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SPARC International, Inc owns all of the SPARC +trademarks and under licensing agreements allows the proper use of these trademarks by +its members.</p> + +<p>Sun, Sun Microsystems, Java, Java Virtual Machine, JavaServer Pages, JDK, JRE, JSP, +JVM, Netra, OpenJDK, Solaris, StarOffice, Sun Blade, Sun Enterprise, Sun Fire, SunOS, +Ultra and VirtualBox are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in +the United States and other countries.</p> + +<p>Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their +products are claimed as trademarks. Where those designations appear in this document, and +the FreeBSD Project was aware of the trademark claim, the designations have been followed +by the “™” or the “®” symbol.</p> +</div> + +<hr /> +</div> + +<div class="TOC"> +<dl> +<dt><b>Table of Contents</b></dt> + +<dt>1 <a href="#INTRO">Introduction</a></dt> + +<dt>2 <a href="#PROC">Supported Processors and System Boards</a></dt> + +<dd> +<dl> +<dt>2.1 <a href="#PROC-AMD64">amd64</a></dt> + +<dt>2.2 <a href="#PROC-I386">i386</a></dt> + +<dt>2.3 <a href="#PROC-IA64">ia64</a></dt> + +<dt>2.4 <a href="#PROC-PC98">pc98</a></dt> + +<dt>2.5 <a href="#PROC-POWERPC">powerpc</a></dt> + +<dt>2.6 <a href="#PROC-SPARC64">sparc64</a></dt> +</dl> +</dd> + +<dt>3 <a href="#SUPPORT">Supported Devices</a></dt> + +<dd> +<dl> +<dt>3.1 <a href="#DISK">Disk Controllers</a></dt> + +<dt>3.2 <a href="#ETHERNET">Ethernet Interfaces</a></dt> + +<dt>3.3 <a href="#FDDI">FDDI Interfaces</a></dt> + +<dt>3.4 <a href="#ATM">ATM Interfaces</a></dt> + +<dt>3.5 <a href="#WLAN">Wireless Network Interfaces</a></dt> + +<dt>3.6 <a href="#MISC-NETWORK">Miscellaneous Networks</a></dt> + +<dt>3.7 <a href="#SERIAL">Serial Interfaces</a></dt> + +<dt>3.8 <a href="#SOUND">Sound Devices</a></dt> + +<dt>3.9 <a href="#CAMERA">Camera and Video Capture Devices</a></dt> + +<dt>3.10 <a href="#USB">USB Devices</a></dt> + +<dt>3.11 <a href="#FIREWIRE">IEEE 1394 (Firewire) Devices</a></dt> + +<dt>3.12 <a href="#BLUETOOTH">Bluetooth Devices</a></dt> + +<dt>3.13 <a href="#CRYPTO-ACCEL">Cryptographic Accelerators</a></dt> + +<dt>3.14 <a href="#MISC">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 9.1-RELEASE. It +lists the hardware platforms supported by FreeBSD, as well as the various types of +hardware devices (storage controllers, network interfaces, and so on), along with known +working instances of these devices.</p> +</div> + +<div class="SECT1"> +<hr /> +<h2 class="SECT1"><a id="PROC" name="PROC">2 Supported Processors and System +Boards</a></h2> + +<p>This section provides some architecture-specific information about the specific +processors and systems that are supported by each architecture.</p> + +<div class="SECT2"> +<hr /> +<h3 class="SECT2"><a id="PROC-AMD64" name="PROC-AMD64">2.1 amd64</a></h3> + +<p>Since mid-2003 FreeBSD/amd64 has supported the AMD64 	(“Hammer”) and +<span class="TRADEMARK">Intel</span>® 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 FreeBSD operating system, 	including +installation and development environments.</p> + +<p>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 FreeBSD/amd64 should support them 	both.</p> + +<p>As of this writing, the following processors are 	supported:</p> + +<ul> +<li> +<p><span class="TRADEMARK">AMD Athlon</span>™64 +(“Clawhammer”).</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p><span class="TRADEMARK">AMD Opteron</span>™ +(“Sledgehammer”).</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>All multi-core <span class="TRADEMARK">Intel</span> <span +class="TRADEMARK">Xeon</span>™ processors except 	 Sossaman have EM64T +support.</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>The single-core <span class="TRADEMARK">Intel</span> <span +class="TRADEMARK">Xeon</span> processors “Nocona”, “Irwindale”, +	 “Potomac”, and “Cranford” have 	 EM64T support.</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>All <span class="TRADEMARK">Intel</span> Core 2 (not Core Duo) and later 	 +processors</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>All <span class="TRADEMARK">Intel</span> <span class="TRADEMARK">Pentium</span>® D +processors</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p><span class="TRADEMARK">Intel</span> <span class="TRADEMARK">Pentium</span> 4s and +Celeron Ds using 	 the “Cedar Mill” core have EM64T 	 support.</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Some <span class="TRADEMARK">Intel</span> <span class="TRADEMARK">Pentium</span> 4s +and Celeron Ds using 	 the “Prescott” core have EM64T support. See 	 +the <a href="http://processorfinder.intel.com" target="_top">Intel 	 Processor Spec +Finder</a> for the definitive answer about 	 EM64T support in Intel processors.