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author | sbruno <sbruno@FreeBSD.org> | 2013-04-10 23:37:15 +0000 |
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committer | sbruno <sbruno@FreeBSD.org> | 2013-04-10 23:37:15 +0000 |
commit | 042dd07575e9e0a4e598c59543e7af7d4684a70a (patch) | |
tree | add8cd11c6e01028fbcc9d698e3b89fcffcde3e2 | |
parent | 981c7853881b18d3cbd361e519f79ecbf31384d5 (diff) | |
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Update ciss(4) man page. We absolutely support performant mode of operation
on this controller. Indicate that the 5300 is the *only* controller that
will only work in simple mode.
Bus rescans should not be needed now and I consider it a bug if disks do
not appear or dissapear when created or destroyed.
Obtained from: Yahoo! Inc
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/ciss.4 | 17 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/ciss.4 b/share/man/man4/ciss.4 index 277847b..5ccbbf6 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/ciss.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/ciss.4 @@ -62,14 +62,11 @@ control protocol from earlier Compaq adapter families. .Pp Currently .Nm -only supports the +supports the .Dq simple -transport layer over PCI. -This interface (ab)uses the I2O register set (specifically the post -queues) to exchange commands with the adapter. -Other interfaces are available, but we are not supposed to know about them, -and it is dubious whether they would provide major performance improvements -except under extreme load. +and +.Dq performant +transport layer. .Pp Non-disk devices (such as internal DATs and devices attached to the external SCSI bus) are supported as normal CAM devices @@ -82,8 +79,8 @@ Direct Access devices (such as disk drives) are only exposed as .Xr pass 4 devices. -Hot-insertion and removal of devices is supported but a bus -rescan might be necessary. +Hot-insertion and removal of devices is supported and notification messages +will be reported to the console and logs. .Pp The problem which adapter freezes with the message .Dq ADAPTER HEARTBEAT FAILED @@ -97,7 +94,7 @@ driver include: .Pp .Bl -bullet -compact .It -Compaq Smart Array 5300 +Compaq Smart Array 5300 (simple mode only) .It Compaq Smart Array 532 .It |