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To celibrate the new status of the ahc driver, give it a man page. Add references to the ahc driver to the other adaptec man pages. Remove the "NOTE" section of the ahb man page that complained about Adaptec's NDA policy preventing 274x driver development.
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000
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.\" Justin T. Gibbs. All rights reserved.
.\"
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Fix some typos.
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.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
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$Id$ -> $FreeBSD$
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
Add a HARDWARE section which lists supported devices. The actual device listings has been moved (and in some cases more or less rewritten) from the DESCRIPTION section. This will be used later for automatically generating device listings in the Hardware Notes, by parsing the manual pages. Reviewed in principle by: ru, hrs, trhodes No objections: -doc, re Section name inspired by: NetBSD
2004-07-04 14:17:41 +00:00
.Dd July 4, 2004
* remove i386 specific mark * some style and syntax fixes * some duplicated $FreeBSD$ tags removed
1999-11-15 23:14:32 +00:00
.Dt AHC 4
mdoc(7) police: removed HISTORY info from the .Os call.
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
.Nm ahc
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.Nd Adaptec VL/EISA/PCI SCSI host adapter driver
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
Update to face reality. We now support the aic7850, aic7860 and aic7880. Mention Ultra support and SCB paging. Remove references to AHC_TAGENABLE.
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For one or more VL/EISA cards:
First round of config related changes to the manpages. device blah0 -> device blah for PCI devices and busses.
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.Cd device eisa
.Cd device ahc
More man page cleanups.
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.Pp
Update to face reality. We now support the aic7850, aic7860 and aic7880. Mention Ultra support and SCB paging. Remove references to AHC_TAGENABLE.
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For one or more PCI cards:
First round of config related changes to the manpages. device blah0 -> device blah for PCI devices and busses.
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.Cd device pci
.Cd device ahc
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.Pp
Update to match reality. Give more indepth description of SCB paging and tagged queueing. Mention the AHC_ALLOW_MEMIO option.
1997-02-18 20:27:26 +00:00
To allow PCI adapters to use memory mapped I/O if enabled:
.Cd options AHC_ALLOW_MEMIO
More man page cleanups.
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.Pp
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To configure one or more controllers to assume the target role:
.Cd options AHC_TMODE_ENABLE <bitmask of units>
.Pp
To celibrate the new status of the ahc driver, give it a man page. Add references to the ahc driver to the other adaptec man pages. Remove the "NOTE" section of the ahb man page that complained about Adaptec's NDA policy preventing 274x driver development.
1995-04-15 21:48:31 +00:00
For one or more SCSI busses:
Update man pages in the section 4 to match the reality in -CURRENT. - Change lines referring to kernel configuration file: device foo0 at isa port xxx irq yyy... to device foo Describe resource "hints" in /boot/device.hints. - Try to describe resource allocation and probe/attach behavior in the newbus framework.
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.Cd device scbus
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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This driver provides access to the
.Tn SCSI
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bus(es) connected to the Adaptec AIC77xx and AIC78xx
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host adapter chips.
Add some pc98-specific devices from the hardware notes.
2003-11-09 22:53:58 +00:00
.Pp
Update to include all supported chips. Add a table comparing the features of all aic7xxx chips. Clean up the discussion of SCB paging. Reviewed by: Kenneth Merry <ken@FreeBSD.org>
1998-10-16 15:06:26 +00:00
Driver features include support for twin and wide busses,
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fast, ultra or ultra2 synchronous transfers depending on controller type,
Consistently use 'queueing' instead of 'queuing'. Both spellings are correct, but the former seems to be preferred. This makes all of the section-4 manual pages consistent in this respect.
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tagged queueing, SCB paging, and target mode.
Update to match reality. Give more indepth description of SCB paging and tagged queueing. Mention the AHC_ALLOW_MEMIO option.
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.Pp
Update to include all supported chips. Add a table comparing the features of all aic7xxx chips. Clean up the discussion of SCB paging. Reviewed by: Kenneth Merry <ken@FreeBSD.org>
1998-10-16 15:06:26 +00:00
Memory mapped I/O can be enabled for PCI devices with the
Update to match reality. Give more indepth description of SCB paging and tagged queueing. Mention the AHC_ALLOW_MEMIO option.
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.Dq Dv AHC_ALLOW_MEMIO
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configuration option.
Update to match reality. Give more indepth description of SCB paging and tagged queueing. Mention the AHC_ALLOW_MEMIO option.
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Memory mapped I/O is more efficient than the alternative, programmed I/O.