</p> +</li> +</ul> + +<p><span class="TRADEMARK">Intel</span> EM64T is an extended version of IA-32 (x86) and +	different from <span class="TRADEMARK">Intel</span> IA-64 (Itanium) architecture, +which 	FreeBSD/ia64 supports. Some <span class="TRADEMARK">Intel</span>'s old +documentation refers 	to <span class="TRADEMARK">Intel</span> EM64T as “64-bit +extension technology” 	or “IA-32e”.</p> + +<p>The largest tested memory configuration to date is 64GB. 	SMP support has been +recently completed and is reasonably 	robust.</p> + +<p>In many respects, FreeBSD/amd64 is similar to 	FreeBSD/i386, in terms of drivers +supported. There may be 	some issues with 64-bit cleanliness in some (particularly +	older) drivers. Generally, drivers that already function 	correctly on other +64-bit platforms should work.</p> + +<p>FreeBSD/amd64 is a very young platform on FreeBSD. While 	the core FreeBSD kernel +and base system components are generally 	fairly robust, there are likely to still be +rough edges, 	particularly with third party packages.</p> +</div> + +<div class="SECT2"> +<hr /> +<h3 class="SECT2"><a id="PROC-I386" name="PROC-I386">2.2 i386</a></h3> + +<p>FreeBSD/i386 runs on a wide variety of “IBM PC 	 compatible” machines. +Due to the wide range of 	hardware available for this architecture, it is impossible +	to exhaustively list all combinations of equipment supported 	by FreeBSD. +Nevertheless, some general guidelines are 	presented here.</p> + +<p>Almost all <span class="TRADEMARK">i386</span>™-compatible processors with a +floating 	point unit are supported. All <span class="TRADEMARK">Intel</span> +processors beginning 	with the 80486 are supported, including the 80486, <span +class="TRADEMARK">Pentium</span>, 	<span class="TRADEMARK">Pentium</span> Pro, <span +class="TRADEMARK">Pentium</span> II, <span class="TRADEMARK">Pentium</span> III, <span +class="TRADEMARK">Pentium</span> 4, and 	variants thereof, such as the <span +class="TRADEMARK">Xeon</span> and <span class="TRADEMARK">Celeron</span>® processors. +	All <span class="TRADEMARK">i386</span>-compatible AMD processors are also +supported, 	including the <span class="TRADEMARK">Am486</span>®, <span +class="TRADEMARK">Am5x86</span>®, K5, <span class="TRADEMARK">AMD-K6</span>® (and +variants), 	<span class="TRADEMARK">AMD Athlon</span> (including Athlon-MP, +Athlon-XP, Athlon-4, and 	Athlon Thunderbird), and <span +class="TRADEMARK">AMD Duron</span>™ processors. The AMD 	Élan SC520 +embedded processor is supported. The 	Transmeta Crusoe is recognized and supported, +as are 	<span class="TRADEMARK">i386</span>-compatible processors from Cyrix and +NexGen.</p> + +<p>There is a wide variety of motherboards available for this 	architecture. +Motherboards using the ISA, VLB, EISA, AGP, and 	PCI expansion busses are +well-supported. There is some 	limited support for the MCA +(“MicroChannel”) 	expansion bus used in the IBM PS/2 line of PCs.</p> + +<p>Symmetric multi-processor (SMP) systems are generally 	supported by FreeBSD, +although in some cases, BIOS or motherboard 	bugs may generate some problems. Perusal +of the archives of 	the <a +href="http://lists.FreeBSD.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-smp" target="_top">FreeBSD +symmetric multiprocessing mailing list</a> may yield some clues.</p> + +<p>FreeBSD will take advantage of HyperThreading (HTT) support 	on <span +class="TRADEMARK">Intel</span> CPUs that support this feature. A kernel with the 	<tt +class="LITERAL">options SMP</tt> feature enabled will 	automatically detect the +additional logical processors. The 	default FreeBSD scheduler treats the logical +processors the same 	as additional physical processors; in other words, no attempt +	is made to optimize scheduling decisions given the shared 	resources between +logical processors within the same CPU. 	Because this naive scheduling can result in +suboptimal 	performance, under certain circumstances it may be useful to 	disable +the logical processors with the 	<code +class="VARNAME">machdep.hyperthreading_allowed</code> tunable. 	The <a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=smp&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+9.1-RELEASE">; +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">smp</span>(4)</span></a> manual +page has more details.</p> + +<p>FreeBSD will take advantage of Physical Address Extensions 	(PAE) support on CPUs +that support this feature. A kernel 	with the <tt class="LITERAL">PAE</tt> 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 FreeBSD which may be used; consult the 	<a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pae&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+9.1-RELEASE">; +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">pae</span>(4)</span></a> manpage +for more details.</p> + +<p>FreeBSD 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 FreeBSD to +work around hardware bugs or other oddities. When 	in doubt, a search of the archives +of the <a href="http://lists.FreeBSD.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile" +target="_top">FreeBSD laptop computer mailing list</a> may be 	useful.