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author | Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx> | 2007-07-30 10:41:03 -0400 |
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committer | James Bottomley <jejb@mulgrave.localdomain> | 2007-10-12 14:39:56 -0400 |
commit | 4bd6d7f35661a32ed50b72f02b684f894feeaa48 (patch) | |
tree | 38a8baae7ccd63b60b2003260cbd1abf84b780c3 /Documentation/scsi/advansys.txt | |
parent | d68f4321357165346fb15ef41dbbf9dce7894f29 (diff) |
[SCSI] advansys: Move documentation to Documentation/scsi
The 700+-line comment at the top of the advansys driver fits more comfortably
in Documentation/scsi.
Delete the sections on:
- kernels supported
- other files modified (obsolete)
- source comments (obsolete)
- tests to run
- release history (that's what a VCS is for)
- contacting connectcom (the domain has expired and the phone number is
now in use by another organisation)
Known problems/fix list is moved down to the section where jejb put his FIXME.
Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>
Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>
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1 | AdvanSys (Advanced System Products, Inc.) manufactures the following | ||
2 | RISC-based, Bus-Mastering, Fast (10 Mhz) and Ultra (20 Mhz) Narrow | ||
3 | (8-bit transfer) SCSI Host Adapters for the ISA, EISA, VL, and PCI | ||
4 | buses and RISC-based, Bus-Mastering, Ultra (20 Mhz) Wide (16-bit | ||
5 | transfer) SCSI Host Adapters for the PCI bus. | ||
6 | |||
7 | The CDB counts below indicate the number of SCSI CDB (Command | ||
8 | Descriptor Block) requests that can be stored in the RISC chip | ||
9 | cache and board LRAM. A CDB is a single SCSI command. The driver | ||
10 | detect routine will display the number of CDBs available for each | ||
11 | adapter detected. The number of CDBs used by the driver can be | ||
12 | lowered in the BIOS by changing the 'Host Queue Size' adapter setting. | ||
13 | |||
14 | Laptop Products: | ||
15 | ABP-480 - Bus-Master CardBus (16 CDB) | ||
16 | |||
17 | Connectivity Products: | ||
18 | ABP510/5150 - Bus-Master ISA (240 CDB) | ||
19 | ABP5140 - Bus-Master ISA PnP (16 CDB) | ||
20 | ABP5142 - Bus-Master ISA PnP with floppy (16 CDB) | ||
21 | ABP902/3902 - Bus-Master PCI (16 CDB) | ||
22 | ABP3905 - Bus-Master PCI (16 CDB) | ||
23 | ABP915 - Bus-Master PCI (16 CDB) | ||
24 | ABP920 - Bus-Master PCI (16 CDB) | ||
25 | ABP3922 - Bus-Master PCI (16 CDB) | ||
26 | ABP3925 - Bus-Master PCI (16 CDB) | ||
27 | ABP930 - Bus-Master PCI (16 CDB) | ||
28 | ABP930U - Bus-Master PCI Ultra (16 CDB) | ||
29 | ABP930UA - Bus-Master PCI Ultra (16 CDB) | ||
30 | ABP960 - Bus-Master PCI MAC/PC (16 CDB) | ||
31 | ABP960U - Bus-Master PCI MAC/PC Ultra (16 CDB) | ||
32 | |||
33 | Single Channel Products: | ||
34 | ABP542 - Bus-Master ISA with floppy (240 CDB) | ||
35 | ABP742 - Bus-Master EISA (240 CDB) | ||
36 | ABP842 - Bus-Master VL (240 CDB) | ||
37 | ABP940 - Bus-Master PCI (240 CDB) | ||
38 | ABP940U - Bus-Master PCI Ultra (240 CDB) | ||
39 | ABP940UA/3940UA - Bus-Master PCI Ultra (240 CDB) | ||
40 | ABP970 - Bus-Master PCI MAC/PC (240 CDB) | ||
41 | ABP970U - Bus-Master PCI MAC/PC Ultra (240 CDB) | ||
42 | ABP3960UA - Bus-Master PCI MAC/PC Ultra (240 CDB) | ||
43 | ABP940UW/3940UW - Bus-Master PCI Ultra-Wide (253 CDB) | ||
44 | ABP970UW - Bus-Master PCI MAC/PC Ultra-Wide (253 CDB) | ||
45 | ABP3940U2W - Bus-Master PCI LVD/Ultra2-Wide (253 CDB) | ||
46 | |||
47 | Multi-Channel Products: | ||
48 | ABP752 - Dual Channel Bus-Master EISA (240 CDB Per Channel) | ||
49 | ABP852 - Dual Channel Bus-Master VL (240 CDB Per Channel) | ||
50 | ABP950 - Dual Channel Bus-Master PCI (240 CDB Per Channel) | ||
51 | ABP950UW - Dual Channel Bus-Master PCI Ultra-Wide (253 CDB Per Channel) | ||
52 | ABP980 - Four Channel Bus-Master PCI (240 CDB Per Channel) | ||
53 | ABP980U - Four Channel Bus-Master PCI Ultra (240 CDB Per Channel) | ||
54 | ABP980UA/3980UA - Four Channel Bus-Master PCI Ultra (16 CDB Per Chan.) | ||
55 | ABP3950U2W - Bus-Master PCI LVD/Ultra2-Wide and Ultra-Wide (253 CDB) | ||
56 | ABP3950U3W - Bus-Master PCI Dual LVD2/Ultra3-Wide (253 CDB) | ||
57 | |||
58 | Driver Compile Time Options and Debugging | ||