Most PCI BIOSes will map devices so that either technique for communicating
Typo fix.
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with the card is available.
Update to match reality. Give more indepth description of SCB paging and tagged queueing. Mention the AHC_ALLOW_MEMIO option.
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In some cases,
usually when the PCI device is sitting behind a PCI->PCI bridge,
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the BIOS may fail to properly initialize the chip for memory mapped I/O.
The typical symptom of this problem is a system hang if memory mapped I/O
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is attempted.
Most modern motherboards perform the initialization correctly and work fine
with this option enabled.
More man page cleanups.
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.Pp
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Individual controllers may be configured to operate in the target role
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through the
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.Dq Dv AHC_TMODE_ENABLE
Hiten's patchset for section four manpages, slightly edited by me.
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configuration option.
The value assigned to this option should be a bitmap
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of all units where target mode is desired.
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For example, a value of 0x25, would enable target mode on units 0, 2, and 5.
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A value of 0x8a enables it for units 1, 3, and 7.
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.Pp
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Per target configuration performed in the
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1996-01-19 22:17:57 +00:00
.Tn SCSI-Select
Typo fix.
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menu, accessible at boot
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in
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.No non- Ns Tn EISA
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models,
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or through an
More man page cleanups.
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.Tn EISA
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configuration utility for
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.Tn EISA
models,
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is honored by this driver.
This includes synchronous/asynchronous transfers,
Update to face reality. We now support the aic7850, aic7860 and aic7880. Mention Ultra support and SCB paging. Remove references to AHC_TAGENABLE.
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maximum synchronous negotiation rate,
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wide transfers,
Update to face reality. We now support the aic7850, aic7860 and aic7880. Mention Ultra support and SCB paging. Remove references to AHC_TAGENABLE.
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disconnection,
Update to include all supported chips. Add a table comparing the features of all aic7xxx chips. Clean up the discussion of SCB paging. Reviewed by: Kenneth Merry <ken@FreeBSD.org>
1998-10-16 15:06:26 +00:00
the host adapter's SCSI ID,
and,
in the case of
.Tn EISA
Twin Channel controllers,
the primary channel selection.
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For systems that store non-volatile settings in a system specific manner
rather than a serial eeprom directly connected to the aic7xxx controller,
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the
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.Tn BIOS
must be enabled for the driver to access this information.
This restriction applies to all
.Tn EISA
and many motherboard configurations.
More man page cleanups.
1996-01-19 22:17:57 +00:00
.Pp
To celibrate the new status of the ahc driver, give it a man page. Add references to the ahc driver to the other adaptec man pages. Remove the "NOTE" section of the ahb man page that complained about Adaptec's NDA policy preventing 274x driver development.
1995-04-15 21:48:31 +00:00
Note that I/O addresses are determined automatically by the probe routines,
More man page cleanups.
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but care should be taken when using a 284x
.Pq Tn VESA No local bus controller
in an
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.Tn EISA
Hiten's patchset for section four manpages, slightly edited by me.
2003-06-28 23:53:39 +00:00
system.
The jumpers setting the I/O area for the 284x should match the
More man page cleanups.
1996-01-19 22:17:57 +00:00
.Tn EISA
slot into which the card is inserted to prevent conflicts with other
.Tn EISA
cards.
Update to include all supported chips. Add a table comparing the features of all aic7xxx chips. Clean up the discussion of SCB paging. Reviewed by: Kenneth Merry <ken@FreeBSD.org>
1998-10-16 15:06:26 +00:00
.Pp
Performance and feature sets vary throughout the aic7xxx product line.
The following table provides a comparison of the different chips supported
by the
.Nm
Hiten's patchset for section four manpages, slightly edited by me.
2003-06-28 23:53:39 +00:00
driver.
Note that wide and twin channel features, although always supported
Update to include all supported chips. Add a table comparing the features of all aic7xxx chips. Clean up the discussion of SCB paging. Reviewed by: Kenneth Merry <ken@FreeBSD.org>
1998-10-16 15:06:26 +00:00
by a particular chip, may be disabled in a particular motherboard or card
design.
.Pp
mdoc(7) police: Change -filled displays (which just happen to be the same as -ragged in the current implementation) to -ragged. With mdocNG, -filled displays produce the correct output, formatted and justified to both margins.
