dpt(4)
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NAME
dpt - DPT EATA SCSI adapter driver
SYNOPSIS
dpt* at eisa? slot ?
dpt* at pci? dev ? function ?
scsibus* at dpt?
DESCRIPTION
The dpt driver provides support for third and fourth generation DPT SCSI
controllers. All communication with the controllers is conducted via the
EATA (Enhanced AT Bus Attachment) protocol (CAM committee standard
CAM/89-004).
DPT adapters examine and interpret all SCSI commands received before
passing them to any underlying physical device(s). In this way, caching,
RAID and other transformations are achieved while remaining transparent
to the host operating system.
HARDWARE
The dpt driver provides support for the following SCSI adapters:
DPT SmartCache III
DPT SmartCache IV
DPT SmartRAID III
DPT SmartRAID IV
DIAGNOSTICS
None of these messages should be encountered under normal circumstances.
It should be noted that the list below is not complete.
dpt0: readcfg failed - see dpt(4)
The EATA configuration data did not appear upon request. This
may be caused by older firmware. Generally the solution is to
power-cycle the affected machine.
dpt0: spurious intr
A spurious interrupt was recieved from the HBA.
dpt0: bogus status (returned CCB id NNNN)
A corrupt or incomplete status packet was recieved from the HBA.
SEE ALSO
intro(4), cd(4), ch(4), scsi(4). sd(4), st(4),
AUTHOR
The dpt driver was written by Andy Doran <ad@netbsd.org>, based upon the
uha and bha drivers, which are the work of others.
HISTORY
The dpt driver first appeared in NetBSD 1.4.2.
BUGS
This manpage is inadaquate.
EATA adapters other than listed may function correctly with the dpt driv-
er, however a definitive list is not avaiable.
Older firmware may prove problematic. It is recommended that the latest
available firmware be used. Contact DPT for a firmware update.
Older boards that do not suppport scatter-gather I/O or DMA are not sup-
ported.
An ISA front-end is needed.
ECC formatted disk and arrays (i.e. with a sector size of 528 bytes) do
not work correctly with the PM2041 and certian firmware revisions of the
PM3334.
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