</p> + +<p>Most modern laptops (as well as many desktops) use the 	Advanced Configuration and +Power Management (ACPI) standard. 	FreeBSD supports ACPI via the ACPI Component +Architecture 	reference implementation from <span class="TRADEMARK">Intel</span>, as +described in the 	<a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=acpi&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+9.1-RELEASE">; +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">acpi</span>(4)</span></a> 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 <tt +class="FILENAME">/boot/device.hints</tt>:</p> + +<pre class="PROGRAMLISTING"> +hint.acpi.0.disabled="1" +</pre> + +<p>Users debugging ACPI-related problems may find it useful 	to disable portions of +the ACPI functionality. The 	<a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=acpi&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+9.1-RELEASE">; +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">acpi</span>(4)</span></a> manual +page has more information on how to do 	this via loader tunables.</p> + +<p>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 +<a href="http://acpi.sourceforge.net/dsdt/index.php" target="_top">DSDT</a> 	section +of the <a href="http://acpi.sourceforge.net/" target="_top">ACPI4Linux</a> project +	Web site. FreeBSD can use these DSDTs to override the DSDT 	provided by the +BIOS; see the <a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=acpi&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+9.1-RELEASE">; +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">acpi</span>(4)</span></a> manual +page for 	more information.</p> +</div> + +<div class="SECT2"> +<hr /> +<h3 class="SECT2"><a id="PROC-IA64" name="PROC-IA64">2.3 ia64</a></h3> + +<p>Currently supported processors are the <a +href="http://people.freebsd.org/~marcel/refs/ia64/itanium/24532003.pdf" +target="_top"><span class="TRADEMARK">Itanium</span>®</a> 	and the <a +href="http://people.freebsd.org/~marcel/refs/ia64/itanium2/25111003.pdf" +target="_top"><span class="TRADEMARK">Itanium</span> 	 2</a>.</p> + +<p>Supported chipsets include:</p> + +<ul> +<li> +<p>HP zx1</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p><span class="TRADEMARK">Intel</span> 460GX</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p><span class="TRADEMARK">Intel</span> E8870</p> +</li> +</ul> + +<p>Both Uniprocessor (UP) and Symmetric Multi-processor (SMP) 	configurations are +supported.</p> + +<p>Most devices that can be found in or are compatible with 	ia64 machines are fully +supported. The notable 	exception is the VGA console. The FreeBSD support for VGA +	consoles is at this time too much based on PC hardware and not 	all ia64 +machines have chipsets that provide sufficient 	PC legacy support. As such <a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=syscons&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+9.1-RELEASE">; +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">syscons</span>(4)</span></a> can +not be enabled 	and the use of a serial console is required.</p> +</div> + +<div class="SECT2"> +<hr /> +<h3 class="SECT2"><a id="PROC-PC98" name="PROC-PC98">2.4 pc98</a></h3> + +<p>NEC PC-9801/9821 series with almost all <span class="TRADEMARK">i386</span>-compatible +	processors, including 80486, <span class="TRADEMARK">Pentium</span>, <span +class="TRADEMARK">Pentium</span> Pro, 	<span class="TRADEMARK">Pentium</span> II, and +variants. All <span class="TRADEMARK">i386</span>-compatible processors 	by AMD, +Cyrix, IBM, and IDT are also supported.</p> + +<p>NEC FC-9801/9821 series, and NEC SV-98 series (both of 	them are compatible with +PC-9801/9821 series) should be 	supported.</p> + +<p>EPSON PC-386/486/586 series, which are compatible with NEC 	PC-9801 series are +supported.</p> + +<p>High-resolution mode is not supported. NEC 	PC-98XA/XL/RL/XL^2, and NEC PC-H98 +series are supported in 	normal (PC-9801 compatible) mode only.</p> + +<p>Although there are some multi-processor systems (such as 	Rs20/B20), SMP-related +features of FreeBSD are not supported 	yet.</p> + +<p>PC-9801/9821 standard bus (called C-Bus), PC-9801NOTE 	expansion bus (110pin), and +PCI bus are supported. New Extend 	Standard Architecture (NESA) bus (used in PC-H98, +SV-H98, and 	FC-H98 series) is not supported.</p> +</div> + +<div class="SECT2"> +<hr /> +<h3 class="SECT2"><a id="PROC-POWERPC" name="PROC-POWERPC">2.5 powerpc</a></h3> + +<p>This section describes the systems currently known to be 	supported by FreeBSD on +the PowerPC platform. This list is not 	exhaustive.</p> + +<p>In general, all New World architecture Apple hardware 	is supported, as well a +limited selection of non-Apple 	machines.</p> + +<p>All systems listed below are fully supported, with the 	exception that software +fan control is currently missing on 	some Power Macintosh G5 models. SMP is supported +on all systems 	with more than 1 processor.