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Drivers with other naming conventions
For PCI cards, the following adapters do not have drivers following the naming
conventions:
򐂰 PCI Digital Trunk Quad Adapter #6309 (6-B)
򐂰 Eicon ISDN DIVA Pro 2.0 S/T 2708 #2708 (9-N) (driver on diskette, not
supported on AIX 5L)
򐂰 IBM Short-wave Serial HIPPI PCI Adapter (#2732, only 32-bit mode on AIX
5L)
򐂰 IBM Long-wave Serial HIPPI PCI Adapter (#2733, only 32-bit mode on AIX
5L)
The following are MCA adapters:
򐂰 X.21 Communications Controller #2938 (9-2) seperate LPP sx25.*.
򐂰 EIA-232E Communications Controller #2929 (9-3) seperate LPP sx25.*.
򐂰 SAMI SP Attach Clustered Server Control Panel to CWS #3154 (6-K) is
included in the server base microcode.
List of common devices
This section lists common device drivers that support a special class (for
example, SCSI) or common functionality of multiple devices. They are
alphabetically ordered for the particular class. For example,
devices.common.base.rte.4.3.3.75 is in the common subsection.
BASE: (devices.base)
򐂰 diag
Common diagnostics
5.1.0.25, 4.3.3.75
򐂰 rte
Real-time environment
5.1.0.10, 4.3.3.50
CHRP: (devices.chrp)
򐂰 base
RISC PC Base System Device Software (CHRP)
rte: 5.2.0.0, 5.1.0.35, 4.3.3.79
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diag: 5.2.2.0, 5.1.0.26, 4.3.3.78
ServiceRM: 1.2.0.0, 1.1.0.30
򐂰 pci
PCI Bus Software (CHRP)
rte: 5.2.0.0, 5.1.0.25, 4.3.3.75
CHRP_LPAR (devices.chrp_lpar)
Only AIX V5
򐂰 base
RISC PC Base System Device Software for lpar (CHRP)
ras: 5.2.0.0, 5.1.0.15
rte: 5.2.0.0, 5.1.0.35
COMMON: (devices.common)
򐂰 base
Common Base System Diagnostics
diag: 5.2.0.0, 5.1.0.25, 4.3.3.75
򐂰 rspcbase
rte: 5.2.0.0, 4.3.3.0
򐂰 IBM.async
Asynchronous Software
rte: 5.2.0.0, 5.1.0.0, 4.3.3.25
򐂰 IBM.atm
ATM Software
rte: 5.2.0.0, 5.1.0.25, 4.3.3.81
򐂰 IBM.bbl
Graphics Adapter Diagnostics
4.3.3.0
򐂰 IBM.cx
CX Adapter Software
rte: 5.2.0.0, 5.1.0.35, 4.3.3.77
򐂰 IBM.disk
Common Disk Software
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rte: 5.2.0.0, 5.1.0.25, 4.3.3.0
򐂰 IBM.ethernet
Common Ethernet Software
rte: 5.2.0.0, 5.1.0.35, 4.3.3.80
򐂰 IBM.esconCU.mpc
Multipath Channel Driver
rte: 2.1.4.1
򐂰 IBM.fc
Common Fibre Channel Software
rte: 5.2.0.0, 5.1.0.10, 4.3.3.75
hba-api: 5.2.0.0
򐂰 IBM.fda
Common Diskette Support
rte: 5.2.0.0, 5.1.0.25, 4.3.3.1
diag: 5.2.0.0, 5.1.0.25, 4.3.3.51
򐂰 IBM.fddi
Common FDDI Software
rte: 5.2.0.0, 5.1.0.0, 4.3.3.50
򐂰 IBM.hdlc
Common HDLC Software
rte: 5.2.0.0, 5.1.0.15, 4.3.3.51
sdlc: 5.2.0.0, 5.1.0.35, 4.3.3.25
򐂰 IBM.iscsi
Common ISCSI Software (5.2 only)
rte: 5.2.0.0
򐂰 IBM.ktm_std
Common Keyboard, Mouse, and Tablet Software
diag: 5.2.0.0, 4.3.3.0
rte: 5.2.0.0, 4.3.3.0
򐂰 IBM.modemcfg
Modem configuration
data: 5.2.0.0, 4.3.1.0
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򐂰 IBM.mpio
MPIO Disk Path Control (5.2 only)
data: 5.2.0.0, 4.3.1.0
򐂰 IBM.pmmd_chrp
Power Management Software
rte: 4.3.3.0
򐂰 IBM.ppa
Parallel Printer Adapter
diag: 5.2.0.0, 4.3.3.25
rte: 5.2.0.0, 4.3.3.0
򐂰 IBM.rby
GXT1000 Graphics Adapter Diagnostics
4.3.3.0
򐂰 IBM.scsi
SCSI I/O Controller Software
rte: 5.2.0.0, 5.1.0.35, 4.3.3.75
򐂰 IBM.son
GXT Common Graphics Adapter Software
rte: 5.1.0.15, 4.3.3.75
diag: 5.2.0.0, 5.1.0.25, 4.3.3.76
򐂰 IBM.ssa
SSA Adapter Software
rte: 5.2.0.0, 5.1.0.35, 4.3.3.76
diag: 5.2.0.0, 5.1.0.15, 4.3.3.76
򐂰 IBM.tokenring
Common Token-Ring Software
rte: 5.2.0.0, 5.1.0.10, 4.3.3.50
򐂰 IBM.usb
Common USB Software (V5 only)
rte: 5.2.0.0, 5.1.0.35
diag: 5.2.0.0, 5.1.0.25
IBM.ARTIC
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Common Artic Software
diag: 4.3.3.0, 5.1.0.0
FCP: (devices.fcp)
򐂰 disk.array
Fibre Channel SCSI RAID Software
rte: 5.2.0.0, 5.1.0.35, 4.3.3.81
diag: 5.2.0.0, 4.3.3.50
򐂰 disk
Fibre Channel SCSI CD-ROM, Disk Device Software
rte: 5.2.0.0, 5.1.0.35, 4.3.3.76
򐂰 tape
Fibre Channel SCSI Tape Device Software
rte: 5.2.0.0, 5.1.0.35, 4.3.3.77
GRAPHICS: (devices.graphics)
򐂰 com
Graphics Adapter Common
5.2.0.0, 5.1.0.35, 4.3.3.75
򐂰 voo
Stereo and VOO Software
5.2.0.0, 4.3.3.0
IDE: (devices.ide)
򐂰 cdrom
IDE CD-ROM support
rte: 5.2.0.0, 5.1.0.35, 4.3.3.76
diag: 5.2.0.0, 5.1.0.35, 4.3.3.1
򐂰 disk
rte: 5.2.0.0, 5.1.0.0, 4.3.3.0
ISA_SIO: (devices.isa_sio)
򐂰 chrp.ecp
CHRP IEEE1284 Parallel Port Adapter
rte: 5.2.0.0, 5.1.0.23, 4.3.3.76

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