diff --git a/share/man/man4/isp.4 b/share/man/man4/isp.4 index f6b75010ceb6..0d51801a8b61 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/isp.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/isp.4 @@ -56,12 +56,13 @@ Fibre Channel support uses FCP SCSI profile for 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). The newer -2-Gigabit cards (2300, 2312) are also supported. +point-to-point connections (Qlogic 2200 only). +The newer 2-Gigabit cards (2300, 2312) are also supported. Command tagging is supported for all (in fact, .Tn FibreChannel -requires tagging). Fabric support is enabled by default (but may +requires tagging). +Fabric support is enabled by default (but may be contingent upon the correct firmware being loaded). .Sh FIRMWARE Firmware is now available if the @@ -131,7 +132,8 @@ option. The following options are switchable by setting values in the loader configuration file (see the .Xr loader 8 -manual page). They are: +manual page). +They are: .Pp .Bl -tag -width "isp_no_fwload" -compact .It isp_disable @@ -169,7 +171,8 @@ The driver currently ignores some NVRAM settings. The driver currently doesn't do error recovery for timed out commands very gracefully. .Pp -Target mode support isn't completely debugged yet. It works reasonably +Target mode support isn't completely debugged yet. +It works reasonably well for Fibre Channel, somewhat well for Qlogic 1040 cards, but doesn't yet work for the other cards (due to last minute unnanounced changes in firmware interfaces). @@ -177,7 +180,8 @@ changes in firmware interfaces). Sometimes, when booting, the driver gets stuck waiting for the Fibre Channel f/w to tell it that the loop port database is ready, or waiting for a good loop to be seen (this does not yet support -booting without being connected to a fibre channel device). To +booting without being connected to a fibre channel device). +To unwedge the system, unplug and replug the fibre channel connection, or otherwise cause a LIP (Loop Initialization Primitive sequence)- this will kick the f/w into getting unstuck.