2001-02-07 13:45:30 +00:00
.Bd -ragged -offset indent
Update to include all supported chips. Add a table comparing the features of all aic7xxx chips. Clean up the discussion of SCB paging. Reviewed by: Kenneth Merry <ken@FreeBSD.org>
1998-10-16 15:06:26 +00:00
.Bl -column "aic7770 " "10 " "EISA/VL " "10MHz " "16bit " "SCBs " Features
.Em "Chip MIPS Bus MaxSync MaxWidth SCBs Features"
aic7770 10 EISA/VL 10MHz 16Bit 4 1
aic7850 10 PCI/32 10MHz 8Bit 3
aic7860 10 PCI/32 20MHz 8Bit 3
aic7870 10 PCI/32 10MHz 16Bit 16
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aic7880 10 PCI/32 20MHz 16Bit 16
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aic7890 20 PCI/32 40MHz 16Bit 16 3 4 5 6 7 8
aic7891 20 PCI/64 40MHz 16Bit 16 3 4 5 6 7 8
aic7892 20 PCI/64 80MHz 16Bit 16 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1998-10-16 15:06:26 +00:00
aic7895 15 PCI/32 20MHz 16Bit 16 2 3 4 5
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aic7895C 15 PCI/32 20MHz 16Bit 16 2 3 4 5 8
aic7896 20 PCI/32 40MHz 16Bit 16 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
aic7897 20 PCI/64 40MHz 16Bit 16 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
aic7899 20 PCI/64 80MHz 16Bit 16 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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.El
Update to include all supported chips. Add a table comparing the features of all aic7xxx chips. Clean up the discussion of SCB paging. Reviewed by: Kenneth Merry <ken@FreeBSD.org>
1998-10-16 15:06:26 +00:00
.Pp
.Bl -enum -compact
.It
Multiplexed Twin Channel Device - One controller servicing two busses.
.It
Multi-function Twin Channel Device - Two controllers on one chip.
.It
Command Channel Secondary DMA Engine - Allows scatter gather list and
SCB prefetch.
.It
64 Byte SCB Support - SCSI CDB is embedded in the SCB to eliminate an extra DMA.
.It
Block Move Instruction Support - Doubles the speed of certain sequencer
operations.
.It
.Sq Bayonet
style Scatter Gather Engine - Improves S/G prefetch performance.
.It
Consistently use 'queueing' instead of 'queuing'. Both spellings are correct, but the former seems to be preferred. This makes all of the section-4 manual pages consistent in this respect.
2001-08-25 21:58:58 +00:00
Queuing Registers - Allows queueing of new transactions without pausing the
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1998-10-16 15:06:26 +00:00
sequencer.
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.It
Multiple Target IDs - Allows the controller to respond to selection as a
target on multiple SCSI IDs.
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1998-10-16 15:06:26 +00:00
.El
.Ed
Add a HARDWARE section which lists supported devices. The actual device listings has been moved (and in some cases more or less rewritten) from the DESCRIPTION section. This will be used later for automatically generating device listings in the Hardware Notes, by parsing the manual pages. Reviewed in principle by: ru, hrs, trhodes No objections: -doc, re Section name inspired by: NetBSD
2004-07-04 14:17:41 +00:00
.Sh HARDWARE
The
.Nm
driver supports the following
.Tn SCSI
host adapter chips and
.Tn SCSI
controller cards:
.Pp
.Bl -bullet -compact
.It
Adaptec
.Tn AIC7770
host adapter chip
.It
Adaptec
.Tn AIC7850
host adapter chip
.It
Adaptec
.Tn AIC7860
host adapter chip
.It
Adaptec
.Tn AIC7870
host adapter chip
.It
Adaptec
.Tn AIC7880
host adapter chip
.It
Adaptec
.Tn AIC7890
host adapter chip
.It
Adaptec
.Tn AIC7891
host adapter chip
.It
Adaptec
.Tn AIC7892
host adapter chip
.It
Adaptec
.Tn AIC7895
host adapter chip
.It
Adaptec
.Tn AIC7896
host adapter chip
.It
Adaptec
.Tn AIC7897
host adapter chip
.It
Adaptec
.Tn AIC7899
host adapter chip
.It
Adaptec
.Tn 274X(W)
.It
Adaptec
.Tn 274X(T)
.It
Adaptec
.Tn 284X
.It
Adaptec
.Tn 2910
.It
Adaptec
.Tn 2915
.It
Adaptec
.Tn 2920
.It
Adaptec
.Tn 2930C
.It
Adaptec
.Tn 2930U2
.It
Adaptec
.Tn 2940
.It
Adaptec
.Tn 2940J
.It
Adaptec
.Tn 2940N
.It
Adaptec
.Tn 2940U
.It
Adaptec
.Tn 2940AU
.It
Adaptec
.Tn 2940UW
.It
Adaptec
.Tn 2940UW Dual
.It
Adaptec
.Tn 2940UW Pro
.It
Adaptec
.Tn 2940U2W
.It
Adaptec
.Tn 2940U2B
.It
Adaptec
.Tn 2950U2W
.It
Adaptec
.Tn 2950U2B
.It
Adaptec
.Tn 19160B
.It
Adaptec
.Tn 29160B
.It
Adaptec
.Tn 29160N
.It
Adaptec
.Tn 3940
.It
Adaptec
.Tn 3940U
.It
Adaptec
.Tn 3940AU
.It
Adaptec
.Tn 3940UW
.It
Adaptec
.Tn 3940AUW
.It
Adaptec
.Tn 3940U2W
.It
Adaptec
.Tn 3950U2
.It
Adaptec
.Tn 3960
.It
Adaptec
.Tn 39160
.It
Adaptec
.Tn 3985
.It
Adaptec
.Tn 4944UW
.It
NEC PC-9821Xt13 (PC-98)
.It
NEC RvII26 (PC-98)
.It
NEC PC-9821X-B02L/B09 (PC-98)
.It
NEC SV-98/2-B03 (PC-98)
.It
Many motherboards with on-board
.Tn SCSI
support
.El
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.Sh SCSI CONTROL BLOCKS (SCBs)
Every transaction sent to a device on the SCSI bus is assigned a
.Sq SCSI Control Block
