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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 DESCRIPTION
49.Nx
50includes a machine-independent
51.Tn MCA
52bus subsystem and several machine-independent
53.Tn MCA
54device drivers.
55.Sh HARDWARE
56.Nx
57includes machine-independent
58.Tn MCA
59drivers, sorted by device type and driver name:
60.Pp
61.\"
62.Ss SCSI controllers
63.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent
64.It aha
65Adaptec AHA-1640
66.Tn SCSI
67interface.
68.El
69.\"
70.Ss Disk and tape controllers
71.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent
72.It edc
73IBM ESDI Fixed Disk Controller
74.El
75.\"
76.Ss Serial interfaces
77.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent
78.It com
79NS8250-, NS16450-, and NS16550-based serial cards.
80.El
81.\"
82.Ss Network interfaces
83.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent
84.It tr
85TROPIC based token ring interfaces
86.It ate
87Allied-Telesis 1720 ethernet interface cards
88.It we
89WD/SMC WD80x3x ethernet interface cards and clones
90.It le
91SKNET Personal and MC+ ethernet interface cards
92.It elmc
933Com EtherLink/MC (3c523) ethernet interface
94.It ep
953Com EtherLink III 3c529 ethernet interface
96.El
97.\"
98.Sh SEE ALSO
99.Xr aha 4 ,
100.Xr ate 4 ,
101.Xr com 4 ,
102.Xr edc 4 ,
103.Xr elmc 4 ,
104.Xr ep 4 ,
105.Xr le 4 ,
106.Xr tr 4 ,
107.Xr we 4
108.\"
109.Sh HISTORY
110The machine-independent
111.Tn MCA
112subsystem appeared in
113.Nx 1.5 .
114