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1.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
2.. include:: <isonum.txt>
3
4===================================
5Adaptec Ultra320 Family Manager Set
6===================================
7
8README for The Linux Operating System
9
10.. The following information is available in this file:
11
12  1. Supported Hardware
13  2. Version History
14  3. Command Line Options
15  4. Additional Notes
16  5. Contacting Adaptec
17
18
191. Supported Hardware
20=====================
21
22   The following Adaptec SCSI Host Adapters are supported by this
23   driver set.
24
25   =============              =========================================
26   Ultra320 ASIC              Description
27   =============              =========================================
28   AIC-7901A                  Single Channel 64-bit PCI-X 133MHz to
29                              Ultra320 SCSI ASIC
30   AIC-7901B                  Single Channel 64-bit PCI-X 133MHz to
31                              Ultra320 SCSI ASIC with Retained Training
32   AIC-7902A4                 Dual Channel 64-bit PCI-X 133MHz to
33                              Ultra320 SCSI ASIC
34   AIC-7902B                  Dual Channel 64-bit PCI-X 133MHz to
35                              Ultra320 SCSI ASIC with Retained Training
36   =============              =========================================
37
38   ========================== ===================================== ============
39   Ultra320 Adapters          Description                              ASIC
40   ========================== ===================================== ============
41   Adaptec SCSI Card 39320    Dual Channel 64-bit PCI-X 133MHz to   7902A4/7902B
42                              Ultra320 SCSI Card (one external
43                              68-pin, two internal 68-pin)
44   Adaptec SCSI Card 39320A   Dual Channel 64-bit PCI-X 133MHz to      7902B
45                              Ultra320 SCSI Card (one external
46                              68-pin, two internal 68-pin)
47   Adaptec SCSI Card 39320D   Dual Channel 64-bit PCI-X 133MHz to      7902A4
48                              Ultra320 SCSI Card (two external VHDC
49                              and one internal 68-pin)
50   Adaptec SCSI Card 39320D   Dual Channel 64-bit PCI-X 133MHz to      7902A4
51                              Ultra320 SCSI Card (two external VHDC
52                              and one internal 68-pin) based on the
53                              AIC-7902B ASIC
54   Adaptec SCSI Card 29320    Single Channel 64-bit PCI-X 133MHz to    7901A
55                              Ultra320 SCSI Card (one external
56                              68-pin, two internal 68-pin, one
57                              internal 50-pin)
58   Adaptec SCSI Card 29320A   Single Channel 64-bit PCI-X 133MHz to    7901B
59                              Ultra320 SCSI Card (one external
60                              68-pin, two internal 68-pin, one
61                              internal 50-pin)
62   Adaptec SCSI Card 29320LP  Single Channel 64-bit Low Profile        7901A
63                              PCI-X 133MHz to Ultra320 SCSI Card
64                              (One external VHDC, one internal
65                              68-pin)
66   Adaptec SCSI Card 29320ALP Single Channel 64-bit Low Profile        7901B
67                              PCI-X 133MHz to Ultra320 SCSI Card
68                              (One external VHDC, one internal
69                              68-pin)
70   ========================== ===================================== ============
71
722. Version History
73==================
74
75
76 * 3.0	  (December 1st, 2005)
77	- Updated driver to use SCSI transport class infrastructure
78	- Upported sequencer and core fixes from adaptec released
79	  version 2.0.15 of the driver.
80
81 * 1.3.11 (July 11, 2003)
82        - Fix several deadlock issues.
83        - Add 29320ALP and 39320B Id's.
84
85 * 1.3.10 (June 3rd, 2003)
86        - Align the SCB_TAG field on a 16byte boundary.  This avoids
87          SCB corruption on some PCI-33 busses.
88        - Correct non-zero luns on Rev B. hardware.
89        - Update for change in 2.5.X SCSI proc FS interface.
90        - When negotiation async via an 8bit WDTR message, send
91          an SDTR with an offset of 0 to be sure the target
92          knows we are async.  This works around a firmware defect
93          in the Quantum Atlas 10K.
