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Section 4: Special Files

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Section index

A

aac(4): Adaptec AdvancedRAID Controller driver
acd(4): generic ATA/ATAPI disk controller driver
acpi(4): Advanced Configuration and Power Management support
acpi_asus(4): Asus Laptop Extras
acpi_fujitsu(4): Fujitsu Laptop Extras
acpi_ibm(4): "ACPI extras driver for IBM laptops"
acpi_panasonic(4): "ACPI hotkey driver for Panasonic laptops"
acpi_sony(4): "ACPI notebook controller driver for Sony laptops"
acpi_thermal(4): ACPI thermal management subsystem
acpi_toshiba(4): Toshiba HCI interface
acpi_video(4): ACPI Video Extensions driver
ad(4): generic ATA/ATAPI disk controller driver
adv(4): Advansys ISA/VL/EISA/PCI 8bit SCSI Host adapter driver
adw(4): Advansys PCI 16bit SCSI Host adapter driver
afd(4): generic ATA/ATAPI disk controller driver
agp(4): "generic interface to the Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)"
agpgart(4): "generic interface to the Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)"
aha(4): Adaptec SCSI host adapter driver
ahb(4): Adaptec EISA SCSI host adapter driver
ahc(4): Adaptec VL/EISA/PCI SCSI host adapter driver
ahd(4): Adaptec PCI/PCI-X Ultra320 SCSI host adapter driver
aic(4): Adaptec AIC-6260 and AIC-6360 SCSI driver
aio(4): asynchronous I/O
alpm(4): Acer Aladdin 15x3 Power Management controller driver
ALTQ(4): "alternate queuing of network packets"
altq(4): "alternate queuing of network packets"
amd(4): amd53c974 PCI SCSI driver
amdpm(4): AMD 756 Power Management controller driver
amr(4): MegaRAID SCSI/ATA/SATA RAID driver
an(4): "Aironet Communications 4500/4800 wireless network adapter driver"
app(4): Application resource file.
appup(4): Application upgrade file.
ar(4): synchronous Digi/Arnet device driver
arcmsr(4): Areca SATA II RAID Controller driver
arl(4): "Aironet Arlan 655 wireless network adapter driver"
arp(4): Address Resolution Protocol
asr(4): driver for Adaptec I2O based SCSI/ATA host bus adapters
ast(4): generic ATA/ATAPI disk controller driver
ata(4): generic ATA/ATAPI disk controller driver
atapicam(4): CAM XPT (transport) module for ATAPI devices
ataraid(4): "ATA software RAID support"
ath(4): "Atheros IEEE 802.11 wireless network driver"
ath_hal(4): "Atheros Hardware Access Layer (HAL)"
atkbd(4): the AT keyboard interface
atkbdc(4): the AT keyboard controller interface
aue(4): ADMtek AN986 Pegasus USB Ethernet driver
awi(4): "AMD PCnetMobile IEEE 802.11 PCMCIA wireless network driver"
axe(4): "ASIX Electronics AX88172 USB Ethernet driver"

B

bfe(4): "Broadcom BCM4401 Ethernet Device Driver"
bge(4): "Broadcom BCM570x/5714/5721/5750/5751/5789 PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapter driver"
bktr(4): Brooktree Bt848/849/878/879 and Pinnacle PCTV video capture driver
blackhole(4): a sysctl 8 MIB for manipulating behaviour in respect of refused TCP or UDP connection attempts
bpf(4): Berkeley Packet Filter
bridge(4): bridging support
brooktree(4): Brooktree Bt848/849/878/879 and Pinnacle PCTV video capture driver
bt(4): Buslogic/Mylex MultiMaster SCSI host adapter driver

C

CAM(4): CAM SCSI subsystem
cam(4): CAM SCSI subsystem
card(4): PC Card bridge driver
cardbus(4): CardBus bus driver
carp(4): Common Address Redundancy Protocol
cbb(4): cardbus bridge driver
ccd(4): Concatenated Disk driver
cd(4): SCSI CD-ROM driver
cdce(4): "USB Communication Device Class Ethernet driver"
ch(4): SCSI media-changer (juke box) driver
ciss(4): Common Interface for SCSI-3 Support driver
cm(4): "SMC Arcnet Ethernet device driver"
cnw(4): Netwave AirSurfer wireless network driver
config(4): Configuration file.
console(4): console terminal and virtual consoles
console ioctl(4): ioctl's for console terminal and virtual consoles
console_codes(4): Linux console escape and control sequences
console_ioctl(4): ioctl's for console terminal and virtual consoles
cp(4): "driver for synchronous Cronyx Tau-PCI WAN adapters"
CPU_ELAN(4): AMD Elan 520 CPU support
CPU_SOEKRIS(4): AMD Elan 520 CPU support
cpufreq(4): CPU frequency control framework
crypto(4): hardware crypto access driver
cryptodev(4): hardware crypto access driver
cs(4): "Ethernet device driver"
ct(4): "WD33C93[ABC] based CBUS SCSI host adapter driver"
ctau(4): driver for synchronous Cronyx Tau WAN adapters
cue(4): "CATC USB-EL1210A USB Ethernet driver"
cx(4): "driver for synchronous/asynchronous Cronyx Sigma WAN adapters"
cy(4): Cyclades Cyclom-Y serial driver

