<!ENTITY % vendor PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//ENTITIES Vendor Specification//EN" "../share/xml/vendor.ent"> + %vendor; +<!ENTITY security SYSTEM "../share/xml/security.xml"> +<!ENTITY errata SYSTEM "../share/xml/errata.xml"> +<!-- <!ENTITY % devauto PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//ENTITIES Auto Generated Device Lists//EN" "../share/xml/dev-auto.ent"> --> +<!ENTITY % devauto PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//ENTITIES Auto Generated Device Lists//EN" "../dev-auto.ent"> +%devauto; +]> +<article xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="5.0"> + <info><title>&os; &release.current; Hardware Notes</title> + + + <author><orgname>The &os; Documentation Project</orgname></author> + + <pubdate>$FreeBSD$</pubdate> + + <copyright> + <year>2000</year> + <year>2001</year> + <year>2002</year> + <year>2003</year> + <year>2004</year> + <year>2005</year> + <year>2006</year> + <year>2007</year> + <year>2008</year> + <year>2009</year> + <year>2010</year> + <year>2011</year> + <year>2012</year> + <year>2013</year> + <year>2014</year> + <year>2015</year> + <year>2016</year> + <year>2017</year> + <holder role="mailto:[email protected]">The &os; Documentation Project</holder> + </copyright> + + <legalnotice xml:id="trademarks" role="trademarks"> + &tm-attrib.freebsd; + &tm-attrib.amd; + &tm-attrib.fujitsu; + &tm-attrib.ibm; + &tm-attrib.intel; + &tm-attrib.sparc; + &tm-attrib.sun; + &tm-attrib.general; + </legalnotice> + + </info> + + <sect1 xml: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 xml: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 xml: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; supports 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>&amd.sempron;.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>&amd.turion;.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>&amd.phenom;.</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; &core; i range of processors</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>All &intel; &pentium; D processors</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>All &intel; ¢rino; Duo and ¢rino; Pro platforms</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 <link xlink:href="http://processorfinder.intel.com">Intel + Processor Spec Finder</link> 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. Some of + &intel;'s old documentation refers to &intel; EM64T as + <quote>64-bit extension technology</quote> or + <quote>IA-32e</quote>.</para> + + <para>Both Uniprocessor (UP) and Symmetric Multi-processor (SMP) + configurations are supported.</para> + + <para>In many respects, &os;/&arch.amd64; is similar to + &os;/&arch.i386;, in terms of drivers supported. Generally, + drivers that already function correctly on other 64-bit + platforms should work.</para> + + </sect2> + + <sect2 xml: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 + Élan 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 buses 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 SMT (Symmetric MultiThreading, + also known as HyperThreading on &intel; CPUs) on the supported + CPUs. The <filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel which is + installed by default will automatically detect the additional + logical processors. The default &os; scheduler recognizes + processor topology on the system and selects logical and + physical processors to obtain optimal performance. + 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; manual page 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 <link xlink:href="http://acpi.sourceforge.net/dsdt/index.php">DSDT</link> + section of the <link xlink:href="http://acpi.sourceforge.net/">ACPI4Linux</link> 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 xml:id="proc-powerpc"> + <title>powerpc</title> + + <para>All Apple PowerPC machines with built-in USB are supported, + as well a limited selection of non-Apple machines, + including KVM on POWER7</para> + + <para>SMP is supported on all systems with more than + 1 processor.</para> + </sect2> + + <sect2 xml:id="proc-sparc64"> + <title>sparc64</title> + + <para>This section describes the systems currently known to be + supported by &os; on the Fujitsu &sparc64; and Sun &ultrasparc; + platforms.</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>Naturetech GENIALstation 777S</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>&sun.blade; 100</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>&sun.blade; 150</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>&sun.enterprise; 150</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; B100s (support for the on-board NICs first + appeared in 8.1-RELEASE)</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>&sun.fire; V100</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>&sun.fire; V120</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Sun &netra; t1 100/105</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Sun &netra; T1 AC200/DC200</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Sun &netra; t 1100</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Sun &netra; t 1120</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Sun &netra; t 1125</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Sun &netra; t 1400/1405</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Sun &netra; 120</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Sun &netra; X1</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Sun &sparcengine; Ultra AX1105</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Sun &sparcengine; Ultra AXe</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Sun &sparcengine; Ultra AXi</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Sun &sparcengine; Ultra AXmp</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Sun &sparcengine; CP1500</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 fiber 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 Sun + &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 and 8.1-RELEASE)</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>&sun.fire; V240</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>&sun.fire; V245 (support first appeared in 