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diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/advansys.txt b/Documentation/scsi/advansys.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..4a3db62b742 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/scsi/advansys.txt @@ -0,0 +1,243 @@ +AdvanSys (Advanced System Products, Inc.) manufactures the following +RISC-based, Bus-Mastering, Fast (10 Mhz) and Ultra (20 Mhz) Narrow +(8-bit transfer) SCSI Host Adapters for the ISA, EISA, VL, and PCI +buses and RISC-based, Bus-Mastering, Ultra (20 Mhz) Wide (16-bit +transfer) SCSI Host Adapters for the PCI bus. + +The CDB counts below indicate the number of SCSI CDB (Command +Descriptor Block) requests that can be stored in the RISC chip +cache and board LRAM. A CDB is a single SCSI command. The driver +detect routine will display the number of CDBs available for each +adapter detected. The number of CDBs used by the driver can be +lowered in the BIOS by changing the 'Host Queue Size' adapter setting. + +Laptop Products: + ABP-480 - Bus-Master CardBus (16 CDB) + +Connectivity Products: + ABP510/5150 - Bus-Master ISA (240 CDB) + ABP5140 - Bus-Master ISA PnP (16 CDB) + ABP5142 - Bus-Master ISA PnP with floppy (16 CDB) + ABP902/3902 - Bus-Master PCI (16 CDB) + ABP3905 - Bus-Master PCI (16 CDB) + ABP915 - Bus-Master PCI (16 CDB) + ABP920 - Bus-Master PCI (16 CDB) + ABP3922 - Bus-Master PCI (16 CDB) + ABP3925 - Bus-Master PCI (16 CDB) + ABP930 - Bus-Master PCI (16 CDB) + ABP930U - Bus-Master PCI Ultra (16 CDB) + ABP930UA - Bus-Master PCI Ultra (16 CDB) + ABP960 - Bus-Master PCI MAC/PC (16 CDB) + ABP960U - Bus-Master PCI MAC/PC Ultra (16 CDB) + +Single Channel Products: + ABP542 - Bus-Master ISA with floppy (240 CDB) + ABP742 - Bus-Master EISA (240 CDB) + ABP842 - Bus-Master VL (240 CDB) + ABP940 - Bus-Master PCI (240 CDB) + ABP940U - Bus-Master PCI Ultra (240 CDB) + ABP940UA/3940UA - Bus-Master PCI Ultra (240 CDB) + ABP970 - Bus-Master PCI MAC/PC (240 CDB) + ABP970U - Bus-Master PCI MAC/PC Ultra (240 CDB) + ABP3960UA - Bus-Master PCI MAC/PC Ultra (240 CDB) + ABP940UW/3940UW - Bus-Master PCI Ultra-Wide (253 CDB) + ABP970UW - Bus-Master PCI MAC/PC Ultra-Wide (253 CDB) + ABP3940U2W - Bus-Master PCI LVD/Ultra2-Wide (253 CDB) + +Multi-Channel Products: + ABP752 - Dual Channel Bus-Master EISA (240 CDB Per Channel) + ABP852 - Dual Channel Bus-Master VL (240 CDB Per Channel) + ABP950 - Dual Channel Bus-Master PCI (240 CDB Per Channel) + ABP950UW - Dual Channel Bus-Master PCI Ultra-Wide (253 CDB Per Channel) + ABP980 - Four Channel Bus-Master PCI (240 CDB Per Channel) + ABP980U - Four Channel Bus-Master PCI Ultra (240 CDB Per Channel) + ABP980UA/3980UA - Four Channel Bus-Master PCI Ultra (16 CDB Per Chan.) + ABP3950U2W - Bus-Master PCI LVD/Ultra2-Wide and Ultra-Wide (253 CDB) + ABP3950U3W - Bus-Master PCI Dual LVD2/Ultra3-Wide (253 CDB) + +Driver Compile Time Options and Debugging + +The following constants can be defined in the source file. + +1. ADVANSYS_ASSERT - Enable driver assertions (Def: Enabled) + + Enabling this option adds assertion logic statements to the + driver. If an assertion fails a message will be displayed to + the console, but the system will continue to operate. Any + assertions encountered should be reported to the person + responsible for the driver. Assertion statements may proactively + detect problems with the driver and facilitate fixing these + problems. Enabling assertions will add a small overhead to the + execution of the driver. + +2. ADVANSYS_DEBUG - Enable driver debugging (Def: Disabled) + + Enabling this option adds tracing functions to the driver and the + ability to set a driver tracing level at boot time. This option is + very useful for debugging the driver, but it will add to the size + of the driver execution image and add overhead to the execution of + the driver. + + The amount of debugging output can be controlled with the global + variable 'asc_dbglvl'. The higher the number the more output. By + default the debug level is 0. + + If the driver is loaded at boot time and the LILO Driver Option + is included in the system, the debug level can be changed by + specifying a 5th (ASC_NUM_IOPORT_PROBE + 1) I/O Port. The + first three hex digits of the pseudo I/O Port must be set to + 'deb' and the fourth hex digit specifies the debug level: 0 - F. + The following command line will look for an adapter at 0x330 + and set the debug level to 2. + + linux advansys=0x330,0,0,0,0xdeb2 + + If the driver is built as a loadable module this variable can be + defined when the driver is loaded. The following insmod command + will set the debug level to one. + + insmod advansys.o asc_dbglvl=1 + + Debugging Message Levels: + 0: Errors Only + 1: High-Level Tracing + 2-N: Verbose Tracing + + To enable debug output to console, please make sure that: + + a. System and kernel logging is enabled (syslogd, klogd running). + b. Kernel messages are routed to console output. Check + /etc/syslog.conf for an entry similar to this: + + kern.