D

da(4): SCSI Direct Access device driver
dc(4): "DEC/Intel 21143 and clone 10/100 Ethernet driver"
dcons(4): dumb console device driver
dcons_crom(4): Configuration ROM stub for dcons 4
ddb(4): interactive kernel debugger
de(4): "DEC DC21x4x Ethernet device driver"
devctl(4): "device event reporting and device control interface"
digi(4): DigiBoard intelligent serial cards driver
disc(4): software discard network interface
divert(4): kernel packet diversion mechanism
dpt(4): DPT RAID Controller SCSI driver
dsp56k(4): DSP56001 interface device
dummynet(4): traffic shaper, bandwidth manager and delay emulator

E

ed(4): "NE-2000 and WD-80x3 Ethernet driver"
ef(4): "pseudo-device driver providing support for multiple Ethernet frame types"
ehci(4): USB Enhanced Host Controller driver
el(4): Ethernet driver for 3Com Etherlink 3C501 devices
em(4): "Intel(R) PRO/1000 Gigabit Ethernet adapter driver"
en(4): "device driver for Midway-based ATM interfaces"
ep(4): "Ethernet driver for 3Com Etherlink III (3c5x9) interfaces"
epoll(4): I/O event notification facility
esp(4): Qlogic FEPS and FAS366 SCSI driver
ex(4): "Ethernet device driver for the Intel EtherExpress Pro/10 and Pro/10+"
exca(4): helper module for PC Card and CardBus systems

F

faith(4): IPv6-to-IPv4 TCP relay capturing interface
"Fast IPsec"(4): hardware-accelerated IP Security Protocols
fast_ipsec(4): hardware-accelerated IP Security Protocols
fatm(4): "device driver for Fore PCA200E ATM interfaces"
fd(4): file descriptor files
fdc(4): "PC architecture floppy disk controller driver"
fe(4): "Fujitsu MB86960A/MB86965A based Ethernet adapters"
fea(4): device drivers for DEC FDDI controllers
fifo(4): first-in first-out special file, named pipe
firewire(4): IEEE1394 High-performance Serial Bus
fla(4): M-systems DiskOnChip
fpa(4): device drivers for DEC FDDI controllers
full(4): always full device
futex(4): Fast Userspace Locking
fwe(4): "Ethernet emulation driver for FireWire"
fwip(4): "IP over FireWire driver"
fwohci(4): OHCI FireWire chipset device driver
fxp(4): "Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 Ethernet device driver"

G

gbde(4): Geom Based Disk Encryption
gdb(4): external kernel debugger
gem(4): ERI/GEM/GMAC Ethernet device driver
GEOM(4): modular disk I/O request transformation framework.
geom(4): modular disk I/O request transformation framework.
gif(4): generic tunnel interface
gre(4): encapsulating network device

H

harp(4): pseudo physical interface driver for HARP
hatm(4): "device driver for Fore/Marconi HE155 and HE622 ATM interfaces"
hd(4): MFM/IDE hard disk devices
hfa(4): FORE Systems 200-Series ATM adapter driver
hifn(4): Hifn 7751/7951/7811/7955/7956 crypto accelerator
hme(4): "Sun Microelectronics STP2002-STQ Ethernet interfaces device driver"
hptmv(4): "HighPoint RocketRAID 182x device driver"
hwpmc(4): "Hardware Performance Monitoring Counter support"

