Dear maintainers of the OpenBSD.org website, with the question of network adapters naming I went stuck searching for a 'supported hardware' list. On the path from "http://www.openbsd.org/plat.html"; to "http://www.openbsd.org/i386.html";, "http://www.openbsd.org/i386.html#hardware"; - "Supported hardware:" I could not find any list of hardware adapters (network, graphics, sound etc.), that are supported by the actual release. But I remember that a few years ago there was such a list.
(There was also a list of the available packages with a note what they're good for, or at least a title; today I go to the FreeBSD site, search for - say file managers - then go to the OpenBSD's packages directory, and if the package is there, too, I can install it and look what packages the installation requests else...) The FAQ section "http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq6.html#Setup.if"; "6.2.1 - Identifying and setting up your network interfaces" explains "If you don't know what your device name is, please look at the _supported_hardware_list_ for your platform." from where there's a link to the "plat.html" mentioned above. There's also a note under "http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq14.html#flashmemLive"; '14.17.3 - How do I create a bootable "Live" USB device?' "after the install... create a bunch of hostname.if(5) files...". Of course, I could try the .rd and read the dmesg or attach a blank media to the machine I'd like to know the network adapter name on, do a minimal installation and look what interface the process will detect, or I could even do a deep study into the automated installation process and learn about the network adapter detection and later do alone that part manually, but I'd appreciate to have a list ready. This could also be a point to start from when collecting hardware for a new machine setup. Many thanks, Dirk Eberhardt