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(SCB).
The SCB contains all of the information required by the
controller to process a transaction.
The chip feature table lists
the number of SCBs that can be stored in on-chip memory.
All chips
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with model numbers greater than or equal to 7870 allow for the on chip
SCB space to be augmented with external SRAM up to a maximum of 255 SCBs.
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Very few Adaptec controller configurations have external SRAM.
.Pp
If external SRAM is not available, SCBs are a limited resource.
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Using the SCBs in a straight forward manner would only allow the driver to
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handle as many concurrent transactions as there are physical SCBs.
To fully utilize the SCSI bus and the devices on it,
requires much more concurrency.
The solution to this problem is
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.Em SCB Paging ,
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a concept similar to memory paging.
SCB paging takes advantage of
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the fact that devices usually disconnect from the SCSI bus for long
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periods of time without talking to the controller.
The SCBs for disconnected transactions are only of use to the controller
when the transfer is resumed.
When the host queues another transaction
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for the controller to execute, the controller firmware will use a
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free SCB if one is available.
Otherwise, the state of the most recently
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disconnected (and therefore most likely to stay disconnected) SCB is
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saved, via dma, to host memory, and the local SCB reused to start
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the new transaction.
This allows the controller to queue up to
255 transactions regardless of the amount of SCB space.
Since the
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local SCB space serves as a cache for disconnected transactions, the
more SCB space available, the less host bus traffic consumed saving
and restoring SCB data.
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.Sh BUGS
Some Quantum drives (at least the Empire 2100 and 1080s) will not run on an
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.Tn AIC7870
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Rev B in synchronous mode at 10MHz.
Controllers with this problem have a
42 MHz clock crystal on them and run slightly above 10MHz.
This confuses the drive and hangs the bus.
Setting a maximum synchronous negotiation rate of 8MHz in the
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.Tn SCSI-Select
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utility will allow normal operation.
.Pp
Although the Ultra2 and Ultra160 products have sufficient instruction
ram space to support both the initiator and target roles concurrently,
this configuration is disabled in favor of allowing the target role
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to respond on multiple target ids.
A method for configuring dual role mode should be provided.
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.Pp
Tagged Queuing is not supported in target mode.
.Pp
Reselection in target mode fails to function correctly on all high
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voltage differential boards as shipped by Adaptec.
Information on
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how to modify HVD board to work correctly in target mode is available
from Adaptec.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr aha 4 ,
.Xr ahb 4 ,
.Xr cd 4 ,
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.Xr da 4 ,
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.Xr sa 4 ,
.Xr scsi 4
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.Sh AUTHORS
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The
.Nm
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driver, the
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.Tn AIC7xxx
Typo: assember -> assembler
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sequencer-code assembler,
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and the firmware running on the aic7xxx chips was written by
.An Justin T. Gibbs .
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.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
driver appeared in
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.Fx 2.0 .
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