94        - Implement controller suspend and resume.
95        - Clear PCI error state during driver attach so that we
96          don't disable memory mapped I/O due to a stray write
97          by some other driver probe that occurred before we
98          claimed the controller.
99
100 * 1.3.9 (May 22nd, 2003)
101        - Fix compiler errors.
102        - Remove S/G splitting for segments that cross a 4GB boundary.
103          This is guaranteed not to happen in Linux.
104        - Add support for scsi_report_device_reset() found in
105          2.5.X kernels.
106        - Add 7901B support.
107        - Simplify handling of the packetized lun Rev A workaround.
108        - Correct and simplify handling of the ignore wide residue
109          message.  The previous code would fail to report a residual
110          if the transaction data length was even and we received
111          an IWR message.
112
113 * 1.3.8 (April 29th, 2003)
114        - Fix types accessed via the command line interface code.
115        - Perform a few firmware optimizations.
116        - Fix "Unexpected PKT busfree" errors.
117        - Use a sequencer interrupt to notify the host of
118          commands with bad status.  We defer the notification
119          until there are no outstanding selections to ensure
120          that the host is interrupted for as short a time as
121          possible.
122        - Remove pre-2.2.X support.
123        - Add support for new 2.5.X interrupt API.
124        - Correct big-endian architecture support.
125
126 * 1.3.7 (April 16th, 2003)
127        - Use del_timer_sync() to ensure that no timeouts
128          are pending during controller shutdown.
129        - For pre-2.5.X kernels, carefully adjust our segment
130          list size to avoid SCSI malloc pool fragmentation.
131        - Cleanup channel display in our /proc output.
132        - Workaround duplicate device entries in the mid-layer
133          device list during add-single-device.
134
135 * 1.3.6 (March 28th, 2003)
136        - Correct a double free in the Domain Validation code.
137        - Correct a reference to free'ed memory during controller
138          shutdown.
139        - Reset the bus on an SE->LVD change.  This is required
140          to reset our transceivers.
141
142 * 1.3.5 (March 24th, 2003)
143        - Fix a few register window mode bugs.
144        - Include read streaming in the PPR flags we display in
145          diagnostics as well as /proc.
146        - Add PCI hot plug support for 2.5.X kernels.
147        - Correct default precompensation value for RevA hardware.
148        - Fix Domain Validation thread shutdown.
149        - Add a firmware workaround to make the LED blink
150          brighter during packetized operations on the H2A4.
151        - Correct /proc display of user read streaming settings.
152        - Simplify driver locking by releasing the io_request_lock
153          upon driver entry from the mid-layer.
154        - Cleanup command line parsing and move much of this code
155          to aiclib.
156
157 * 1.3.4 (February 28th, 2003)
158        - Correct a race condition in our error recovery handler.
159        - Allow Test Unit Ready commands to take a full 5 seconds
160          during Domain Validation.
161
162 * 1.3.2 (February 19th, 2003)
163        - Correct a Rev B. regression due to the GEM318
164          compatibility fix included in 1.3.1.
165
166 * 1.3.1 (February 11th, 2003)
167        - Add support for the 39320A.
168        - Improve recovery for certain PCI-X errors.
169        - Fix handling of LQ/DATA/LQ/DATA for the
170          same write transaction that can occur without
171          interveining training.
172        - Correct compatibility issues with the GEM318
173          enclosure services device.
174        - Correct data corruption issue that occurred under
175          high tag depth write loads.
176        - Adapt to a change in the 2.5.X daemonize() API.
177        - Correct a "Missing case in ahd_handle_scsiint" panic.
178
179 * 1.3.0 (January 21st, 2003)
180        - Full regression testing for all U320 products completed.
181        - Added abort and target/lun reset error recovery handler and
182          interrupt coalescing.
183
184 * 1.2.0 (November 14th, 2002)
185        - Added support for Domain Validation
186        - Add support for the Hewlett-Packard version of the 39320D
187          and AIC-7902 adapters.
188
189        Support for previous adapters has not been fully tested and should
190        only be used at the customer's own risk.
