ChorusOS 5.0 Transition Guide

New Drivers

This section lists the new drivers, categorized by platform.

Generic Drivers

The following table indicates the generic drivers that have been added in version 5.0 of the ChorusOS operating system. For more information on each driver, consult the corresponding man page.

Table 11-1 New Generic Drivers


Driver	Reference Man Page
ATA hard disk driver	atadisk(9DRV)
Bus communication multiplexor driver	busmux(9DRV)
DEC2155x PCI bus driver	dec2155x(9DRV)
EPFPLD watchdog driver	epfpld(9DRV)
Ethernet bus communication driver	buseth(9DRV)
FPGA multi-function driver (watchdog, flash control, HSC)	fpga(9DRV)
GPIO-based HSC driver	gpiohsc(9DRV)
I8042 keyboard/mouse driver	i8042(9DRV)
Intel 28 Fxxxx flash driver	intel28fxxx(9DRV)
Intel 8255x ethernet driver	e100(9DRV)
ISA fault injection driver	isaFi(9DRV)
ISA PIC (I8259) driver	i8259(9DRV)
Loopback communication driver	buscom_loopback(9DRV)
Open PIC (MPIC/EPIC) driver	openpic(9DRV)
PCI fault injection driver	pciFi(9DRV)
PCI host communication driver	pcicom_host(9DRV)
PCI resource manager auxiliary driver	pcimngr(9DRV)
PCI swap auxiliary driver	pciswap(9DRV)
PowerQuicc CPM timer driver	cpmTimer(9DRV)
PowerQuicc PIT timer driver	pitTimer(9DRV)
PowerQuicc watchdog timer driver	siuWdt(9DRV)
RAVEN watchdog timer driver	raven_wdtimer(9DRV)
RIO ethernet driver	rio(9DRV)
SYM5 3c8xx SCSI HBA driver	sym53c8xx(9DRV)
Transparent nexus communication driver	buscom_nexus(9DRV)
VT82C586 ATA HBA driver	vt82c586_ata(9DRV)
VT82C586 ISA bus driver	vt82c586(9DRV)
W83C553 ATA HBA driver	w83c553_ata(9DRV)
Z8536 GPIO driver	z8536(9DRV)

UltraSPARC Specific Drivers

The following table indicates the generic drivers that have been added in version 5.0 of the ChorusOS operating system. For more information on each driver, consult the corresponding man page.

Table 11-2 New UltraSPARC Specific Drivers


Driver	Reference Man Page
Software interrupt bench driver	bench_softint(9DRV)
CP1500 HSC driver	usparchsc(9DRV)

PowerPC Specific Drivers

The following table indicates the PowerPC specific drivers that have been added in version 5.0 of the ChorusOS operating system. For more information on each driver, consult the corresponding man page.

Table 11-3 New PowerPC Specific Drivers


Driver	Reference Man Page
Decrementor bench driver	bench_tbDec(9DRV)
FALCON memory controller, common bus and flash control driver	falcon(9DRV)
HARRIER host PCI bus driver	harrier(9DRV)

Intel specific drivers

There are no new Intel-specific drivers in version 5.0 of the ChorusOS operating system.