59 | |||
60 | The following constants can be defined in the source file. | ||
61 | |||
62 | 1. ADVANSYS_ASSERT - Enable driver assertions (Def: Enabled) | ||
63 | |||
64 | Enabling this option adds assertion logic statements to the | ||
65 | driver. If an assertion fails a message will be displayed to | ||
66 | the console, but the system will continue to operate. Any | ||
67 | assertions encountered should be reported to the person | ||
68 | responsible for the driver. Assertion statements may proactively | ||
69 | detect problems with the driver and facilitate fixing these | ||
70 | problems. Enabling assertions will add a small overhead to the | ||
71 | execution of the driver. | ||
72 | |||
73 | 2. ADVANSYS_DEBUG - Enable driver debugging (Def: Disabled) | ||
74 | |||
75 | Enabling this option adds tracing functions to the driver and the | ||
76 | ability to set a driver tracing level at boot time. This option is | ||
77 | very useful for debugging the driver, but it will add to the size | ||
78 | of the driver execution image and add overhead to the execution of | ||
79 | the driver. | ||
80 | |||
81 | The amount of debugging output can be controlled with the global | ||
82 | variable 'asc_dbglvl'. The higher the number the more output. By | ||
83 | default the debug level is 0. | ||
84 | |||
85 | If the driver is loaded at boot time and the LILO Driver Option | ||
86 | is included in the system, the debug level can be changed by | ||
87 | specifying a 5th (ASC_NUM_IOPORT_PROBE + 1) I/O Port. The | ||
88 | first three hex digits of the pseudo I/O Port must be set to | ||
89 | 'deb' and the fourth hex digit specifies the debug level: 0 - F. | ||
90 | The following command line will look for an adapter at 0x330 | ||
91 | and set the debug level to 2. | ||
92 | |||
93 | linux advansys=0x330,0,0,0,0xdeb2 | ||
94 | |||
95 | If the driver is built as a loadable module this variable can be | ||
96 | defined when the driver is loaded. The following insmod command | ||
97 | will set the debug level to one. | ||
98 | |||
99 | insmod advansys.o asc_dbglvl=1 | ||
100 | |||
101 | Debugging Message Levels: | ||
102 | 0: Errors Only | ||
103 | 1: High-Level Tracing | ||
104 | 2-N: Verbose Tracing | ||
105 | |||
106 | To enable debug output to console, please make sure that: | ||
107 | |||
108 | a. System and kernel logging is enabled (syslogd, klogd running). | ||
109 | b. Kernel messages are routed to console output. Check | ||
110 | /etc/syslog.conf for an entry similar to this: | ||
111 | |||
112 | kern.* /dev/console | ||
113 | |||
114 | c. klogd is started with the appropriate -c parameter | ||
115 | (e.g. klogd -c 8) | ||
116 | |||
117 | This will cause printk() messages to be be displayed on the | ||
118 | current console. Refer to the klogd(8) and syslogd(8) man pages | ||
119 | for details. | ||
120 | |||
121 | Alternatively you can enable printk() to console with this | ||
122 | program. However, this is not the 'official' way to do this. | ||
123 | Debug output is logged in /var/log/messages. | ||
124 | |||
125 | main() | ||
126 | { | ||
127 | syscall(103, 7, 0, 0); | ||
128 | } | ||
129 | |||
130 | Increasing LOG_BUF_LEN in kernel/printk.c to something like | ||
131 | 40960 allows more debug messages to be buffered in the kernel | ||
132 | and written to the console or log file. | ||
133 | |||
134 | 3. ADVANSYS_STATS - Enable statistics (Def: Enabled) | ||
135 | |||
136 | Enabling this option adds statistics collection and display | ||
137 | through /proc to the driver. The information is useful for | ||
138 | monitoring driver and device performance. It will add to the | ||
139 | size of the driver execution image and add minor overhead to | ||
140 | the execution of the driver. | ||
141 | |||
142 | Statistics are maintained on a per adapter basis. Driver entry | ||
143 | point call counts and transfer size counts are maintained. | ||
144 | Statistics are only available for kernels greater than or equal | ||
145 | to v1.3.0 with the CONFIG_PROC_FS (/proc) file system configured. | ||
146 | |||
147 | AdvanSys SCSI adapter files have the following path name format: | ||
148 | |||
149 | /proc/scsi/advansys/{0,1,2,3,...} | ||
150 | |||