191
192 * 1.1.1 (September 24th, 2002)
193        - Added support for the Linux 2.5.X kernel series
194
195 * 1.1.0 (September 17th, 2002)
196        - Added support for four additional SCSI products:
197          ASC-39320, ASC-29320, ASC-29320LP, AIC-7901.
198
199 * 1.0.0 (May 30th, 2002)
200        - Initial driver release.
201
202 * 2.1. Software/Hardware Features
203        - Support for the SPI-4 "Ultra320" standard:
204          - 320MB/s transfer rates
205          - Packetized SCSI Protocol at 160MB/s and 320MB/s
206          - Quick Arbitration Selection (QAS)
207          - Retained Training Information (Rev B. ASIC only)
208        - Interrupt Coalescing
209        - Initiator Mode (target mode not currently
210          supported)
211        - Support for the PCI-X standard up to 133MHz
212        - Support for the PCI v2.2 standard
213        - Domain Validation
214
215 * 2.2. Operating System Support:
216        - Redhat Linux 7.2, 7.3, 8.0, Advanced Server 2.1
217        - SuSE Linux 7.3, 8.0, 8.1, Enterprise Server 7
218        - only Intel and AMD x86 supported at this time
219        - >4GB memory configurations supported.
220
221     Refer to the User's Guide for more details on this.
222
2233. Command Line Options
224=======================
225
226    .. Warning::
227
228	         ALTERING OR ADDING THESE DRIVER PARAMETERS
229                 INCORRECTLY CAN RENDER YOUR SYSTEM INOPERABLE.
230                 USE THEM WITH CAUTION.
231
232   Put a .conf file in the /etc/modprobe.d/ directory and add/edit a
233   line containing ``options aic79xx aic79xx=[command[,command...]]`` where
234   ``command`` is one or more of the following:
235
236
237verbose
238    :Definition: enable additional informative messages during driver operation.
239    :Possible Values: This option is a flag
240    :Default Value: disabled
241
242debug:[value]
243    :Definition: Enables various levels of debugging information
244                 The bit definitions for the debugging mask can
245                 be found in drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx.h under
246                 the "Debug" heading.
247    :Possible Values: 0x0000 = no debugging, 0xffff = full debugging
248    :Default Value: 0x0000
249
250no_reset
251    :Definition: Do not reset the bus during the initial probe
252                 phase
253    :Possible Values: This option is a flag
254    :Default Value: disabled
255
256extended
257    :Definition: Force extended translation on the controller
258    :Possible Values: This option is a flag
259    :Default Value: disabled
260
261periodic_otag
262    :Definition: Send an ordered tag periodically to prevent
263                 tag starvation.  Needed for some older devices
264    :Possible Values: This option is a flag
265    :Default Value: disabled
266
267reverse_scan
268    :Definition: Probe the scsi bus in reverse order, starting with target 15
269    :Possible Values: This option is a flag
270    :Default Value: disabled
271
272global_tag_depth
273    :Definition: Global tag depth for all targets on all busses.
274		 This option sets the default tag depth which
275		 may be selectively overridden vi the tag_info
276		 option.
277
278    :Possible Values: 1 - 253
279    :Default Value: 32
280
281tag_info:{{value[,value...]}[,{value[,value...]}...]}
282    :Definition: Set the per-target tagged queue depth on a
283                 per controller basis.  Both controllers and targets
284                 may be omitted indicating that they should retain
285                 the default tag depth.
286
287    :Possible Values: 1 - 253
288    :Default Value: 32
289
290    Examples:
291
292
293	::
294
295	    tag_info:{{16,32,32,64,8,8,,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32}
296
297	On Controller 0
298
299	    - specifies a tag depth of 16 for target 0
300	    - specifies a tag depth of 64 for target 3
301	    - specifies a tag depth of 8 for targets 4 and 5
302	    - leaves target 6 at the default
303	    - specifies a tag depth of 32 for targets 1,2,7-15
304
305	All other targets retain the default depth.
306
307	::
308
309	    tag_info:{{},{32,,32}}
310
311	On Controller 1
312
313	    - specifies a tag depth of 32 for targets 0 and 2
314
315	All other targets retain the default depth.
316
317
318rd_strm: {rd_strm_bitmask[,rd_strm_bitmask...]}
319    :Definition: Enable read streaming on a per target basis.