I

i4b(4): isdn4bsd call control ISDN driver
i4bcapi(4): CAPI driver for the isdn4bsd kernel part
i4bctl(4): control device for the isdn4bsd kernel part
i4bing(4): isdn4bsd NetGraph ISDN B-channel interface driver
i4bipr(4): isdn4bsd IP over ISDN B-channel network driver
i4bisppp(4): isdn4bsd synchronous PPP over ISDN B-channel network driver
i4bq921(4): isdn4bsd pseudo device driver handling the Q.921 protocol
i4bq931(4): isdn4bsd pseudo device driver handling the Q.931 protocol
i4brbch(4): isdn4bsd ISDN Raw B-CHannel access driver
i4btel(4): isdn4bsd ISDN B-channel telephony interface driver
i4btrc(4): "isdn4bsd ISDN interface driver for D and B channel tracing
iavc(4): isdn4bsd AVM B1/T1 driver
ichsmb(4): Intel ICH SMBus controller driver
ichwd(4): Intel ICH watchdog timer driver
icmp(4): Internet Control Message Protocol
icmp6(4): Internet Control Message Protocol for IPv6
ida(4): Compaq Intelligent Drive Array Controllers
idt(4): device driver for IDT NICStAR-based ATM interfaces
ie(4): "Ethernet device driver"
ieee1394(4): IEEE1394 High-performance Serial Bus
ieee80211(4): standard interface to IEEE 802.11 devices
if_an(4): "Aironet Communications 4500/4800 wireless network adapter driver"
if_aue(4): ADMtek AN986 Pegasus USB Ethernet driver
if_awi(4): "AMD PCnetMobile IEEE 802.11 PCMCIA wireless network driver"
if_axe(4): "ASIX Electronics AX88172 USB Ethernet driver"
if_bfe(4): "Broadcom BCM4401 Ethernet Device Driver"
if_bge(4): "Broadcom BCM570x/5714/5721/5750/5751/5789 PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapter driver"
if_bridge(4): network bridge device
if_cnw(4): Netwave AirSurfer wireless network driver
if_cue(4): "CATC USB-EL1210A USB Ethernet driver"
if_dc(4): "DEC/Intel 21143 and clone 10/100 Ethernet driver"
if_de(4): "DEC DC21x4x Ethernet device driver"
if_disc(4): software discard network interface
if_ed(4): "NE-2000 and WD-80x3 Ethernet driver"
if_ef(4): "pseudo-device driver providing support for multiple Ethernet frame types"
if_em(4): "Intel(R) PRO/1000 Gigabit Ethernet adapter driver"
if_en(4): "device driver for Midway-based ATM interfaces"
if_faith(4): IPv6-to-IPv4 TCP relay capturing interface
if_fatm(4): "device driver for Fore PCA200E ATM interfaces"
if_fwe(4): "Ethernet emulation driver for FireWire"
if_fwip(4): "IP over FireWire driver"
if_fxp(4): "Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 Ethernet device driver"
if_gem(4): ERI/GEM/GMAC Ethernet device driver
if_gif(4): generic tunnel interface
if_gre(4): encapsulating network device
if_hatm(4): "device driver for Fore/Marconi HE155 and HE622 ATM interfaces"
if_hme(4): "Sun Microelectronics STP2002-STQ Ethernet interfaces device driver"
if_idt(4): device driver for IDT NICStAR-based ATM interfaces
if_ipw(4): "Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11 driver"
if_iwi(4): "Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11 driver"
if_kue(4): "Kawasaki LSI KL5KUSB101B USB Ethernet driver"
if_lge(4): "Level 1 LXT1001 NetCellerator PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapter driver"
if_mn(4): "Siemens Easy321-R1 E1/T1 device driver"
if_my(4): "Myson Technology Ethernet PCI driver"
if_ndis(4): NDIS miniport driver wrapper
if_nge(4): "National Semiconductor PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapter driver"
if_nve(4): "NVIDIA nForce MCP Networking Adapter device driver"
if_oltr(4): "Olicom Token Ring device driver"
if_patm(4): "device driver for IDT77252 based ATM interfaces (ProSum and IDT)"
if_pcn(4): "AMD PCnet/PCI Fast Ethernet device driver"
if_ppp(4): point to point protocol network interface
