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.Dd February 17, 1997 .Dt ISA 4 .Os NetBSD .Sh NAME .Nm isa .Nd introduction to ISA bus machine-independent drivers and support .Sh SYNOPSIS
p Machine-dependent; depends on the bus topology and ISA-host adaptor of your system. Typical ISA buses are connected either directly to the main system bus or via PCI-ISA bridges. See the .Xr intro 4 documentation for your system for details. .Sh INTRODUCTION .Nx 1.2 and later versions include machine-independent bus support and drivers for the following ISA bus devices. Not all supported ISA devices are listed below; consult the .Xr intro 4 page for your machine for additional machine-dependent drivers. Note that console support (CGA, EGA, VGA, or better) and NS8250/16450/16550 serial drivers are currently machine-dependent and documented elsewhere. .Sh SUPPORTED DEVICES .Nx includes machine-independent ISA drivers, sorted by function and driver name:
p .Ss Disk controllers l -tag -width speaker -offset indent -compact t aha SCSI controllers including the Adaptec AHA-154x family (154xA, 154xB, 154xC, and 154xCF) of SCSI adaptors, and the Buslogic BT-54x. t aic SCSI controllers including Adaptec AIC-6260, Adaptec AIC-6360, Adaptec 152x, and SoundBlaster SCSI boards, as well as others based on Adaptec AIC-6x60 chips. t bha Buslogic BT-445 SCSI boards. t mcd Mitsumi CD-ROM drives. t sea Seagate/Future Domain SCSI cards. ST01/02, Future Domain TMC-885, and Future Domain TMC-950. t uha Ultrastor 14f ISA SCSI adapter cards. t wd Standard ISA Western Digital type hard drives. MFM, RLL, ESDI, and IDE. t wds WD7000 family of bus-mastering SCSI controllers. t wt Wangtek and compatible QIC-02 and QIC-36 tape drives. .El
p .Ss Serial and parallel interfaces l -tag -width speaker -offset indent -compact t ast Multi-port serial communications card first made by AST. t boca Boca BB100[48] and BB2016 multiplexing serial communications cards. t lpt Standard ISA parallel port interface. t cy Cyclades Cyclom-4Y, -8Y, and -16Y asynchronous serial communications cards. t rtfps RT four-port serial cards. .El
p
.Ss Network interfaces
l -tag -width speaker -offset indent -compact t ec 3Com 3c503 Ethernet interfaces.
t eg 3Com 3c505 Ethernet interfaces.
t el 3Com 3c501 Ethernet interfaces.
t ep 3Com 3c509 Etherlink III family Ethernet interface.
t fe Ethernet interfaces based on the Fujitsu MB86960A/MB86965A chipset,
including Fujitsu FMV-181, FMV-182, Allied Telesis AT1700 series,
and RE2000 series.
.It hp
Broken driver for HP -relabelled Ethernet cards.
t ie Ethernet interfaces based on Intel 82586 Ethernet chip,
including AT&T Starlan-10, AT&T EN100, AT&T Starlan Fibre, and 3Com 3c507.
t iy Intel i82595-based Ethernet interfaces, including the EtherExpress Pro/10.
t le Ethernet interfaces based on the AMD LANCE chip,
including BICC Isolan, Novell NE2100, and Digital DEPCA.
t ne Novel NE2000 and compatible Ethernet interfaces.
t sm SMC91C9x-based Ethernet interfaces.
t we Western Digital/SMC 80x3, SMC Elite Ultra, and SMC EtherEZ Ethernet
interfaces.
.El
.Ss Sound cards
l -tag -width speaker -offset indent -compact t gus Gravis Ultrasound sound cards.
t pas ProAudio Spectrum sound cards.
t pss Personal Sound System-compatible sound cards, including
Cardinal Digital SoundPro 16 and Orchid Soundwave 32.
t sb Soundblaster, Soundblaster 16, and Soundblaster Pro sound cards.
t wss Windows Sound System-compatible sound cards based on the AD1848 and
compatible chips.
.El
p Note that some ISA devices also have newer ISA Plug-and-Play variants. These are listed in .Xr isapnp 4 . The manual pages for each individual driver also list the supported variants on other buses. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr aha 4 , .Xr aic 4 , .Xr ast 4 , .Xr bha 4 , .Xr cy 4 , .Xr gus 4 , .Xr ec 4 , .Xr el 4 , .Xr ep 4 , .Xr fe 4 , .Xr ie 4 , .Xr isapnp 4 , .Xr iy 4 , .Xr le 4 , .Xr lpt 4 , .Xr mcd 4 , .Xr ne 4 , .Xr pas 4 , .Xr pss 4 , .Xr rtfps 4 , .Xr sb 4 , .Xr sea 4 , .Xr sm 4 , .Xr uha 4 , .Xr wd 4 , .Xr wds 4 , .Xr we 4 , .Xr wss 4 , .Xr wt 4 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm introduction appeared in .Nx 1.2 .
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