MCA(4)

NAME
mca - introduction to machine-independent MCA bus support and drivers

SYNOPSIS
mca0 at mainbus?

options MCAVERBOSE

Machine-dependent; depends on the bus topology and MCA bus interface of your system. Typical MCA buses are connected directly to the main system bus.

DESCRIPTION
NetBSD includes a machine-independent MCA bus subsystem and several machine-independent MCA device drivers.

HARDWARE
NetBSD includes machine-independent MCA drivers, sorted by device type and driver name:

  SCSI controllers

aha(4)
    Adaptec AHA-1640 SCSI interface

esp(4)
    NCR 53C90 SCSI Adapter

  Disk and tape controllers

edc(4)
    IBM ESDI Fixed Disk Controller

  Serial interfaces

com(4)
    NS8250-, NS16450-, and NS16550-based serial cards.

  Network interfaces

ate(4)
    Allied-Telesis 1720 Ethernet interface cards

we(4)
    WD/SMC WD80x3x Ethernet interface cards and clones

le(4)
    SKNET Personal and MC+ Ethernet interface cards

elmc(4)
    3Com EtherLink/MC (3c523) Ethernet interface

ep(4)
    3Com EtherLink III 3c529 Ethernet interface

tra(4)
    Tiara LANCard/E and Standard MicroSystems 3016/MC Ethernet interface

SEE ALSO
intro(4), mca(9)

HISTORY
The machine-independent MCA subsystem appeared in NetBSD 1.5.