151 | This information can be displayed with cat. For example: | ||
152 | |||
153 | cat /proc/scsi/advansys/0 | ||
154 | |||
155 | When ADVANSYS_STATS is not defined the AdvanSys /proc files only | ||
156 | contain adapter and device configuration information. | ||
157 | |||
158 | Driver LILO Option | ||
159 | |||
160 | If init/main.c is modified as described in the 'Directions for Adding | ||
161 | the AdvanSys Driver to Linux' section (B.4.) above, the driver will | ||
162 | recognize the 'advansys' LILO command line and /etc/lilo.conf option. | ||
163 | This option can be used to either disable I/O port scanning or to limit | ||
164 | scanning to 1 - 4 I/O ports. Regardless of the option setting EISA and | ||
165 | PCI boards will still be searched for and detected. This option only | ||
166 | affects searching for ISA and VL boards. | ||
167 | |||
168 | Examples: | ||
169 | 1. Eliminate I/O port scanning: | ||
170 | boot: linux advansys= | ||
171 | or | ||
172 | boot: linux advansys=0x0 | ||
173 | 2. Limit I/O port scanning to one I/O port: | ||
174 | boot: linux advansys=0x110 | ||
175 | 3. Limit I/O port scanning to four I/O ports: | ||
176 | boot: linux advansys=0x110,0x210,0x230,0x330 | ||
177 | |||
178 | For a loadable module the same effect can be achieved by setting | ||
179 | the 'asc_iopflag' variable and 'asc_ioport' array when loading | ||
180 | the driver, e.g. | ||
181 | |||
182 | insmod advansys.o asc_iopflag=1 asc_ioport=0x110,0x330 | ||
183 | |||
184 | If ADVANSYS_DEBUG is defined a 5th (ASC_NUM_IOPORT_PROBE + 1) | ||
185 | I/O Port may be added to specify the driver debug level. Refer to | ||
186 | the 'Driver Compile Time Options and Debugging' section above for | ||
187 | more information. | ||
188 | |||
189 | Credits (Chronological Order) | ||
190 | |||
191 | Bob Frey <bfrey@turbolinux.com.cn> wrote the AdvanSys SCSI driver | ||
192 | and maintained it up to 3.3F. He continues to answer questions | ||
193 | and help maintain the driver. | ||
194 | |||
195 | Nathan Hartwell <mage@cdc3.cdc.net> provided the directions and | ||
196 | basis for the Linux v1.3.X changes which were included in the | ||
197 | 1.2 release. | ||
198 | |||
199 | Thomas E Zerucha <zerucha@shell.portal.com> pointed out a bug | ||
200 | in advansys_biosparam() which was fixed in the 1.3 release. | ||
201 | |||
202 | Erik Ratcliffe <erik@caldera.com> has done testing of the | ||
203 | AdvanSys driver in the Caldera releases. | ||
204 | |||
205 | Rik van Riel <H.H.vanRiel@fys.ruu.nl> provided a patch to | ||
206 | AscWaitTixISRDone() which he found necessary to make the | ||
207 | driver work with a SCSI-1 disk. | ||
208 | |||
209 | Mark Moran <mmoran@mmoran.com> has helped test Ultra-Wide | ||
210 | support in the 3.1A driver. | ||
211 | |||
212 | Doug Gilbert <dgilbert@interlog.com> has made changes and | ||
213 | suggestions to improve the driver and done a lot of testing. | ||
214 | |||
215 | Ken Mort <ken@mort.net> reported a DEBUG compile bug fixed | ||
216 | in 3.2K. | ||
217 | |||
218 | Tom Rini <trini@kernel.crashing.org> provided the CONFIG_ISA | ||
219 | patch and helped with PowerPC wide and narrow board support. | ||
220 | |||
221 | Philip Blundell <philb@gnu.org> provided an | ||
222 | advansys_interrupts_enabled patch. | ||
223 | |||
224 | Dave Jones <dave@denial.force9.co.uk> reported the compiler | ||
225 | warnings generated when CONFIG_PROC_FS was not defined in | ||
226 | the 3.2M driver. | ||
227 | |||
228 | Jerry Quinn <jlquinn@us.ibm.com> fixed PowerPC support (endian | ||
229 | problems) for wide cards. | ||
230 | |||
231 | Bryan Henderson <bryanh@giraffe-data.com> helped debug narrow | ||
232 | card error handling. | ||
233 | |||
234 | Manuel Veloso <veloso@pobox.com> worked hard on PowerPC narrow | ||
235 | board support and fixed a bug in AscGetEEPConfig(). | ||
236 | |||
237 | Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@conectiva.com.br> made | ||
238 | save_flags/restore_flags changes. | ||
239 | |||
240 | Andy Kellner <AKellner@connectcom.net> continued the Advansys SCSI | ||
241 | driver development for ConnectCom (Version > 3.3F). | ||
242 | |||
243 | Ken Witherow for extensive testing during the development of version 3.4. | ||