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.Dd May 15, 2000
.Dt SIOP 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm siop
.Nd Symbios Logic/NCR 53c8xx SCSI driver
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Cd "siop* at pci? dev ? function ?"
.Cd "scsibus* at siop?"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
driver provides support for the Symbios Logic/NCR 53x8xx series of
.Tn SCSI
controller chips:
.Pp
.Bl -dash -compact -offset indent
.It
53c810, 53c810a and 53c815 (Fast
.Tn SCSI )
.It
53c820, 53c825 and 53c825a (Fast-Wide
.Tn SCSI )
.It
53c860 (Ultra
.Tn SCSI )
.It
53c875 and 53c875j (Ultra-Wide
.Tn SCSI )
.It
53c876 (Dual Ultra-Wide
.Tn SCSI )
.It
53c885 (Ultra-Wide
.Tn SCSI
and
.Tn Ethernet )
.It
53c895 (Ultra2-Wide
.Tn SCSI )
.It
53c896 (PCI 64bit, dual Ultra2-Wide
.Tn SCSI )
.El
.Sh BUGS
This driver is a work in progress; some hardware features are not used and
performance is not optimal. However, testing has shown it to be more robust
than the
.Xr ncr 4
driver, which it is slated to replace.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr intro 4 ,
.Xr pci 4 ,
.Xr ncr 4 ,
.Xr scsi 4 ,
.Xr sd 4 ,
.Xr st 4 ,
.Xr cd 4 ,
.Xr ch 4 ,
.Xr uk 4
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
driver first appeared in
.Nx 1.5 .
.Sh AUTHOR
The
.Nm
driver was written by Manuel Bouyer
.Aq Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
for
.Nx .