</p> + +<ul> +<li> +<p>Apple iMac G3</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Apple iMac G4</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Apple iMac G5</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Apple Power Macintosh G3 (Blue & White)</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Apple Power Macintosh G4</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Apple Power Macintosh G5</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Apple iBook G3</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Apple iBook G4</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Apple PowerBook G3 (Lombard and Pismo)</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Apple PowerBook G4</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Apple XServe G4</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Apple XServe G5</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Apple Mac Mini</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Embedded boards based on MPC85XX</p> +</li> +</ul> +</div> + +<div class="SECT2"> +<hr /> +<h3 class="SECT2"><a id="PROC-SPARC64" name="PROC-SPARC64">2.6 sparc64</a></h3> + +<p>This section describes the systems currently known to be 	supported by FreeBSD on +the Fujitsu <span class="TRADEMARK">SPARC64</span>® and Sun <span +class="TRADEMARK">UltraSPARC</span>® 	platforms. 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>When using the <tt class="FILENAME">GENERIC</tt> kernel, 	FreeBSD/sparc64 systems +not equipped with a framebuffer 	supported by the <a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=creator&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+9.1-RELEASE">; +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">creator</span>(4)</span></a> (Sun +Creator, Sun Creator3D 	and Sun Elite3D) or <a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=machfb&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+9.1-RELEASE">; +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">machfb</span>(4)</span></a> (Sun +PGX and Sun PGX64 	as well as the ATI Mach64 chips found onboard in for example +	<span class="TRADEMARK">Sun Blade</span>™ 100, <span +class="TRADEMARK">Sun Blade</span> 150, Sun <span +class="TRADEMARK">Ultra</span>™ 5	and Sun <span +class="TRADEMARK">Ultra</span> 10) 	driver must use the serial console.</p> + +<p>If you have a system that is not listed here, it may not 	have been tested with +FreeBSD 9.1-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> + +<p>The following systems are fully supported by FreeBSD:</p> + +<ul> +<li> +<p>Naturetech GENIALstation 777S</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p><span class="TRADEMARK">Sun Blade</span> 100</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p><span class="TRADEMARK">Sun Blade</span> 150</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p><span class="TRADEMARK">Sun Enterprise</span>™ 150</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p><span class="TRADEMARK">Sun Enterprise</span> 220R</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p><span class="TRADEMARK">Sun Enterprise</span> 250</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p><span class="TRADEMARK">Sun Enterprise</span> 420R</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p><span class="TRADEMARK">Sun Enterprise</span> 450</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p><span class="TRADEMARK">Sun Fire</span>™ B100s (support for the on-board +NICs first 	 appeared in 8.1-RELEASE)</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p><span class="TRADEMARK">Sun Fire</span> V100</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p><span class="TRADEMARK">Sun Fire</span> V120</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Sun <span class="TRADEMARK">Netra</span>™ t1 100/105</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Sun <span class="TRADEMARK">Netra</span> T1 AC200/DC200</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Sun <span class="TRADEMARK">Netra</span> t 1100</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Sun <span class="TRADEMARK">Netra</span> t 1120</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Sun <span class="TRADEMARK">Netra</span> t 1125</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Sun <span class="TRADEMARK">Netra</span> t 1400/1405</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Sun <span class="TRADEMARK">Netra</span> 120</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Sun <span class="TRADEMARK">Netra</span> X1</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Sun <span class="TRADEMARK">SPARCengine</span>® Ultra AX1105</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Sun <span class="TRADEMARK">SPARCengine</span> Ultra AXe</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Sun <span class="TRADEMARK">SPARCengine</span> Ultra