if_ral(4): "Ralink Technology RT2500 IEEE 802.11 driver"
if_re(4): "RealTek 8139C+/8169/8169S/8110S PCI Ethernet adapter driver"
if_rl(4): "RealTek 8129/8139 Fast Ethernet device driver"
if_rue(4): "RealTek RTL8150 USB to Fast Ethernet controller driver"
if_sbni(4): Granch SBNI12 leased line modem driver
if_sbsh(4): "Granch SBNI16 SHDSL modem device driver"
if_sf(4): "Adaptec AIC-6915" Starfire PCI Fast Ethernet adapter driver
if_sis(4): "SiS 900, SiS 7016 and NS DP83815 Fast Ethernet device driver"
if_sk(4): "SysKonnect SK-984x and SK-982x PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapter driver"
if_sl(4): slip network interface
if_sn(4): "Ethernet driver for SMC91Cxx based cards"
if_ste(4): "Sundance Technologies ST201 Fast Ethernet device driver"
if_stf(4): 6to4 tunnel interface
if_tap(4): Ethernet tunnel software network interface
if_ti(4): "Alteon Networks Tigon I and Tigon II Gigabit Ethernet driver"
if_tl(4): "Texas Instruments ThunderLAN Ethernet device driver"
if_tun(4): tunnel software network interface
if_tx(4): "SMC 83c17x Fast Ethernet device driver"
if_txp(4): "3Com 3XP Typhoon/Sidewinder (3CR990) Ethernet interface"
if_udav(4): "Davicom DM9601 USB Ethernet driver"
if_ural(4): "Ralink Technology RT2500USB IEEE 802.11 driver"
if_vge(4): "VIA Networking Technologies VT6122 PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapter driver"
if_vlan(4): "IEEE 802.1Q VLAN network interface"
if_vr(4): "VIA Technologies Rhine I/II/III Ethernet device driver"
if_wb(4): "Winbond W89C840F Fast Ethernet device driver"
if_wi(4): "Lucent Hermes, Intersil PRISM and Spectrum24 IEEE 802.11 driver"
if_xe(4): "Xircom PCMCIA Ethernet device driver"
if_xl(4): "3Com Etherlink XL and Fast Etherlink XL Ethernet device driver"
ifmib(4): Management Information Base for network interfaces
ifpi(4): isdn4bsd AVM Fritz!Card PCI Version 1 driver
ifpi2(4): isdn4bsd AVM Fritz!Card PCI Version 2 driver
ifpnp(4): isdn4bsd AVM Fritz!Card ISA PnP driver
ihfc(4): isdn4bsd ISA Cologne Chip HFC[-S][-SP] 2B[DS0] driver
iic(4): I2C generic i/o device driver
iicbb(4): I2C generic bit-banging driver
iicbus(4): I2C bus system
iicsmb(4): I2C to SMB bridge
iir(4): Intel Integrated RAID controller and ICP Vortex driver
imm(4): parallel to SCSI interface driver
inet(4): Internet protocol family
inet6(4): Internet protocol version 6 family
initrd(4): boot loader initialized RAM disk
intpm(4): Intel PIIX4 Power Management controller driver
intro(4): Introduction to special files
io(4): I/O privilege file
ip(4): Internet Protocol
ip6(4): Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) network layer
ipaccounting(4): IP packet filter and traffic accounting
ipacct(4): IP packet filter and traffic accounting
ipf(4): packet filtering kernel interface
ipfilter(4): IP packet log device
ipfirewall(4): IP packet filter and traffic accounting
ipfw(4): IP packet filter and traffic accounting
ipl(4): IP packet log device
ipnat(4): Network Address Translation kernel interface
ips(4): IBM/Adaptec ServeRAID controller driver
ipsec(4): IP security protocol
ipw(4): "Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11 driver"
isic(4): isdn4bsd Siemens ISDN Chipset device driver
isp(4): Qlogic based SCSI and FibreChannel SCSI Host Adapters
ispfw(4): "Firmware Module for Qlogic based SCSI and FibreChannel SCSI Host Adapters"
itjc(4): isdn4bsd NETjet-S / Teles PCI-TJ hardware driver
iwi(4): "Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11 driver"
iwic(4): isdn4bsd Winbond ISDN Chip device driver
ixgb(4): "Intel(R) PRO/10GbE Ethernet driver for the FreeBSD operating system"

