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+This driver is for Compaq's SMART Array Controllers.
+
+Supported Cards:
+----------------
+
+This driver is known to work with the following cards:
+
+ * SA 5300
+
+If notes are not already created in the /dev/cciss directory
+
+# mkdev.cciss [ctlrs]
+
+Where ctlrs is the number of controllers you have (defaults to 1 if not
+specified).
+
+Device Naming:
+--------------
+
+You need some entries in /dev for the cciss device. The mkdev.cciss script
+can make device nodes for you automatically. Currently the device setup
+is as follows:
+
+Major numbers:
+ 104 cciss0
+ 105 cciss1
+ 106 cciss2
+ etc...
+
+Minor numbers:
+ b7 b6 b5 b4 b3 b2 b1 b0
+ |----+----| |----+----|
+ | |
+ | +-------- Partition ID (0=wholedev, 1-15 partition)
+ |
+ +-------------------- Logical Volume number
+
+The suggested device naming scheme is:
+/dev/cciss/c0d0 Controller 0, disk 0, whole device
+/dev/cciss/c0d0p1 Controller 0, disk 0, partition 1
+/dev/cciss/c0d0p2 Controller 0, disk 0, partition 2
+/dev/cciss/c0d0p3 Controller 0, disk 0, partition 3
+
+/dev/cciss/c1d1 Controller 1, disk 1, whole device
+/dev/cciss/c1d1p1 Controller 1, disk 1, partition 1
+/dev/cciss/c1d1p2 Controller 1, disk 1, partition 2
+/dev/cciss/c1d1p3 Controller 1, disk 1, partition 3