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@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd October 29, 2015
+.Dd November 22, 2015
.Dt ISP 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -60,31 +60,20 @@ devices.
SCSI features include support for Ultra SCSI and wide mode transactions
for
.Tn SCSI ,
-Ultra2 LVD (ISP1080, ISP1280), and Ultra3 LVD (ISP12160).
+Ultra2 LVD (1080, 1280), and Ultra3 LVD (10160, 12160).
.Pp
Fibre Channel support uses FCP SCSI profile for
.Tn FibreChannel ,
-and utilizes Class 3 and Class 2 connections (Qlogic 2100 is Class
-3 only, minor patches to the Qlogic 2200 to force Class 2 mode).
-Support is available for Public and Private loops, and for
-point-to-point connections (Qlogic 2200 only).
+and utilizes Class 3 and Class 2 (2200 and later) connections.
+Support is available for Public and Private loops, Point-to-Point
+and Fabric connections.
The newer 2-Gigabit cards (2300, 2312, 2322), 4-Gigabit (2422, 2432)
-and 8-Gigabit (2532) are also supported.
-Command tagging is supported for all (in fact,
-.Tn FibreChannel
-requires tagging).
-Fabric support is enabled by default for other than 2100 cards.
-Fabric support for 2100 cards has been so problematic and these cards are so
-old now that it is just not worth your time to try it.
+and 8-Gigabit (2532) are supported in both initiator and target modes.
.Sh FIRMWARE
-Firmware is available if the
+Firmware loading is supported if the
.Xr ispfw 4
-module is loaded during bootstrap (q.v.).
-.Pp
-It is
-.Ar strongly
-recommended that you use the firmware available
-from
+module is loaded.
+It is strongly recommended that you use the firmware available from
.Xr ispfw 4
as it is the most likely to have been tested with this driver.
.Sh HARDWARE
@@ -92,53 +81,47 @@ Cards supported by the
.Nm
driver include:
.Bl -tag -width xxxxxx -offset indent
-.It ISP1000
-SBus Fast Wide, Ultra Fast Wide cards, Single Ended or Differential
-cards.
-.It ISP1020
-Qlogic 1020 Fast Wide and Differential Fast Wide PCI cards.
-.It ISP1040
-Qlogic 1040 Ultra Wide and Differential Ultra Wide PCI cards.
-Also known as the DEC KZPBA-CA (single ended) and KZPBA-CB (HVD differential).
+.It Qlogic 1000
+Fast Wide, Ultra Fast Wide cards, Single Ended or Differential SBus cards.
.It Qlogic 1020
-Qlogic 1020 SCSI cards.
+Fast Wide and Differential Fast Wide SCSI PCI cards.
.It Qlogic 1040
-Qlogic 1040 Ultra SCSI cards.
+Ultra Wide and Differential Ultra Wide SCSI PCI cards.
+Also known as the DEC KZPBA-CA (single ended) and KZPBA-CB (HVD differential).
.It Qlogic 1080
-Qlogic 1080 LVD Ultra2 Wide SCSI cards.
+LVD Ultra2 Wide SCSI PCI cards.
.It Qlogic 10160
-Qlogic 10160 LVD Ultra3 Wide PCI cards.
+LVD Ultra3 Wide SCSI PCI cards.
.It Qlogic 1240
-Qlogic 1240 Dual Bus Ultra Wide and Differential Ultra Wide PCI cards.
+Dual Bus Ultra Wide and Differential Ultra Wide SCSI PCI cards.
.It Qlogic 1280
-Qlogic 1280 Dual Bus LVD Ultra2 Wide PCI cards.
+Dual Bus LVD Ultra2 Wide SCSI PCI cards.
.It Qlogic 12160
-Qlogic 12160 Dual Bus LVD Ultra3 Wide PCI cards.
+Dual Bus LVD Ultra3 Wide SCSI PCI cards.
.It Qlogic 210X
-Qlogic 2100 and 2100A Copper and Optical Fibre Channel Arbitrated
-Loop (single, dual).
+Copper and Optical Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop PCI cards (single, dual).
.It Qlogic 220X
-Qlogic 2200 Copper and Optical Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop PCI
-cards (single, dual, quad).
+Copper and Optical Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop PCI cards (single, dual, quad).
.It Qlogic 2300
-Qlogic 2300 Optical 2Gb Fibre Channel PCI cards.
+Optical 2Gb Fibre Channel PCI cards.
.It Qlogic 2312
-Qlogic 2312 Optical 2Gb Fibre Channel PCI cards.
+Optical 2Gb Fibre Channel PCI cards.
.It Qlogic 234X
-Qlogic 234X Optical 2Gb Fibre Channel PCI cards (2312 chipset, single and dual attach).
+Optical 2Gb Fibre Channel PCI cards (2312 chipset, single and dual attach).
.It Qlogic 2322
-Qlogic 2322 Optical 2Gb Fibre Channel PCIe cards.
+Optical 2Gb Fibre Channel PCIe cards.
.It Qlogic 200
Dell branded version of the QLogic 2312.
.It Qlogic 2422
-Qlogic 2422 Optical 4Gb Fibre Channel PCI cards.
+Optical 4Gb Fibre Channel PCI cards.
.It Qlogic 2432
-Qlogic 2432 Optical 4Gb Fibre Channel PCIe cards.
+Optical 4Gb Fibre Channel PCIe cards.
.It Qlogic 2532
-Qlogic 2532 Optical 8Gb Fibre Channel PCIe cards.
+Optical 8Gb Fibre Channel PCIe cards.
.El
.Sh CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
-Target mode support may be enabled with the
+Target mode support for 23xx and above Fibre Channel adapters may be
+enabled with the
.Pp
.Cd options ISP_TARGET_MODE
.Pp
@@ -192,7 +175,8 @@ cards in Local Loop topologies it is
.Ar strongly
recommended that you set this value to non-zero.
.It Va hint.isp.0.role
-A hint to define default role for isp instance (target, initiator, both).
+A hint to define default role for isp instance (0 -- none, 1 -- target,
+2 -- initiator, 3 -- both).
.It Va hint.isp.0.debug
A hint value for a driver debug level (see the file
.Pa /usr/src/sys/dev/isp/ispvar.h
@@ -236,5 +220,5 @@ Some later improvement was done by
.Sh BUGS
The driver currently ignores some NVRAM settings.
.Pp
-Target mode support works reasonably well for 23xx and above Fibre Channel
-cards, but not really tested on older ones.
+Fabric support for 2100 cards has been so problematic, and these cards are so
+old now that it is just not worth your time to try it.
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