J

joy(4): joystick device driver

K

KAME(4): introduction and roadmap to KAME IPv6 software package
kame(4): introduction and roadmap to KAME IPv6 software package
kbdmux(4): keyboard multiplexer
kld(4): dynamic kernel linker facility
kmem(4): system memory, kernel memory and system ports
ktr(4): kernel tracing facility
kue(4): "Kawasaki LSI KL5KUSB101B USB Ethernet driver"

L

led(4): API for manipulating LED's, lamps and other annunciators
lge(4): "Level 1 LXT1001 NetCellerator PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapter driver"
linux(4): Linux ABI support
lnc(4): "AMD Lance/PCnet Ethernet device driver"
lo(4): software loopback network interface
longrun(4): Transmeta(TM) Crusoe(TM) LongRun(TM) support
loop(4): software loopback network interface
lp(4): line printer devices
lpbb(4): parallel port I2C bit-banging interface
lpt(4): generic printer device driver

M

mac(4): Mandatory Access Control
mac_biba(4): "Biba data integrity policy"
mac_bsdextended(4): "file system firewall policy"
mac_ifoff(4): "interface silencing policy"
mac_lomac(4): "Low-watermark Mandatory Access Control data integrity policy"
mac_mls(4): "Multi-Level Security confidentiality policy"
mac_none(4): "null MAC policy module"
mac_partition(4): "process partition policy"
mac_portacl(4): "network port access control policy"
mac_seeotheruids(4): "simple policy controlling whether users see other users"
mac_stub(4): "MAC policy stub module"
mac_test(4): MAC framework testing policy
mcd(4): Mitsumi CD-ROM driver
md(4): Multiple Device driver aka Linux Software Raid
mem(4): system memory, kernel memory and system ports
meteor(4): "video capture driver interface"
miibus(4): IEEE 802.3 Media Independent Interface network bus
mlx(4): Mylex DAC-family RAID driver
mly(4): Mylex AcceleRAID/eXtremeRAID family driver
mn(4): "Siemens Easy321-R1 E1/T1 device driver"
mouse(4): serial mouse interface
mpt(4): LSI Fusion-MPT SCSI/Fibre Channel driver
mse(4): bus and InPort mice driver
mtio(4): FreeBSD magtape interface
multicast(4): Multicast Routing
my(4): "Myson Technology Ethernet PCI driver"

N

natm(4): Native Mode ATM protocol layer
natmip(4): IP over ATM PVCs
ncr(4): NCR 53C8xx SCSI driver
ncv(4): "NCR 53C500 based SCSI host adapter driver"
ndis(4): NDIS miniport driver wrapper
net(4): introduction to networking facilities
netgraph(4): "graph based kernel networking subsystem"
netintro(4): introduction to networking facilities
networking(4): introduction to networking facilities
ng_async(4): asynchronous framing netgraph node type
ng_atm(4): netgraph ATM node type
ng_atmllc(4): ATM LLC netgraph node type
ng_atmpif(4): netgraph HARP/ATM Virtual Physical Interface
ng_bluetooth(4): placeholder for global Bluetooth variables
ng_bpf(4): Berkeley packet filter netgraph node type
ng_bridge(4): Ethernet bridging netgraph node type
ng_bt3c(4): Netgraph node type that is also a 3Com Bluetooth PC card driver
ng_btsocket(4): Bluetooth sockets layer
ng_ccatm(4): "ATM Call Control netgraph node type"
ng_cisco(4): Cisco HDLC protocol netgraph node type
ng_device(4): device netgraph node type
ng_echo(4): netgraph echo node type
ng_eiface(4): "generic Ethernet interface netgraph node type"
ng_etf(4): Ethertype filtering netgraph node type
ng_ether(4): Ethernet netgraph node type
ng_fec(4): netgraph Fast EtherChannel node
ng_frame_relay(4): frame relay netgraph node type
ng_gif(4): generic tunnel interface netgraph node type
ng_gif_demux(4): demultiplexer for packets from ng_gif 4 nodes
ng_h4(4): Netgraph node type that is also an H4 line discipline
ng_hci(4): Netgraph node type that is also a Bluetooth Host Controller Interface (HCI) layer
ng_hole(4): netgraph discard node type
ng_hub(4): packet distribution netgraph node type
ng_iface(4): interface netgraph node type
ng_ip_input(4): netgraph IP input node type
ng_ipfw(4): interface between netgraph and IP firewall
ng_ksocket(4): kernel socket netgraph node type
ng_l2cap(4): Netgraph node type that implements Bluetooth Logical Link Control and Adaptation Protocol (L2CAP)
ng_l2tp(4): L2TP protocol netgraph node type
ng_lmi(4): frame relay LMI protocol netgraph node type
ng_mppc(4): Microsoft MPPC/MPPE compression and encryption netgraph node type
ng_nat(4): "NAT netgraph node type"
ng_netflow(4): Cisco's NetFlow implementation
ng_one2many(4): packet multiplexing netgraph node type
ng_ppp(4): PPP protocol netgraph node type
ng_pppoe(4): RFC 2516 PPPoE protocol netgraph node type
ng_pptpgre(4): PPTP GRE protocol netgraph node type
ng_rfc1490(4): RFC 1490 netgraph node type
ng_socket(4): netgraph socket node type
ng_source(4): netgraph node for traffic generation
ng_split(4): netgraph node to separate incoming and outgoing flows
ng_sppp(4): sppp netgraph node type
ng_sscfu(4): netgraph SSCF at the UNI node type
ng_sscop(4): netgraph SSCOP node type
ng_tcpmss(4): "netgraph node to adjust TCP MSS option"
ng_tee(4): netgraph ``tee'' node type
ng_tty(4): netgraph node type that is also a line discipline
ng_ubt(4): Netgraph node type that is also a driver for Bluetooth USB devices
ng_UI(4): UI netgraph node type
ng_uni(4): netgraph UNI node type
ng_vjc(4): Van Jacobson compression netgraph node type
ng_vlan(4): IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging netgraph node type
ngatmbase(4): netgraph ATM utility module
nge(4): "National Semiconductor PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapter driver"
nmdm(4): nullmodem terminal driver
npx(4): Numeric Processing Extension coprocessor
nsp(4): "Workbit Ninja SCSI-3 based PC-Card SCSI host adapter driver"
null(4): data sink
nve(4): "NVIDIA nForce MCP Networking Adapter device driver"

