From: Kevin Barnett <kevin.barnett@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Kevin Barnett <kevin.barnett@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Scott Benesh <scott.benesh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Don Brace <don.brace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/scsi/smartpqi.txt | 80 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 80 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/scsi/smartpqi.txt diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/smartpqi.txt b/Documentation/scsi/smartpqi.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ab377d9 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/scsi/smartpqi.txt @@ -0,0 +1,80 @@ + +SMARTPQI - Microsemi Smart PQI Driver +----------------------------------------- + +This file describes the smartpqi SCSI driver for Microsemi +(http://www.microsemi.com) PQI controllers. The smartpqi driver +is the next generation SCSI driver for Microsemi Corp. The smartpqi +driver is the first SCSI driver to implement the PQI queuing model. + +The smartpqi driver will replace the aacraid driver for Adaptec Series 9 +controllers. Customers running an older kernel (Pre-4.9) using an Adaptec +Series 9 controller will have to configure the smartpqi driver or their +volumes will not be added to the OS. + +For Microsemi smartpqi controller support, enable the smartpqi driver +when configuring the kernel. + +For more information on the PQI Queuing Interface, please see: +http://www.t10.org/drafts.htm +http://www.t10.org/members/w_pqi2.htm + +Supported devices: +------------------ +<Controller names to be added as they become publically available.> + +smartpqi specific entries in /sys +----------------------------- + + smartpqi host attributes: + ------------------------- + /sys/class/scsi_host/host*/rescan + /sys/class/scsi_host/host*/version + + The host rescan attribute is a write only attribute. Writing to this + attribute will trigger the driver to scan for new, changed, or removed + devices and notify the SCSI mid-layer of any changes detected. + + The version attribute is read-only and will return the driver version + and the controller firmware version. + For example: + driver: 0.9.13-370 + firmware: 0.01-522 + + smartpqi sas device attributes + ------------------------------ + HBA devices are added to the SAS transport layer. These attributes are + automatically added by the SAS transport layer. + + /sys/class/sas_device/end_device-X:X/sas_address + /sys/class/sas_device/end_device-X:X/enclosure_identifier + /sys/class/sas_device/end_device-X:X/scsi_target_id + +smartpqi specific ioctls: +------------------------- + + For compatibility with applications written for the cciss protocol. + + CCISS_DEREGDISK + CCISS_REGNEWDISK + CCISS_REGNEWD + + The above three ioctls all do exactly the same thing, which is to cause the driver + to rescan for new devices. This does exactly the same thing as writing to the + smartpqi specific host "rescan" attribute. + + CCISS_GETPCIINFO + + Returns PCI domain, bus, device and function and "board ID" (PCI subsystem ID). + + CCISS_GETDRIVVER + + Returns driver version in three bytes encoded as: + (DRIVER_MAJOR << 28) | (DRIVER_MINOR << 24) | (DRIVER_RELEASE << 16) | DRIVER_REVISION; + + CCISS_PASSTHRU + + Allows "BMIC" and "CISS" commands to be passed through to the Smart Storage Array. + These are used extensively by the SSA Array Configuration Utility, SNMP storage + agents, etc. + -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