AXi</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Sun <span class="TRADEMARK">SPARCengine</span> Ultra AXmp</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Sun <span class="TRADEMARK">SPARCengine</span> CP1500</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Sun <span class="TRADEMARK">Ultra</span> 1</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Sun <span class="TRADEMARK">Ultra</span> 1E</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Sun <span class="TRADEMARK">Ultra</span> 2</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Sun <span class="TRADEMARK">Ultra</span> 5</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Sun <span class="TRADEMARK">Ultra</span> 10</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Sun <span class="TRADEMARK">Ultra</span> 30</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Sun <span class="TRADEMARK">Ultra</span> 60</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Sun <span class="TRADEMARK">Ultra</span> 80</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Sun <span class="TRADEMARK">Ultra</span> 450</p> +</li> +</ul> + +<p>The following systems are partially supported by FreeBSD. In 	particular the fibre +channel controllers in SBus-based systems are not 	supported. However, it is possible +to use these with a SCSI controller 	supported by the <a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=esp&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+9.1-RELEASE">; +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">esp</span>(4)</span></a> driver +(Sun ESP SCSI, Sun FAS Fast-SCSI 	and Sun FAS366 Fast-Wide SCSI controllers).</p> + +<ul> +<li> +<p><span class="TRADEMARK">Sun Enterprise</span> 3500</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p><span class="TRADEMARK">Sun Enterprise</span> 4500</p> +</li> +</ul> + +<p>Starting with 7.2-RELEASE, sparc64 systems based on Sun 	<span +class="TRADEMARK">UltraSPARC</span> III and beyond are also supported by FreeBSD, which +includes 	the following known working systems:</p> + +<ul> +<li> +<p><span class="TRADEMARK">Sun Blade</span> 1000</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p><span class="TRADEMARK">Sun Blade</span> 1500</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p><span class="TRADEMARK">Sun Blade</span> 2000</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p><span class="TRADEMARK">Sun Blade</span> 2500</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p><span class="TRADEMARK">Sun Fire</span> 280R</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p><span class="TRADEMARK">Sun Fire</span> V210</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p><span class="TRADEMARK">Sun Fire</span> V215 (support first appeared in +7.3-RELEASE and 8.1-RELEASE)</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p><span class="TRADEMARK">Sun Fire</span> V240</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p><span class="TRADEMARK">Sun Fire</span> V245 (support first appeared in +7.3-RELEASE and 8.1-RELEASE)</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p><span class="TRADEMARK">Sun Fire</span> V250</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p><span class="TRADEMARK">Sun Fire</span> V440 (support for the on-board NICs first +	 appeared in 7.3-RELEASE and 8.0-RELEASE)</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p><span class="TRADEMARK">Sun Fire</span> 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)</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p><span class="TRADEMARK">Sun Fire</span> V880</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p><span class="TRADEMARK">Sun Fire</span> V890 (support first appeared in +7.4-RELEASE and 8.1-RELEASE, 	 non-mixed <span class="TRADEMARK">UltraSPARC</span> +IV/IV+ CPU-configurations only)</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p><span class="TRADEMARK">Netra</span> 20/<span class="TRADEMARK">Netra</span> T4</p> +</li> +</ul> + +<p>The following Sun <span class="TRADEMARK">UltraSPARC</span> systems are not tested but +	believed to be also supported by FreeBSD:</p> + +<ul> +<li> +<p><span class="TRADEMARK">Sun Fire</span> V125</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p><span class="TRADEMARK">Sun Fire</span> V490 (support first appeared in +7.4-RELEASE and 8.1-RELEASE, 	 non-mixed <span class="TRADEMARK">UltraSPARC</span> +IV/IV+ CPU-configurations only)</p> +</li> +</ul> + +<p>Starting with 7.4-RELEASE and 8.1-RELEASE, sparc64 systems based on 	Fujitsu <span +class="TRADEMARK">SPARC64</span> V are also supported by FreeBSD, which 	includes the +following known working systems:</p> + +<ul> +<li> +<p>Fujitsu <span class="TRADEMARK">PRIMEPOWER</span>® 250</p> +</li> +</ul> + +<p>The following Fujitsu <span class="TRADEMARK">PRIMEPOWER</span> systems are not tested +but 	believed to be also supported by FreeBSD:</p> + +<ul> +<li> +<p>Fujitsu <span class="TRADEMARK">PRIMEPOWER</span> 450</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Fujitsu <span class="TRADEMARK">PRIMEPOWER</span> 650</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Fujitsu <span class="TRADEMARK">PRIMEPOWER</span> 850</p> +</li> +</ul> +</div> +</div> + +<div class="SECT1"> +<hr /> +<h2 class="SECT1"><a id="SUPPORT" name="SUPPORT">3 Supported Devices</a></h2> + +<p>This section describes the devices currently known to be supported by FreeBSD. 