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27.Dd February 26, 2021
28.Dt MCA 4
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm mca
32.Nd introduction to machine-independent MCA bus support and drivers
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.Cd "mca0 at mainbus?"
35.Pp
36.Cd options MCAVERBOSE
37.Pp
38Machine-dependent; depends on the bus topology and
39.Tn MCA
40bus interface of your system. Typical
41.Tn MCA
42buses are connected directly to the main system bus.
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44.Nx
45includes a machine-independent
46.Tn MCA
47bus subsystem and several machine-independent
48.Tn MCA
49device drivers.
50.Sh HARDWARE
51.Nx
52includes machine-independent
53.Tn MCA
54drivers, sorted by device type and driver name:
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56.Ss SCSI controllers
57.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent
58.It Xr aha 4
59Adaptec AHA-1640
60.Tn SCSI
61interface
62.It Xr esp 4
63NCR 53C90
64.Tn SCSI
65Adapter
66.El
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68.Ss Disk and tape controllers
69.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent
70.It Xr edc 4
71IBM ESDI Fixed Disk Controller
72.El
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74.Ss Serial interfaces
75.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent
76.It Xr com 4
77NS8250-, NS16450-, and NS16550-based serial cards.
78.El
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80.Ss Network interfaces
81.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent
82.It Xr ate 4
83Allied-Telesis 1720 Ethernet interface cards
84.It Xr we 4
85WD/SMC WD80x3x Ethernet interface cards and clones
86.It Xr le 4
87SKNET Personal and MC+ Ethernet interface cards
88.It Xr elmc 4
893Com EtherLink/MC (3c523) Ethernet interface
90.It Xr ep 4
913Com EtherLink III 3c529 Ethernet interface
92.It Xr tra 4
93Tiara LANCard/E and Standard MicroSystems 3016/MC Ethernet interface
94.El
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96.Sh SEE ALSO
97.Xr intro 4 ,
98.Xr mca 9
99.\"
100.Sh HISTORY
101The machine-independent
102.Tn MCA
103subsystem appeared in
104.Nx 1.5 .
105