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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Unix (not Linux) on x86 chips? Post 302316263 by robywar on Thursday 14th of May 2009 02:37:32 PM
Old 05-14-2009
Unix (not Linux) on x86 chips?

Hi everyone- I'm creating an asset database for our company and the previous person who worked on this began categorizing servers in this manner:

Hardware
Server
Windows (or Unix)

I stated that Windows and Unix are software, not hardware and don't describe the physical box in any way. Having run a few Linux distros in my time, I know that Linux runs just fine on the same hardware as Windows, and usually vice versa.

However- does Unix? Does Unix require some special hardware making it a valid descriptor in a product categorization? Should I go with something like:

Hardware
Server
x86 (or Unix)
?

Thank you for your insight!
 

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ohci(7D)							      Devices								  ohci(7D)

NAME
ohci - OpenHCI host controller driver SYNOPSIS
usb@unit-address DESCRIPTION
The ohci driver is a USBA (Solaris USB Architecture) compliant nexus driver that supports the Open Host Controller Interface Specification 1.1, an industry standard developed by Compaq, Microsoft, and National Semiconductor. The ohci driver supports bulk, interrupt, control and isochronous transfers. FILES
/kernel/drv/ohci 32-bit x86 ELF kernel module /kernel/drv/amd64/ohci 64-bit x86 ELF kernel module /kernel/drv/sparcv9/ohci 64-bit SPARC ELF kernel module /kernel/drv/ohci.conf driver configuration file ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-------------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-------------------------------+ |Architecture |SPARC, x86, PCI-based systems | +-----------------------------+-------------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWusb | +-----------------------------+-------------------------------+ SEE ALSO
attributes(5), ehci(7D), hubd(7D), uhci(7D), usba(7D) Writing Device Drivers Universal Serial Bus Specification 2.0 Open Host Controller Interface Specification for USB 1.0a System Administration Guide: Basic Administration http://www.sun.com/io DIAGNOSTICS
All host controller errors are passed to the client drivers. Root hub errors are documented in hubd(7D). In addition to being logged, the following messages may appear on the system console. All messages are formatted in the following manner: WARNING: <device path> <ohci><instance number>>: Error message... Unrecoverable USB Hardware Error. There was an unrecoverable USB hardware error reported by the OHCI Controller. Please reboot the system. If this problem persists, con- tact your system vendor. No SOF interrupts have been received. This OHCI USB controller is unusable. The USB hardware is not generating Start Of Frame interrupts. Please reboot the system. If this problem persists, contact your system vendor. The following messages may be entered into the system log. They are formatted in the following manner: <device path> <ohci<instance number>): Message... Failed to program frame interval register. For an unspecified reason, the frame interval register has been nulled out by the Uli M1575 chip. Please reboot the system. If this problem persists, contact your system vendor. SunOS 5.11 23 Nov 2006 ohci(7D)
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