320		 The rd_strm_bitmask is a 16 bit hex value in which
321		 each bit represents a target.  Setting the target's
322		 bit to '1' enables read streaming for that
323		 target.  Controllers may be omitted indicating that
324		 they should retain the default read streaming setting.
325
326    Examples:
327
328	    ::
329
330		rd_strm:{0x0041}
331
332	    On Controller 0
333
334		- enables read streaming for targets 0 and 6.
335		- disables read streaming for targets 1-5,7-15.
336
337	    All other targets retain the default read
338	    streaming setting.
339
340	    ::
341
342		rd_strm:{0x0023,,0xFFFF}
343
344	    On Controller 0
345
346		- enables read streaming for targets 1,2, and 5.
347		- disables read streaming for targets 3,4,6-15.
348
349	    On Controller 2
350
351		- enables read streaming for all targets.
352
353	    All other targets retain the default read
354	    streaming setting.
355
356    :Possible Values: 0x0000 - 0xffff
357    :Default Value: 0x0000
358
359dv: {value[,value...]}
360    :Definition: Set Domain Validation Policy on a per-controller basis.
361                 Controllers may be omitted indicating that
362                 they should retain the default read streaming setting.
363
364     :Possible Values:
365
366		      ==== ===============================
367		       < 0 Use setting from serial EEPROM.
368                         0 Disable DV
369		       > 0 Enable DV
370		      ==== ===============================
371
372    :Default Value: DV Serial EEPROM configuration setting.
373
374    Example:
375
376	::
377
378	    dv:{-1,0,,1,1,0}
379
380	- On Controller 0 leave DV at its default setting.
381	- On Controller 1 disable DV.
382	- Skip configuration on Controller 2.
383	- On Controllers 3 and 4 enable DV.
384	- On Controller 5 disable DV.
385
386seltime:[value]
387    :Definition: Specifies the selection timeout value
388    :Possible Values: 0 = 256ms, 1 = 128ms, 2 = 64ms, 3 = 32ms
389    :Default Value: 0
390
391.. Warning:
392
393    The following three options should only be changed at
394    the direction of a technical support representative.
395
396
397precomp: {value[,value...]}
398    :Definition: Set IO Cell precompensation value on a per-controller basis.
399                 Controllers may be omitted indicating that
400                 they should retain the default precompensation setting.
401
402    :Possible Values: 0 - 7
403    :Default Value: Varies based on chip revision
404
405    Examples:
406
407	::
408
409	    precomp:{0x1}
410
411	On Controller 0 set precompensation to 1.
412
413	::
414
415	    precomp:{1,,7}
416
417	- On Controller 0 set precompensation to 1.
418	- On Controller 2 set precompensation to 8.
419
420slewrate: {value[,value...]}
421    :Definition: Set IO Cell slew rate on a per-controller basis.
422                      Controllers may be omitted indicating that
423                      they should retain the default slew rate setting.
424
425    :Possible Values: 0 - 15
426    :Default Value: Varies based on chip revision
427
428    Examples:
429
430	::
431
432	    slewrate:{0x1}
433
434	- On Controller 0 set slew rate to 1.
435
436	::
437
438	    slewrate :{1,,8}
439
440	- On Controller 0 set slew rate to 1.
441	- On Controller 2 set slew rate to 8.
442
443amplitude: {value[,value...]}
444    :Definition: Set IO Cell signal amplitude on a per-controller basis.
445                 Controllers may be omitted indicating that
446                 they should retain the default read streaming setting.
447
448    :Possible Values: 1 - 7
449    :Default Value: Varies based on chip revision
450
451    Examples:
452
453    ::
454
455	amplitude:{0x1}
456
457    On Controller 0 set amplitude to 1.
458
459    ::
460
461	amplitude :{1,,7}
462
463    - On Controller 0 set amplitude to 1.