O

ohci(4): OHCI USB Host Controller driver
oldcard(4): PC Card bridge driver
oltr(4): "Olicom Token Ring device driver"
OPIE(4): One-time Passwords In Everything
opie(4): One-time Passwords In Everything
orm(4): ISA I/O space option ROM(s) driver

P

PAE(4): Physical Address Extensions
pae(4): Physical Address Extensions
pass(4): CAM application passthrough driver
patm(4): "device driver for IDT77252 based ATM interfaces (ProSum and IDT)"
pbio(4): 8255 parallel peripheral interface basic I/O driver
pccard(4): PC Card bus driver
pccbb(4): cardbus bridge driver
pcf(4): Philips I2C bus controller
pci(4): generic PCI driver
pcic(4): PC Card bridge driver
pcm(4): PCM audio device infrastructure
pcn(4): "AMD PCnet/PCI Fast Ethernet device driver"
pcvt(4): VT220 virtual screen system console
perfmon(4): CPU performance-monitoring interface
pf(4): packet filter
pflog(4): packet filter logging interface
pfsync(4): packet filter state table logging interface
pim(4): Protocol Independent Multicast
plip(4): printer port Internet Protocol driver
pnp(4): support for "Plug and Play" (PnP) ISA devices
pnpbios(4): support for embedded devices on the motherboard
polling(4): device polling support
port(4): system memory, kernel memory and system ports
ppbus(4): Parallel Port Bus system
ppc(4): Parallel Port Chipset driver
ppi(4): "user-space interface to ppbus parallel 'geek' port"
ppp(4): point to point protocol network interface
psm(4): PS/2 mouse style pointing device driver
pst(4): device driver for Promise Supertrak SX6000
pt(4): SCSI processor type driver
ptmx(4): pseudo-terminal master and slave
ptmx and pts(4): pseudo-terminal master and slave
pts(4): pseudo-terminal master and slave
pty(4): pseudo terminal driver
puc(4): PCI Universal Communications driver

R

ral(4): "Ralink Technology RT2500 IEEE 802.11 driver"
ram(4): ram disk device
random(4): kernel random number source devices
rawip(4): Internet Protocol
ray(4): "Raytheon Raylink/Webgear Aviator PCCard driver"
rc(4): RISCom/8 multiport card
re(4): "RealTek 8139C+/8169/8169S/8110S PCI Ethernet adapter driver"
rel(4): Release resource file
relup(4): Release upgrade file
rl(4): "RealTek 8129/8139 Fast Ethernet device driver"
rndtest(4): FIPS 140-2 random number generator test monitor
route(4): kernel packet forwarding database
rp(4): "driver for Comtrol RocketPort Intelligent Serial Port Cards"
rtc(4): real-time clock
rue(4): "RealTek RTL8150 USB to Fast Ethernet controller driver"

