MCA(4) Kernel Interfaces Manual MCA(4)

NAME

mcaintroduction 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
Adaptec AHA-1640 SCSI interface
esp
NCR 53C90 SCSI Adapter

Disk and tape controllers

edc
IBM ESDI Fixed Disk Controller

Serial interfaces

com
NS8250-, NS16450-, and NS16550-based serial cards.

Network interfaces

tr
TROPIC based token ring interfaces
ate
Allied-Telesis 1720 Ethernet interface cards
we
WD/SMC WD80x3x Ethernet interface cards and clones
le
SKNET Personal and MC+ Ethernet interface cards
elmc
3Com EtherLink/MC (3c523) Ethernet interface
ep
3Com EtherLink III 3c529 Ethernet interface
tra
Tiara LANCard/E and Standard MicroSystems 3016/MC Ethernet interface

SEE ALSO

aha(4), ate(4), com(4), edc(4), elmc(4), ep(4), esp(4), le(4), ne(4), tr(4), tra(4), we(4)

HISTORY

The machine-independent MCA subsystem appeared in NetBSD 1.5.
March 3, 2005 NetBSD 6.1