7.3-RELEASE and 8.1-RELEASE)</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>&sun.fire; V250</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>&sun.fire; V440 (support for the on-board NICs first + appeared in 7.3-RELEASE and 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 and 8.1-RELEASE, + other centerplanes might work beginning with 8.3-RELEASE and 9.0-RELEASE)</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>&sun.fire; V880</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>&sun.fire; V890 (support first appeared in 7.4-RELEASE and 8.1-RELEASE, + non-mixed &ultrasparc; IV/IV+ CPU-configurations only)</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>&netra; 20/&netra; T4</para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + + <para>The following Sun &ultrasparc; 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; V490 (support first appeared in 7.4-RELEASE and 8.1-RELEASE, + non-mixed &ultrasparc; IV/IV+ CPU-configurations only)</para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + + <para>Starting with 7.4-RELEASE and 8.1-RELEASE, &arch.sparc64; systems based on + Fujitsu &sparc64; V are also supported by &os;, which + includes the following known working systems:</para> + + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para>Fujitsu &primepower; 250</para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + + <para>The following Fujitsu &primepower; systems are not tested but + believed to be also supported by &os;:</para> + + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para>Fujitsu &primepower; 450</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Fujitsu &primepower; 650</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Fujitsu &primepower; 850</para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + + </sect2> + </sect1> + + <!-- + + The "Supported Devices" section of the release notes. + Generally processor-independent, with conditional text + inclusion handling any architecture-dependent text. + + Within each subsection describing a class of hardware + (i.e. Ethernet interfaces), list broad groups of devices + alphabetically as paragraphs sorted alphabetically (frequently + these groups will be arranged by manufacturer, i.e. 3Com + Ethernet interfaces). + + Where applicable, a "Miscellaneous" section may follow all + other named sections. + + These guidelines are not hard-and-fast rules, and exceptions + will occur. Following these guidelines (vague as they may be) + is highly recommended to try to keep the formatting of + this section consistent. + + We give manpage references using the &man entities where + possible. If a driver has no manpage (and consequently no + &man entity, we simply give the name of the driver). + Please avoid doing &man entity conversions unless you + know for sure that an entity and manpage exist; sweeps through + this file to fix "missed" conversions are likely to break the + build. + --> + + <sect1 xml: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 xml:id="disk"> + <title>Disk Controllers</title> + + <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;, &arch.sparc64;] + IDE/ATA controllers (&man.ata.4; driver)</para> + + &hwlist.aac; + + &hwlist.adv; + + &hwlist.adw; + + &hwlist.aha; + + &hwlist.ahc; + + &hwlist.ahci; + + &hwlist.ahd; + + &hwlist.aic; + + &hwlist.amr; + + &hwlist.arcmsr; + + &hwlist.bt; + + &hwlist.ciss; + + &hwlist.dpt; + + <note> + <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] Booting from these + controllers is supported. EISA adapters are not + supported.</para> + </note> + + &hwlist.esp; + + &hwlist.hpt27xx; + + &hwlist.hptiop; + + &hwlist.hptmv; + + &hwlist.hptrr; + + &hwlist.ida; + + &hwlist.iir; + + &hwlist.ips; + + &hwlist.isci; + + &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.mpr; + + &hwlist.mps; + + &hwlist.mpt; + + &hwlist.mrsas; + + &hwlist.mvs; + + &hwlist.ncr; + + &hwlist.ncv; + + &hwlist.nsp; + + &hwlist.pms; + + &hwlist.pst; + + &hwlist.siis; + + &hwlist.stg; + + &hwlist.sym; + + &hwlist.trm; + + &hwlist.twa; + + &hwlist.twe; + + &hwlist.tws; + + &hwlist.vpo; + + <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 <package>sysutils/cdrtools</package> 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>ATAPI IDE interface (&man.acd.4;)</para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </sect2> + + <sect2 xml:id="ethernet"> + <title>Ethernet Interfaces</title> + + &hwlist.ae; + + &hwlist.age; + + &hwlist.ale; + + &hwlist.aue; + + &hwlist.axe; + + <para>ASIX Electronics AX88178A/AX88179 USB Gigabit Ethernet + adapters (&man.axge.4; driver)</para> + + &hwlist.bce; + + <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] Broadcom BCM4401 based Fast + Ethernet adapters (&man.bfe.4; driver)</para> + + &hwlist.bge; + + &hwlist.bnxt; + + &hwlist.bxe; + + &hwlist.cas; + + &hwlist.cdce; + + <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] Crystal Semiconductor + CS89x0-based NICs (&man.cs.4; driver)</para> + + &hwlist.cue; + + &hwlist.cxgb; + + &hwlist.cxgbe; + + &hwlist.dc; + + &hwlist.de; + + &hwlist.ed; + + &hwlist.em; + + &hwlist.ep; + + <para>Agere ET1310 Gigabit Ethernet adapters + (&man.et.4; driver)</para> + + &hwlist.ex; + + &hwlist.fe; + + &hwlist.fxp; + + &hwlist.gem; + + &hwlist.hme; + + &hwlist.ipheth; + + &hwlist.ixgb; + + &hwlist.ixgbe; + + &hwlist.ixl; + + &hwlist.jme; + + &hwlist.kue; + + &hwlist.lge; + + &hwlist.mlx4en; + + &hwlist.mlx5en; + + &hwlist.msk; + + &hwlist.mxge; + + &hwlist.my; + + &hwlist.nfe; + + &hwlist.nge; + + &hwlist.nxge; + + &hwlist.oce; + + &hwlist.pcn; + + &hwlist.qlxgb; + + &hwlist.qlxgbe; + + &hwlist.qlxge; + + &hwlist.re; + + &hwlist.rl; + + &hwlist.rue; + + &hwlist.sf; + + &hwlist.sfxge; + + &hwlist.sge; + + &hwlist.sis; + + &hwlist.sk; + + &hwlist.smsc; + + &hwlist.sn; + + &hwlist.ste; + + &hwlist.stge; + + &hwlist.ti; + + &hwlist.tl; + + <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] SMC 83c17x + (EPIC)-based Ethernet NICs (&man.tx.4; driver)</para> + + &hwlist.txp; + + &hwlist.udav; + + &hwlist.urndis; + + &hwlist.vge; + + &hwlist.vr; *** DIFF OUTPUT TRUNCATED AT 1000 LINES *** _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-doc-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"