* /dev/console + + c. klogd is started with the appropriate -c parameter + (e.g. klogd -c 8) + + This will cause printk() messages to be be displayed on the + current console. Refer to the klogd(8) and syslogd(8) man pages + for details. + + Alternatively you can enable printk() to console with this + program. However, this is not the 'official' way to do this. + Debug output is logged in /var/log/messages. + + main() + { + syscall(103, 7, 0, 0); + } + + Increasing LOG_BUF_LEN in kernel/printk.c to something like + 40960 allows more debug messages to be buffered in the kernel + and written to the console or log file. + +3. ADVANSYS_STATS - Enable statistics (Def: Enabled) + + Enabling this option adds statistics collection and display + through /proc to the driver. The information is useful for + monitoring driver and device performance. It will add to the + size of the driver execution image and add minor overhead to + the execution of the driver. + + Statistics are maintained on a per adapter basis. Driver entry + point call counts and transfer size counts are maintained. + Statistics are only available for kernels greater than or equal + to v1.3.0 with the CONFIG_PROC_FS (/proc) file system configured. + + AdvanSys SCSI adapter files have the following path name format: + + /proc/scsi/advansys/{0,1,2,3,...} + + This information can be displayed with cat. For example: + + cat /proc/scsi/advansys/0 + + When ADVANSYS_STATS is not defined the AdvanSys /proc files only + contain adapter and device configuration information. + +Driver LILO Option + +If init/main.c is modified as described in the 'Directions for Adding +the AdvanSys Driver to Linux' section (B.4.) above, the driver will +recognize the 'advansys' LILO command line and /etc/lilo.conf option. +This option can be used to either disable I/O port scanning or to limit +scanning to 1 - 4 I/O ports. Regardless of the option setting EISA and +PCI boards will still be searched for and detected. This option only +affects searching for ISA and VL boards. + +Examples: + 1. Eliminate I/O port scanning: + boot: linux advansys= + or + boot: linux advansys=0x0 + 2. Limit I/O port scanning to one I/O port: + boot: linux advansys=0x110 + 3. Limit I/O port scanning to four I/O ports: + boot: linux advansys=0x110,0x210,0x230,0x330 + +For a loadable module the same effect can be achieved by setting +the 'asc_iopflag' variable and 'asc_ioport' array when loading +the driver, e.g. + + insmod advansys.o asc_iopflag=1 asc_ioport=0x110,0x330 + +If ADVANSYS_DEBUG is defined a 5th (ASC_NUM_IOPORT_PROBE + 1) +I/O Port may be added to specify the driver debug level. Refer to +the 'Driver Compile Time Options and Debugging' section above for +more information. + +Credits (Chronological Order) + +Bob Frey <bfrey@turbolinux.com.cn> wrote the AdvanSys SCSI driver +and maintained it up to 3.3F. He continues to answer questions +and help maintain the driver. + +Nathan Hartwell <mage@cdc3.cdc.net> provided the directions and +basis for the Linux v1.3.X changes which were included in the +1.2 release. + +Thomas E Zerucha <zerucha@shell.portal.com> pointed out a bug +in advansys_biosparam() which was fixed in the 1.3 release. + +Erik Ratcliffe <erik@caldera.com> has done testing of the +AdvanSys driver in the Caldera releases. + +Rik van Riel <H.H.vanRiel@fys.ruu.nl> provided a patch to +AscWaitTixISRDone() which he found necessary to make the +driver work with a SCSI-1 disk. + +Mark Moran <mmoran@mmoran.com> has helped test Ultra-Wide +support in the 3.1A driver. + +Doug Gilbert <dgilbert@interlog.com> has made changes and +suggestions to improve the driver and done a lot of testing. + +Ken Mort <ken@mort.net> reported a DEBUG compile bug fixed +in 3.2K. + +Tom Rini <trini@kernel.crashing.org> provided the CONFIG_ISA +patch and helped with PowerPC wide and narrow board support. + +Philip Blundell <philb@gnu.org> provided an +advansys_interrupts_enabled patch. + +Dave Jones <dave@denial.force9.co.uk> reported the compiler +warnings generated when CONFIG_PROC_FS was not defined in +the 3.2M driver. + +Jerry Quinn <jlquinn@us.ibm.com> fixed PowerPC support (endian +problems) for wide cards. + +Bryan Henderson <bryanh@giraffe-data.com> helped debug narrow +card error handling. + +Manuel Veloso <veloso@pobox.com> worked hard on PowerPC narrow +board support and fixed a bug in AscGetEEPConfig(). + +Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@conectiva.com.br> made +save_flags/restore_flags changes. + +Andy Kellner <AKellner@connectcom.net> continued the Advansys SCSI +driver development for ConnectCom (Version > 3.3F). + +Ken Witherow for extensive testing during the development of version 3.4. |