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> The device lists in this document are being generated 	automatically +from FreeBSD manual pages. This means that some 	devices, which are supported by +multiple drivers, may appear 	multiple times.</p> +</blockquote> +</div> + +<div class="SECT2"> +<hr /> +<h3 class="SECT2"><a id="DISK" name="DISK">3.1 Disk Controllers</a></h3> + +<p>[amd64, i386, ia64, pc98, 	sparc64] IDE/ATA controllers (<a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ata&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+9.1-RELEASE">; +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ata</span>(4)</span></a> +	driver)</p> + +<p>[pc98] IDE/ATA controllers (wdc driver)</p> + +<ul> +<li> +<p>On-board IDE controller</p> +</li> +</ul> + +<p>[i386,ia64,amd64] Controllers supported by the <a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=aac&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+9.1-RELEASE">; +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">aac</span>(4)</span></a> driver +include:</p> + +<ul> +<li> +<p>Adaptec AAC-364</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Adaptec RAID 2045</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Adaptec RAID 2405</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Adaptec RAID 2445</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Adaptec RAID 2805</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Adaptec RAID 3085</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Adaptec RAID 31205</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Adaptec RAID 31605</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Adaptec RAID 5085</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Adaptec RAID 51205</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Adaptec RAID 51245</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Adaptec RAID 51605</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Adaptec RAID 51645</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Adaptec RAID 52445</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Adaptec RAID 5405</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Adaptec RAID 5445</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Adaptec RAID 5805</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Adaptec SAS RAID 3405</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Adaptec SAS RAID 3805</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Adaptec SAS RAID 4000SAS</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Adaptec SAS RAID 4005SAS</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Adaptec SAS RAID 4800SAS</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Adaptec SAS RAID 4805SAS</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Adaptec SATA RAID 2020SA ZCR</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Adaptec SATA RAID 2025SA ZCR</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Adaptec SATA RAID 2026ZCR</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Adaptec SATA RAID 2410SA</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Adaptec SATA RAID 2420SA</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Adaptec SATA RAID 2610SA</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Adaptec SATA RAID 2620SA</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Adaptec SATA RAID 2810SA</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Adaptec SATA RAID 2820SA</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Adaptec SATA RAID 21610SA</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Adaptec SCSI RAID 2020ZCR</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Adaptec SCSI RAID 2025ZCR</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Adaptec SCSI RAID 2130S</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Adaptec SCSI RAID 2130SLP</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Adaptec SCSI RAID 2230SLP</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Adaptec SCSI RAID 2200S</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Adaptec SCSI RAID 2240S</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Adaptec SCSI RAID 3230S</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Adaptec SCSI RAID 3240S</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Adaptec SCSI RAID 5400S</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Dell CERC SATA RAID 2</p> *** DIFF OUTPUT TRUNCATED AT 1000 LINES ***
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