Manpage for 'dpt' driver.

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+.\"	$NetBSD: dpt.4,v 1.1 1999/09/28 09:24:05 ad Exp $
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1999 Andy Doran <ad@NetBSD.org>
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+.Dd September 28, 1999
+.Dt DPT 4
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm dpt
+.Nd
+.Tn Driver for DPT EATA SCSI adapters
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Cd "dpt* at pci?"
+.Cd "scsibus* at dpt?"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm
+driver provides support for the following
+.Tn SCSI
+adapters:
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width -offset indent -compact
+.It Tn DPT SmartCache III
+.It Tn DPT SmartCache IV
+.It Tn DPT SmartRAID III
+.It Tn DPT SmartRAID IV
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr intro 4 ,
+.Xr cd 4 ,
+.Xr ch 4 ,
+.Xr scsi 4 .
+.Xr sd 4 ,
+.Xr st 4 ,
+.Sh AUTHOR
+The
+.Nm
+driver was written by Andy Doran, based upon the 
+.Nm uha
+and
+.Nm bha
+drivers, which are the work of others.
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm dpt
+driver first appeared in
+.Nx 1.5 .
+.Sh BUGS
+This manpage is inadaquate.
+.Pp
+EATA adapters other than listed may function correctly with the
+.Nm 
+driver, however a definitive list is not avaiable.
+.Pp
+Older firmware may prove problematic when used with this driver. It is
+recommended that the latest available firmware be used. Contact DPT
+for a firmware update.
+.Pp
+Boards that do not suppport scatter-gather I/O or DMA are not supported.
+.Pp
+EISA and ISA front-ends are sill under development.