S

sa(4): SCSI Sequential Access device driver
sab(4): Infineon SAB82532 (ESCC2) serial communications driver
safe(4): SafeNet crypto accelerator
sbni(4): Granch SBNI12 leased line modem driver
sbp(4): Serial Bus Protocol 2 (SBP-2) Mass Storage Devices driver
sbp_targ(4): Serial Bus Protocol 2 (SBP-2) Target Mode devices driver
sbsh(4): "Granch SBNI16 SHDSL modem device driver"
sc(4): the console driver
scbus(4): CAM SCSI subsystem
scd(4): Sony CDU31/33 CD-ROM driver
sched_4bsd(4): "4.4BSD scheduler"
sched_ule(4): ULE Scheduler
screen(4): pc display interface
screensaver(4): splash screen / screen saver interface
script(4): Boot script
SCSI(4): CAM SCSI subsystem
scsi(4): CAM SCSI subsystem
sd(4): Driver for SCSI Disk Drives
sem(4): POSIX semaphores
ses(4): SCSI Environmental Services driver
sf(4): "Adaptec AIC-6915" Starfire PCI Fast Ethernet adapter driver
si(4): "driver for Specialix International SI/XIO or SX intelligent serial card"
sio(4): "fast interrupt driven asynchronous serial communications interface"
sis(4): "SiS 900, SiS 7016 and NS DP83815 Fast Ethernet device driver"
sk(4): "SysKonnect SK-984x and SK-982x PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapter driver"
sk98lin(4): Marvell/SysKonnect Gigabit Ethernet driver v6.21
skey(4): One-time Passwords In Everything
sl(4): slip network interface
smapi(4): "System Management Application Program Interface driver"
smb(4): SMB generic I/O device driver
smbus(4): System Management Bus
SMP(4): description of the FreeBSD Symmetric Multi-Processor kernel
smp(4): description of the FreeBSD Symmetric Multi-Processor kernel
sn(4): "Ethernet driver for SMC91Cxx based cards"
snc(4): National Semiconductor DP8393X SONIC Ethernet adapter driver
snd(4): PCM audio device infrastructure
snd_ad1816(4): "Analog Devices AD1816 ISA bridge device driver"
snd_als4000(4): "Avance Logic ALS4000 PCI bridge device driver"
snd_cmi(4): "CMedia CMI8338/CMI8738 PCI bridge device driver"
snd_cs4281(4): "Crystal Semiconductor CS4281 PCI bridge device driver"
snd_csa(4): Crystal Semiconductor CS461x/462x/4280 PCI bridge device driver
snd_ds1(4): "Yamaha DS-1 PCI bridge device driver"
snd_emu10k1(4): "SoundBlaster Live! and Audigy PCI bridge device driver"
snd_es137x(4): "Ensoniq AudioPCI ES137x bridge device driver"
snd_ess(4): "Ensoniq ESS ISA PnP/non-PnP bridge device driver"
snd_fm801(4): "Forte Media FM801 bridge device driver"
snd_gusc(4): Gravis UltraSound ISA bridge device driver
snd_ich(4): "Intel ICH PCI and compatible bridge device driver"
snd_maestro(4): "ESS Maestro bridge device driver"
snd_maestro3(4): "ESS Maestro3/Allegro-1 bridge device driver"
snd_neomagic(4): "NeoMagic 256AV/ZX bridge device driver"
snd_sbc(4): Creative Sound Blaster ISA and compatible bridge device driver
snd_solo(4): "ESS Solo-1/1E PCI bridge device driver"
snd_t4dwave(4): "Trident 4DWave bridge device driver"
snd_uaudio(4): USB audio device driver
snd_via8233(4): "VIA Technologies VT8233 bridge device driver"
snd_via82c686(4): "VIA Technologies 82C686A bridge device driver"
snd_vibes(4): "S3 SonicVibes bridge device driver"
snp(4): tty snoop interface
sound(4): PCM audio device infrastructure
speaker(4): console speaker device driver
spic(4): Sony Programmable I/O Controller device driver
spkr(4): console speaker device driver
splash(4): splash screen / screen saver interface
sppp(4): point to point protocol network layer for synchronous lines
sr(4): synchronous RISCom/N2 / WANic 400/405 device driver
st(4): SCSI tape device
stderr(4): file descriptor files
stdin(4): file descriptor files
stdout(4): file descriptor files
ste(4): "Sundance Technologies ST201 Fast Ethernet device driver"
stf(4): 6to4 tunnel interface
stg(4): driver for Future Domain based SCSI controllers
streams(4): System V STREAMS networking ABI support
svr4(4): System V Release 4 ABI support
sym(4): NCR/Symbios/LSI Logic 53C8XX PCI SCSI host adapter driver
syncache(4): sysctl 8 MIBs for controlling TCP SYN caching
syncer(4): file system synchronizer kernel process
syncookies(4): sysctl 8 MIBs for controlling TCP SYN caching
syscons(4): the console driver
sysmouse(4): virtualized mouse driver

