--- wikisrc/ports/i386.mdwn 2012/06/17 17:23:44 1.1 +++ wikisrc/ports/i386.mdwn 2014/04/18 20:46:30 1.5 @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ [[!template id=port port="i386" -cur_rel="5.1.2" -future_rel="6.0" -changes_cur="5.0" -changes_future="6.0" +cur_rel="6.1.4" +future_rel="7.0" +changes_cur="6.0" +changes_future="7.0" thumbnail="http://www.netbsd.org/images/ports/i386/header.gif" about=""" -NetBSD/i386 is the port of NetBSD to the IBM PCs and PC clones with i386-family processors. It runs on ISA (AT-bus), EISA, PCI, VL-bus and MCA systems, with or without math coprocessors. +NetBSD/i386 is the port of NetBSD to generic machines ("PC clones") with 32-bit x86-family processors. It runs on PCI-Express, PCI, and CardBus systems, as well as older hardware with PCMCIA, VL-bus, EISA, MCA, and ISA (AT-bus) interfaces, with or without math coprocessors. NetBSD/i386 was the original port of NetBSD, and was initially released as [NetBSD 0.8](http://www.netbsd.org/releases/formal-0.8/) in 1993. @@ -14,35 +14,35 @@ Frank van der Linden is the current port """ supported_hardware=""" -The minimal configuration for a NetBSD/i386 system requires 4M of RAM and about -40M of disk space. For a full installation (including source and X11), at least -8M of RAM and 200M of disk space are recommended. -Any i486 or better CPU should work - genuine Intel or a compatible such as -Cyrix, AMD, or NexGen. +The minimal configuration for a NetBSD/i386 system requires 4M of RAM and about 40M of disk space. + +For a full installation (including source and X11), at least 8M of RAM and 200M of disk space are recommended. + +Any i486 or better CPU should work - genuine Intel or a compatible such as Cyrix, AMD, or NexGen. + Devices (driver names in parenthesis) supported by NetBSD/i386 include: -* Machine-independent drivers for ISA devices -* Machine-independent drivers for PCI devices -* Machine-independent drivers for EISA devices -* Machine-independent drivers for PCMCIA devices -* Machine-independent drivers for Cardbus devices -* Machine-independent drivers for ATA devices -* Machine-independent drivers for SCSI and ATAPI devices. -* Machine-independent drivers for USB devices -* Machine-independent drivers for MII devices (IEEE 802.3 Media Independent - Interface, typically used for physical media interfaces for FastEthernet - controllers) -* Machine-independent drivers for MCA devices -* Standard PC floppy controllers (fdc) and drives (fd) -* Adaptec 284x VLbus SCSI host adapters (ahc) -* NCR 53C80 port-mapped and memory-mapped SCSI host adapters (nca) -* The PC speaker (pcppi and sysbeep) -* Logitech bus mouse (lms) -* Microsoft InPort mouse (mms) -* PS/2 mouse (pms) -* Joysticks on game ports (joy) -* MDA, CGA, VGA, SVGA and HGC Display Adapters (pccons or wscons). Note: - not all of the display adapters supported by NetBSD/i386 will work with - X. See the XFree86 FAQ for more information. + + * Machine-independent drivers for ISA devices + * Machine-independent drivers for PCI devices + * Machine-independent drivers for EISA devices + * Machine-independent drivers for PCMCIA devices + * Machine-independent drivers for Cardbus devices + * Machine-independent drivers for ATA devices + * Machine-independent drivers for SCSI and ATAPI devices. + * Machine-independent drivers for USB devices + * Machine-independent drivers for MII devices (IEEE 802.3 Media Independent Interface, typically used for physical media interfaces for FastEthernet controllers) + * Machine-independent drivers for MCA devices + * Standard PC floppy controllers (fdc) and drives (fd) + * Adaptec 284x VLbus SCSI host adapters (ahc) + * NCR 53C80 port-mapped and memory-mapped SCSI host adapters (nca) + * The PC speaker (pcppi and sysbeep) + * Logitech bus mouse (lms) + * Microsoft InPort mouse (mms) + * PS/2 mouse (pms) + * Joysticks on game ports (joy) + * MDA, CGA, VGA, SVGA and HGC Display Adapters (pccons or wscons). + * not all of the display adapters supported by NetBSD/i386 will work with X. See the XFree86 FAQ for more information. """ + ]] [[!tag tier1port]]