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<head>
<title>OpenFirmware Hardware Supported by NetBSD</title>
</head>

<sect1 id="top">
<title>Machine-independent OpenFirmware drivers</title>

<para>
The following devices (<emphasis>driver name in parentheses</emphasis>) are supported by
machine-independent OpenFirmware drivers.  If you do not see your device listed here,
check your platform's page; there may not yet be a machine-independent driver
for your device.
</para>

<para>
Alternatively, it may be the case that your device is compatible with one
listed here, or your device may not be listed due to an oversight.  If you
are unsure, please boot a -current kernel or send mail to 
<email>netbsd-users@NetBSD.org</email>.
</para>

<para>
OpenFirmware drivers are often used for bootstrapping a NetBSD port
to a platform which has OpenFirmware.  It allows devices to be used,
via firmware callbacks, while device drivers for the interrupt controllers,
custom chips, etc. are in development.
</para>

<para>
Please note that these pages reflect the state of NetBSD-current. To check
the supported hardware list for a specific release of NetBSD, check
that release's installation notes.
</para>

<sect2 id="ofw-devices">
<title>Supported OpenFirmware devices</title>

<itemizedlist>
    <listitem> OpenFirmware serial and display console (&man.ofcons.4;)</listitem>
    <listitem> OpenFirmware disks (&man.ofdisk.4;)</listitem>
    <listitem> OpenFirmware network (&man.ofnet.4;)</listitem>
    <listitem> OpenFirmware clock (&man.ofrtc.4;)</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>

</sect1>

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