1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/st.txt b/Documentation/scsi/st.txt
index b7be95b5bd24..40752602c050 100644
--- a/Documentation/scsi/st.txt
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/st.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ This file contains brief information about the SCSI tape driver.
 The driver is currently maintained by Kai Mäkisara (email
 Kai.Makisara@kolumbus.fi)
 
-Last modified: Mon Mar  7 21:14:44 2005 by kai.makisara
+Last modified: Sun Feb 24 21:59:07 2008 by kai.makisara
 
 
 BASICS
@@ -133,6 +133,11 @@ the defaults set by the user. The value -1 means the default is not set. The
 file 'dev' contains the device numbers corresponding to this device. The links
 'device' and 'driver' point to the SCSI device and driver entries.
 
+Each directory also contains the entry 'options' which shows the currently
+enabled driver and mode options. The value in the file is a bit mask where the
+bit definitions are the same as those used with MTSETDRVBUFFER in setting the
+options.
+
 A link named 'tape' is made from the SCSI device directory to the class
 directory corresponding to the mode 0 auto-rewind device (e.g., st0). 
 
@@ -372,6 +377,11 @@ MTSETDRVBUFFER
              MT_ST_SYSV sets the SYSV semantics (mode)
              MT_ST_NOWAIT enables immediate mode (i.e., don't wait for
                 the command to finish) for some commands (e.g., rewind)
+             MT_ST_SILI enables setting the SILI bit in SCSI commands when
+                reading in variable block mode to enhance performance when
+                reading blocks shorter than the byte count; set this only
+                if you are sure that the drive supports SILI and the HBA
+                correctly returns transfer residuals
              MT_ST_DEBUGGING debugging (global; debugging must be
                 compiled into the driver)
         MT_ST_SETBOOLEANS