T

tap(4): Ethernet tunnel software network interface
targ(4): SCSI target emulator driver
tcp(4): Internet Transmission Control Protocol
termios(4): general terminal line discipline
ti(4): "Alteon Networks Tigon I and Tigon II Gigabit Ethernet driver"
tl(4): "Texas Instruments ThunderLAN Ethernet device driver"
trm(4): Tekram TRM-S1040 ASIC based PCI SCSI host adapter driver
tty(4): controlling terminal
tty ioctl(4): ioctls for terminals and serial lines
tty_ioctl(4): ioctls for terminals and serial lines
ttyS(4): serial terminal lines
ttys(4): serial terminal lines
tun(4): tunnel software network interface
twa(4): 3ware 9000 series SATA RAID controllers driver
twe(4): 3ware 5000/6000/7000/8000 series PATA/SATA RAID adapter driver
tx(4): "SMC 83c17x Fast Ethernet device driver"
txp(4): "3Com 3XP Typhoon/Sidewinder (3CR990) Ethernet interface"

U

uart(4): driver for Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (UART) devices
ubsa(4): USB support for Belkin serial adapters
ubsec(4): Broadcom and BlueSteel uBsec 5x0x crypto accelerator
ubser(4): USB support for BWCT console serial adapters
ubtbcmfw(4): Firmware driver for Broadcom BCM2033 chip based Bluetooth USB devices
ucom(4): USB tty support
ucycom(4): device driver for Cypress CY7C63743 and CY7C64013 USB to RS232 bridges
udav(4): "Davicom DM9601 USB Ethernet driver"
udbp(4): USB Double Bulk Pipe driver
udp(4): Internet User Datagram Protocol
ufm(4): USB driver for Cypress Semiconductor FM Radio
uftdi(4): USB support for serial adapters based on the FT8U100AX and FT8U232AM chips
ugen(4): USB generic device support
uhci(4): UHCI USB Host Controller driver
uhid(4): USB generic HID support
uhidev(4): USB Human Interface Device support
ukbd(4): USB keyboard driver
ulpt(4): USB printer support
umass(4): USB Mass Storage Devices driver
umct(4): Magic Control Technology USB-RS232 converter driver
umodem(4): USB modem support
ums(4): USB mouse driver
unix(4): UNIX-domain protocol family
uplcom(4): USB support for Prolific PL-2303/2303X/2303HX serial adapters driver
ural(4): "Ralink Technology RT2500USB IEEE 802.11 driver"
urandom(4): kernel random number source devices
urio(4): "USB driver for the Rio MP3 players"
usb(4): Universal Serial Bus
uscanner(4): USB Scanners
utopia(4): "driver module for ATM PHY chips"
uvisor(4): "USB support for the PalmOS based PDAs"
uvscom(4): USB support for SUNTAC Slipper U VS-10U serial adapters driver

V

vcs(4): virtual console memory
vcsa(4): virtual console memory
vge(4): "VIA Networking Technologies VT6122 PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapter driver"
viapm(4): VIA chipsets Power Management controller driver
vinum(4): Logical Volume Manager
vkbd(4): the virtual AT keyboard interface
vlan(4): "IEEE 802.1Q VLAN network interface"
vn(4): memory disk
vpd(4): "Vital Product Data kernel interface"
vpo(4): parallel to SCSI interface driver
vr(4): "VIA Technologies Rhine I/II/III Ethernet device driver"
vt(4): VT220 virtual screen system console
vx(4): "3Com EtherLink III / Fast EtherLink III (3c59x) Ethernet driver"

W

watchdog(4): "hardware and software watchdog"
wavelan(4): AT&T GIS WaveLAN ISA device driver
wb(4): "Winbond W89C840F Fast Ethernet device driver"
wi(4): "Lucent Hermes, Intersil PRISM and Spectrum24 IEEE 802.11 driver"
witness(4): lock validation facility
wl(4): T1 speed ISA/radio lan card
wlan(4): generic 802.11 link-layer support
wlan_acl(4): MAC-based ACL support for 802.11 devices
wlan_ccmp(4): AES-CCMP crypto support for 802.11 devices
wlan_tkip(4): TKIP and Michael crypto support for 802.11 devices
wlan_wep(4): WEP crypto support for 802.11 devices
wlan_xauth(4): External authenticator support for 802.11 devices
worm(4): write-once (CD-R) disk driver

X

xe(4): "Xircom PCMCIA Ethernet device driver"
xl(4): "3Com Etherlink XL and Fast Etherlink XL Ethernet device driver"
xpt(4): CAM transport layer interface

Z

zero(4): data sink

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