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diff --git a/drivers/scsi/README.aic7xxx b/drivers/scsi/README.aic7xxx index 67c050f0c..b350d9d58 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/README.aic7xxx +++ b/drivers/scsi/README.aic7xxx @@ -21,15 +21,24 @@ linux-1.1.x and fairly stable since linux-1.2.x, and are also in FreeBSD AHA-2940W AHA-2940U AHA-2940UW - AHA-2940AU + AHA-2940AU + AHA-2940U2W + AHA-2940U2 + AHA-2940U2B + AHA-2940U2BOEM AHA-2944D AHA-2944WD AHA-2944UD AHA-2944UWD + AHA-2950U2 + AHA-2950U2W + AHA-2950U2B AHA-3940 AHA-3940U AHA-3940W AHA-3940UW + AHA-3940U2W + AHA-3950U2B AHA-3985 AHA-3985U AHA-3985W @@ -42,13 +51,14 @@ linux-1.1.x and fairly stable since linux-1.2.x, and are also in FreeBSD AIC-786x AIC-787x AIC-788x - AIC-7895 + AIC-789x Bus Types ---------------------------- W - Wide SCSI, SCSI-3, 16bit bus, 68pin connector, will also support SCSI-1/SCSI-2 50pin devices, transfer rates up to 20MB/s. U - Ultra SCSI, transfer rates up to 40MB/s. + U2- Ultra 2 SCSI, transfer rates up to 80MB/s. D - Differential SCSI. T - Twin Channel SCSI. Up to 14 SCSI devices. @@ -72,7 +82,7 @@ linux-1.1.x and fairly stable since linux-1.2.x, and are also in FreeBSD (Original Linux FTP/patch maintainer) Jess Johnson jester@frenzy.com (AIC7xxx FAQ author) - Doug Ledford dledford@dialnet.net + Doug Ledford dledford@redhat.com (Current Linux aic7xxx-5.x.x Driver/Patch/FTP/FAQ maintainer) Special thanks go to John Aycock (aycock@cpsc.ucalgary.ca), the original @@ -104,38 +114,41 @@ linux-1.1.x and fairly stable since linux-1.2.x, and are also in FreeBSD Some SCSI devices need the initial reset that this option disables in order to work. If you have problems at bootup, please make sure you aren't using this option. - "aic7xxx=reverse_scan" - Have the driver register the SCSI cards in the - reverse of the normal order. This may help those people who have more - than one PCI Adaptec controller force the correct controller to be - scsi0 under linux so that their boot hard drive is also sda under - linux + + "aic7xxx=reverse_scan" - Certain PCI motherboards scan for devices at + bootup by scanning from the highest numbered PCI device to the + lowest numbered PCI device, others do just the opposite and scan + from lowest to highest numbered PCI device. There is no reliable + way to autodetect this ordering. So, we default to the most common + order, which is lowest to highest. Then, in case your motherboard + scans from highest to lowest, we have this option. If your BIOS + finds the drives on controller A before controller B but the linux + kernel finds your drives on controller B before A, then you should + use this option. + "aic7xxx=extended" - Force the driver to detect extended drive translation on your controller. This helps those people who have cards without a SEEPROM make sure that linux and all other operating systems think the same way about your hard drives. + "aic7xxx=irq_trigger:x" - Replace x with either 0 or 1 to force the kernel to use the correct IRQ type for your card. This only applies to EISA based controllers. On these controllers, 0 is for Edge triggered interrupts, and 1 is for Level triggered interrupts. If you aren't sure or don't know which IRQ trigger type your EISA card uses, then let the kernel autodetect the trigger type. + "aic7xxx=verbose" - This option can be used in one of two ways. If you - simply specify aic7xxx=verbose, then the kernel will automatically pick - the default set of verbose messages for you to see. Alternatively, you - can specify the command as "aic7xxx=verbose:0xXXXX" where the X entries - are replaced with hexadecimal digits. This option is a bit field type - option. For a full listing of the available options, search for the - #define VERBOSE_xxxxxx lines in the aic7xxx.c file. If you want verbose - messages, then it is recommended that you simply use the aic7xxx=verbose - variant of this command. - "aic7xxx=7895_irq_hack:x" - This option enables some work around code to - fix a bug in the Tyan Thunder II motherboard BIOS. The BIOS - incorrectly sets the IRQs on the two channels of the 7895 to two - different values even though the motherboard hardware doesn't support - this mode of operation. The valid values for x are: 0 to force - both channels to use the IRQ assigned to Channel A, 1 to force both - channels to use the IRQ assigned to Channel B, and -1 will disable - this horrible abomination of a hack. The default is disabled (-1). + simply specify aic7xxx=verbose, then the kernel will automatically + pick the default set of verbose messages for you to see. + Alternatively, you can specify the command as + "aic7xxx=verbose:0xXXXX" where the X entries are replaced with + hexadecimal digits. This option is a bit field type option. For + a full listing of the available options, search for the + #define VERBOSE_xxxxxx lines in the aic7xxx.c file. If you want + verbose messages, then it is recommended that you simply use the + aic7xxx=verbose variant of this command. + "aic7xxx=pci_parity:x" - This option controls whether or not the driver enables PCI parity error checking on the PCI bus. By default, this checking is disabled. To enable the checks, simply specify pci_parity @@ -147,6 +160,145 @@ linux-1.1.x and fairly stable since linux-1.2.x, and are also in FreeBSD NOTE: In order to get Even PCI parity checking, you must use the version of the option that does not include the : and a number at the