NetBSD/share/man/man4/dpt.4
2000-07-05 15:17:38 +00:00

120 lines
3.8 KiB
Groff

.\" $NetBSD: dpt.4,v 1.12 2000/07/05 15:17:38 msaitoh Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1999, 2000 Andy Doran <ad@NetBSD.org>
.\" All rights reserved.
.\"
.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
.\" are met:
.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
.\" 2. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission
.\"
.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.Dd September 28, 1999
.Dt DPT 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm dpt
.Nd
.Tn DPT EATA SCSI adapter driver
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Cd "dpt* at isa? port ? irq ? dma ?"
.Cd "dpt* at eisa? slot ?"
.Cd "dpt* at pci? dev ? function ?"
.Cd "scsibus* at dpt?"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
driver provides support for third and fourth generation DPT SCSI
controllers. All communication with the controllers is conducted via the
EATA (Enhanced AT Bus Attachment) protocol (CAM committee standard
CAM/89-004).
.Pp
DPT adapters examine and interpret all SCSI commands received before passing
them to any underlying physical device(s). In this way, caching, RAID and
other transformations are achieved while remaining transparent to the host
operating system.
.Sh HARDWARE
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 DIAGNOSTICS
None of these messages should be encountered under normal circumstances. It
should be noted that the list below is not complete.
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It dpt%d: readcfg failed - see dpt(4)
.br
The EATA configuration data did not appear upon request. This may be caused
by older firmware. Generally the solution is to power-cycle the affected
machine.
.br
.It dpt%d: spurious intr
.br
A spurious interrupt was recieved from the HBA.
.br
.It dpt%d: bogus status (returned CCB id NNNN)
.br
A corrupt or incomplete status packet was recieved from the HBA.
.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
.Aq ad@netbsd.org ,
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 1.4.2 .
.Sh BUGS
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. It is recommended that the latest
available firmware be used. Contact DPT for a firmware update.
.Pp
Older boards that do not suppport scatter-gather I/O or DMA are not supported.
.Pp
The number of queued commands available on ISA devices is clamped.
.Pp
The current SCSI subsystem can not take full advantage of the capabilities
provided by DPT adapters.
.Pp
ECC formatted disk and arrays (i.e. with a sector size of 528 bytes) do not
work correctly with the PM2041 and certain firmware revisions of the PM3334.