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34.Dd May 28, 2000
35.Dt MCA 4
36.Os
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm mca
39.Nd introduction to machine-independent MCA bus support and drivers
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.Cd "mca0 at mainbus?"
42.Pp
43Machine-dependent; depends on the bus topology and
44.Tn MCA
45bus interface of your system. Typical
46.Tn MCA
47buses are connected directly to the main system bus.
48.Sh INTRODUCTION
49.Nx
50includes a machine-independent
51.Tn MCA
52bus subsystem and several machine-independent
53.Tn MCA
54device drivers.
55.Pp
56.Sh SUPPORTED DEVICES
57.Nx
58includes machine-independent
59.Tn MCA
60drivers, sorted by device type and driver name:
61.Pp
62.\"
63.Ss SCSI controllers
64.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent
65.It aha
66Adaptec AHA-1640
67.Tn SCSI
68interface.
69.El
70.\"
71.Ss Disk and tape controllers
72.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent
73.It edc
74IBM ESDI Fixed Disk Controller
75.El
76.\"
77.Ss Serial interfaces
78.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent
79.It com
80NS8250-, NS16450-, and NS16550-based serial cards.
81.El
82.\"
83.Ss Network interfaces
84.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent
85.It tr
86TROPIC based token ring interfaces
87.It ate
88Allied-Telesis 1720 ethernet interface cards
89.It we
90WD/SMC WD80x3x ethernet interface cards and clones
91.It le
92SKNET Personal and MC+ ethernet interface cards
93.It elmc
943Com EtherLink/MC (3c523) ethernet interface
95.It ep
963Com EtherLink III 3c529 ethernet interface
97.El
98.\"
99.Sh SEE ALSO
100.Xr aha 4 ,
101.Xr ate 4 ,
102.Xr com 4 ,
103.Xr edc 4 ,
104.Xr elmc 4 ,
105.Xr ep 4 ,
106.Xr le 4 ,
107.Xr tr 4 ,
108.Xr we 4
109.\"
110.Sh HISTORY
111The machine-independent
112.Tn MCA
113subsystem appeared in
114.Nx 1.5 .
115