end (unless you want to enter exactly 2^32 - 1 as the number). + + "aic7xxx=no_probe" - This option will disable the probing for any VLB + based 2842 controllers and any EISA based controllers. This is + needed on certain newer motherboards where the normal EISA I/O ranges + have been claimed by other PCI devices. Probing on those machines + will often result in the machine crashing or spontaneously rebooting + during startup. Examples of machines that need this are the + Dell PowerEdge 6300 machines. + + "aic7xxx=panic_on_abort" - This option is for debugging and will cause + the driver to panic the linux kernel and freeze the system the first + time the drivers abort or reset routines are called. This is most + helpful when some problem causes infinite reset loops that scroll too + fast to see. By using this option, you can write down what the errors + actually are and send that information to me so it can be fixed. + + "aic7xxx=dump_card" - This option will print out the *entire* set of + configuration registers on the card during the init sequence. This + is a debugging aid used to see exactly what state the card is in + when we finally finish our initialization routines. If you don't + have documentation on the chipsets, this will do you absolutely + no good unless you are simply trying to write all the information + down in order to send it to me. + + "aic7xxx=dump_sequencer" - This is the same as the above options except + that instead of dumping the register contents on the card, this + option dumps the contents of the sequencer program RAM. This gives + the ability to verify that the instructions downloaded to the + card's sequencer are indeed what they are suppossed to be. Again, + unless you have documentation to tell you how to interpret these + numbers, then it is totally useless. + + "aic7xxx=override_term:0xffffffff" - This option is used to force the + termination on your SCSI controllers to a particular setting. This + is a bit mask variable that applies for up to 8 aic7xxx SCSI channels. + Each channel gets 4 bits, divided as follows: + bit 3 2 1 0 + | | | Enable/Disable Single Ended Low Byte Termination + | | En/Disable Single Ended High Byte Termination + | En/Disable Low Byte LVD Termination + En/Disable High Byte LVD Termination + + The upper 2 bits that deal with LVD termination only apply to Ultra2 + controllers. Futhermore, due to the current Ultra2 controller + designs, these bits are tied together such that setting either bit + enables both low and high byte LVD termination. It is not possible + to only set high or low byte LVD termination in this manner. This is + an artifact of the BIOS definition on Ultra2 controllers. For other + controllers, the only important bits are the two lowest bits. Setting + the higher bits on non-Ultra2 controllers has no effect. A few + examples of how to use this option: + + Enable low and high byte termination on a non-ultra2 controller that + is the first aic7xxx controller (the correct bits are 0011), + aic7xxx=override_term:0x3 + + Enable all termination on the third aic7xxx controller, high byte + termination on the second aic7xxx controller, and low and high byte + SE termination on the first aic7xxx controller + (bits are 1111 0010 0011), + aic7xxx=override_term:0xf23 + + No attempt has been made to make this option non-cryptic. It really + shouldn't be used except in dire circumstances, and if that happens, + I'm probably going to be telling you what to set this to anyway :) + + "aic7xxx=stpwlev:0xffffffff" - This option is used to control the STPWLEV + bit in the DEVCONFIG PCI register. Currently, this is one of the + very few registers that we have absolutely *no* way of detecting + what the variable should be. It depends entirely on how the chipset + and external terminators were coupled by the card/motherboard maker. + Further, a chip reset (at power up) always sets this bit to 0. If + there is no BIOS to run on the chipset/card (such as with a 2910C + or a motherboard controller with the BIOS totally disabled) then + the variable may not get set properly. Of course, if the proper + setting was 0, then that's what it would be after the reset, but if + the proper setting is actually 1.....you get the picture. Now, since + we can't detect this at all, I've added this option to force the + setting. If you have a BIOS on your controller then you should never + need to use this option. However, if you are having lots of SCSI + reset problems and can't seem to get them knocked out, this may help. + + Here's a test to know for certain if you need this option. Make + a boot floppy that you can use to boot your computer up and that + will detect the aic7xxx controller. Next, power down your computer. + While it's down, unplug all SCSI cables from your Adaptec SCSI + controller. Boot the system back up to the Adaptec EZ-SCSI BIOS + and then make sure that termination is enabled on your adapter (if + you have an Adaptec BIOS of course). Next, boot up the floppy you + made and wait for it to detect the aic7xxx controller. If the kernel + finds the controller fine, says scsi : x hosts and then tries to + detect your devices like normal, up to the point where it fails to + mount your root file system and panics, then you're fine. If, on + the other hand, the system goes into an infinite reset loop, then + you need to use this option and/or the previous option to force the + proper termination settings on your