NetBSD/share/man/man4/mca.4

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.Dd September 27, 2002
.Dt MCA 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm mca
.Nd introduction to machine-independent MCA bus support and drivers
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Cd "mca0 at mainbus?"
.Pp
.Cd options MCAVERBOSE
.Pp
Machine-dependent; depends on the bus topology and
.Tn MCA
bus interface of your system. Typical
.Tn MCA
buses are connected directly to the main system bus.
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nx
includes a machine-independent
.Tn MCA
bus subsystem and several machine-independent
.Tn MCA
device drivers.
.Sh HARDWARE
.Nx
includes machine-independent
.Tn MCA
drivers, sorted by device type and driver name:
.Pp
.\"
.Ss SCSI controllers
.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent
.It aha
Adaptec AHA-1640
.Tn SCSI
interface
.It esp
NCR 53C90
.Tn SCSI
Adapter
.El
.\"
.Ss Disk and tape controllers
.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent
.It edc
IBM ESDI Fixed Disk Controller
.El
.\"
.Ss Serial interfaces
.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent
.It com
NS8250-, NS16450-, and NS16550-based serial cards.
.El
.\"
.Ss Network interfaces
.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent
.It tr
TROPIC based token ring interfaces
.It ate
Allied-Telesis 1720 Ethernet interface cards
.It we
WD/SMC WD80x3x Ethernet interface cards and clones
.It le
SKNET Personal and MC+ Ethernet interface cards
.It elmc
3Com EtherLink/MC (3c523) Ethernet interface
.It ep
3Com EtherLink III 3c529 Ethernet interface
.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr aha 4 ,
.Xr ate 4 ,
.Xr com 4 ,
.Xr edc 4 ,
.Xr elmc 4 ,
.Xr ep 4 ,
.Xr esp 4 ,
.Xr le 4 ,
.Xr ne 4 ,
.Xr tr 4 ,
.Xr we 4
.\"
.Sh HISTORY
The machine-independent
.Tn MCA
subsystem appeared in
.Nx 1.5 .