Museum

Home

Lab Overview

Retrotechnology Articles

⇒ Online Manual

Media Vault

Software Library

Restoration Projects

Artifacts Sought

Related Articles

intro(4)

config(8)

autoconf(4)

Name

autoconf − diagnostics from the autoconfiguration code

Description

When ULTRIX bootstraps, it probes the machine it is running on and locates controllers, drives, and other devices, printing out what it finds on the console.  This procedure is driven by a system configuration table, which is processed by config() and compiled into each kernel.

Diagnostics

cpu%d ( version %f, implementation %d
A cpu is present.

fpu%d ( version %f, implementation %d
A fpu is present.

pm%d at ibus%d
A monochrome or color graphics device is present.

cfb%d at ibus%d
A color graphic device is present.

dc%d at ibus%d
A serial line controller is present.

sii%d at ibus%d
A SCSI sii controller is present.

asc%d at ibus%d
A SCSI asc controller is present.

rz%d at sii%d/asc%d slave %d (
A SCSI disk device is present.

tz%d at sii%d/asc%d slave %d (
A SCSI tape device is present.

ln%d at ibus%d
An ethernet interface is present.

See Also

intro(4), config(8)

Special Files

Typewritten Software • bear@typewritten.org • Edmonds, WA 98026