controller. If this happens, + then you next need to figure out what your settings should be. + + To find the correct settings, power your machine back down, connect + back up the SCSI cables, and boot back into your machine like normal. + However, boot with the aic7xxx=verbose:0x39 option. Record the + initial DEVCONFIG values for each of your aic7xxx controllers as + they are listed, and also record what the machine is detecting as + the proper termination on your controllers. NOTE: the order in + which the initial DEVCONFIG values are printed out is not gauranteed + to be the same order as the SCSI controllers are registered. The + above option and this option both work on the order of the SCSI + controllers as they are registered, so make sure you match the right + DEVCONFIG values with the right controllers if you have more than + one aic7xxx controller. + + Once you have the detected termination settings and the initial + DEVCONFIG values for each controller, then figure out what the + termination on each of the controllers *should* be. Hopefully, that + part is correct, but it could possibly be wrong if there is + bogus cable detection logic on your controller or something similar. + If all the controllers have the correct termination settings, then + don't set the aic7xxx=override_term variable at all, leave it alone. + Next, on any controllers that go into an infinite reset loop when + you unplug all the SCSI cables, get the starting DEVCONFIG value. + If the initial DEVCONFIG value is divisible by 2, then the correct + setting for that controller is 0. If it's an odd number, then + the correct setting for that controller is 1. For any other + controllers that didn't have an infinite reset problem, then reverse + the above options. If DEVCONFIG was even, then the correct setting + is 1, if not then the correct setting is 0. + + Now that you know what the correct setting was for each controller, + we need to encode that into the aic7xxx=stpwlev:0x... variable. + This variable is a bit field encoded variable. Bit 0 is for the first + aic7xxx controller, bit 1 for the next, etc. Put all these bits + together and you get a number. For example, if the third aic7xxx + needed a 1, but the second and first both needed a 0, then the bits + would be 100 in binary. This then translates to 0x04. You would + therefore set aic7xxx=stpwlev:0x04. This is fairly standard binary + to hexadecimal conversions here. If you aren't up to speed on the + binary->hex conversion then send an email to the aic7xxx mailing + list and someone can help you out. + "aic7xxx=tag_info:{{8,8..},{8,8..},..}" - This option is used to enable tagged queueing on specific devices. As of driver version 5.0.6, we now globally enable tagged queueing by default, but we also disable @@ -214,8 +366,8 @@ linux-1.1.x and fairly stable since linux-1.2.x, and are also in FreeBSD aic7xxx=verbose,extended,irq_trigger:1 - The only requirement is that individual options be separated by a comma on - the command line. + The only requirement is that individual options be separated by a comma or + a period on the command line. Module Loading command options ------------------------------ @@ -260,14 +412,38 @@ linux-1.1.x and fairly stable since linux-1.2.x, and are also in FreeBSD the system. Each file presents the current configuration and transfer statistics (enabled with #define in aic7xxx.c) for each controller. - Thanks to Michael Neuffer for for his upper-level SCSI help, and + Thanks to Michael Neuffer for his upper-level SCSI help, and Matthew Jacob for statistics support. + Debugging the driver + ------------------------------ + Should you have problems with this driver, and would like some help in + getting them solved, there are a couple debugging items built into + the driver to facilitate getting the needed information from the system. + In general, I need a complete description of the problem, with as many + logs as possible concerning what happens. To help with this, there is + a command option aic7xxx=panic_on_abort. This option, when set, forces + the driver to panic the kernel on the first SCSI abort issued by the + mid level SCSI code. If your system is going to reset loops and you + can't read the screen, then this is what you need. Not only will it + stop the system, but it also prints out a large amount of state + information in the process. Second, if you specify the option + "aic7xxx=verbose:0x1ffff", the system will print out *SOOOO* much + information as it runs that you won't be able to see anything. + However, this can actually be very usefull if your machine simply + locks up when trying to boot, since it will pin-point what was last + happening (in regards to the aic7xxx driver) immediately prior to + the lockup. This is really only usefull if your machine simply can + not boot up successfully. If you can get your machine to run, then + this will produce far too much information. + FTP sites ------------------------------ - ftp://ftp.dialnet.net/pub/linux/aic7xxx/ + ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/aic/ - Primary site for Doug Ledford developed driver releases - - US Linux mirror of Teleport site + ftp://ftp.dialnet.net/pub/linux/aic7xxx + - Temporary mirror of the redhat.com ftp site while people + get used to the new address ftp://ftp.pcnet.com/users/eischen/Linux/ - Dan Eischen's driver distribution area ftp://ekf2.vsb.cz/pub/linux/kernel/aic7xxx/ftp.teleport.com/ |