464    - On Controller 2 set amplitude to 7.
465
466Example::
467
468    options aic79xx aic79xx=verbose,rd_strm:{{0x0041}}
469
470enables verbose output in the driver and turns read streaming on
471for targets 0 and 6 of Controller 0.
472
4734. Additional Notes
474===================
475
4764.1. Known/Unresolved or FYI Issues
477-----------------------------------
478
479        * Under SuSE Linux Enterprise 7, the driver may fail to operate
480          correctly due to a problem with PCI interrupt routing in the
481          Linux kernel.  Please contact SuSE for an updated Linux
482          kernel.
483
4844.2. Third-Party Compatibility Issues
485-------------------------------------
486
487        * Adaptec only supports Ultra320 hard drives running
488          the latest firmware available. Please check with
489          your hard drive manufacturer to ensure you have the
490          latest version.
491
4924.3. Operating System or Technology Limitations
493-----------------------------------------------
494
495        * PCI Hot Plug is untested and may cause the operating system
496          to stop responding.
497        * Luns that are not numbered contiguously starting with 0 might not
498          be automatically probed during system startup.  This is a limitation
499          of the OS.  Please contact your Linux vendor for instructions on
500          manually probing non-contiguous luns.
501        * Using the Driver Update Disk version of this package during OS
502          installation under RedHat might result in two versions of this
503          driver being installed into the system module directory.  This
504          might cause problems with the /sbin/mkinitrd program and/or
505          other RPM packages that try to install system modules.  The best
506          way to correct this once the system is running is to install
507          the latest RPM package version of this driver, available from
508          http://www.adaptec.com.
509
510
5115. Adaptec Customer Support
512===========================
513
514   A Technical Support Identification (TSID) Number is required for
515   Adaptec technical support.
516
517    - The 12-digit TSID can be found on the white barcode-type label
518      included inside the box with your product.  The TSID helps us
519      provide more efficient service by accurately identifying your
520      product and support status.
521
522   Support Options
523    - Search the Adaptec Support Knowledgebase (ASK) at
524      http://ask.adaptec.com for articles, troubleshooting tips, and
525      frequently asked questions about your product.
526    - For support via Email, submit your question to Adaptec's
527      Technical Support Specialists at http://ask.adaptec.com/.
528
529   North America
530    - Visit our Web site at http://www.adaptec.com/.
531    - For information about Adaptec's support options, call
532      408-957-2550, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
533    - To speak with a Technical Support Specialist,
534
535      * For hardware products, call 408-934-7274,
536        Monday to Friday, 3:00 am to 5:00 pm, PDT.
537      * For RAID and Fibre Channel products, call 321-207-2000,
538        Monday to Friday, 3:00 am to 5:00 pm, PDT.
539
540      To expedite your service, have your computer with you.
541    - To order Adaptec products, including accessories and cables,
542      call 408-957-7274.  To order cables online go to
543      http://www.adaptec.com/buy-cables/.
544
545   Europe
546    - Visit our Web site at http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/_common/world_index.
547    - To speak with a Technical Support Specialist, call, or email,
548
549      * German:  +49 89 4366 5522, Monday-Friday, 9:00-17:00 CET,
550        http://ask-de.adaptec.com/.
551      * French:  +49 89 4366 5533, Monday-Friday, 9:00-17:00 CET,
552	http://ask-fr.adaptec.com/.
553      * English: +49 89 4366 5544, Monday-Friday, 9:00-17:00 GMT,
554	http://ask.adaptec.com/.
555
556    - You can order Adaptec cables online at
557      http://www.adaptec.com/buy-cables/.
558
559   Japan
560    - Visit our web site at http://www.adaptec.co.jp/.
561    - To speak with a Technical Support Specialist, call
562      +81 3 5308 6120, Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.,
563      1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
564
565Copyright |copy| 2003 Adaptec Inc. 691 S. Milpitas Blvd., Milpitas CA 95035 USA.
566All rights reserved.
567
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571
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