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OFISA(4)						   BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual 						  OFISA(4)

NAME
ofisa -- introduction to machine-independent Open Firmware ISA bus support and drivers SYNOPSIS
ofisa* at mainbus0 XX* at ofisa? DESCRIPTION
NetBSD includes a machine-independent ISA bus subsystem and several machine-independent ISA device drivers. The ofisa bus uses Open Firmware to determine how to attach devices. HARDWARE
NetBSD includes machine-independent Open Firmware ISA drivers, sorted by device type and driver name: Disk and tape controllers wdc Standard Western Digital type hard drive controllers: MFM, RLL, ESDI, and IDE/ATAPI. Serial and parallel interfaces com NS8250-, NS16450-, and NS16550-based serial ports. lpt Standard ISA parallel port interface. Network interfaces cs Cirrus Logic Crystal CS8900 Ethernet interfaces. Sound cards and MIDI interfaces ess ESS Technology AudioDrive 1788-, 1888-, 1887-, and 888-based sound cards. Miscellaneous devices joy Game (joystick) adapters. SEE ALSO
com(4), cs(4), ess(4), intro(4), isa(4), joy(4), lpt(4), wdc(4) HISTORY
The Open Firmware ISA subsystem appeared in NetBSD 1.4. BSD
July 25, 2000 BSD

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MCA(4)							   BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual 						    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 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. BSD
March 3, 2005 BSD
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