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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/scsi/hpsa.rst (renamed from Documentation/scsi/hpsa.txt) | 79 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/scsi/index.rst | 1 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/hpsa.txt b/Documentation/scsi/hpsa.rst index 891435a72fce..340e10c6e35f 100644 --- a/Documentation/scsi/hpsa.txt +++ b/Documentation/scsi/hpsa.rst @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 +========================================= HPSA - Hewlett Packard Smart Array driver ------------------------------------------ +========================================= This file describes the hpsa SCSI driver for HP Smart Array controllers. The hpsa driver is intended to supplant the cciss driver for newer @@ -11,17 +13,17 @@ driver (for logical drives) AND a SCSI driver (for tape drives). This complexity and eliminating that complexity is one of the reasons for hpsa to exist. -Supported devices: ------------------- +Supported devices +================= -Smart Array P212 -Smart Array P410 -Smart Array P410i -Smart Array P411 -Smart Array P812 -Smart Array P712m -Smart Array P711m -StorageWorks P1210m +- Smart Array P212 +- Smart Array P410 +- Smart Array P410i +- Smart Array P411 +- Smart Array P812 +- Smart Array P712m +- Smart Array P711m +- StorageWorks P1210m Additionally, older Smart Arrays may work with the hpsa driver if the kernel boot parameter "hpsa_allow_any=1" is specified, however these are not tested @@ -35,18 +37,20 @@ mode, each command completion requires an interrupt, while with "performant mode command completions indicated by a single interrupt. HPSA specific entries in /sys ------------------------------ +============================= In addition to the generic SCSI attributes available in /sys, hpsa supports the following attributes: - HPSA specific host attributes: - ------------------------------ +HPSA specific host attributes +============================= + + :: - /sys/class/scsi_host/host*/rescan - /sys/class/scsi_host/host*/firmware_revision - /sys/class/scsi_host/host*/resettable - /sys/class/scsi_host/host*/transport_mode + /sys/class/scsi_host/host*/rescan + /sys/class/scsi_host/host*/firmware_revision + /sys/class/scsi_host/host*/resettable + /sys/class/scsi_host/host*/transport_mode the host "rescan" attribute is a write only attribute. Writing to this attribute will cause the driver to scan for new, changed, or removed devices @@ -58,7 +62,7 @@ HPSA specific entries in /sys tape drives, or entire storage boxes containing pre-configured logical drives. The "firmware_revision" attribute contains the firmware version of the Smart Array. - For example: + For example:: root@host:/sys/class/scsi_host/host4# cat firmware_revision 7.14 @@ -78,16 +82,18 @@ HPSA specific entries in /sys kexec tools to warn the user if they attempt to designate a device which is unable to honor the reset_devices kernel parameter as a dump device. - HPSA specific disk attributes: - ------------------------------ +HPSA specific disk attributes +----------------------------- + + :: - /sys/class/scsi_disk/c:b:t:l/device/unique_id - /sys/class/scsi_disk/c:b:t:l/device/raid_level - /sys/class/scsi_disk/c:b:t:l/device/lunid + /sys/class/scsi_disk/c:b:t:l/device/unique_id + /sys/class/scsi_disk/c:b:t:l/device/raid_level + /sys/class/scsi_disk/c:b:t:l/device/lunid (where c:b:t:l are the controller, bus, target and lun of the device) - For example: + For example:: root@host:/sys/class/scsi_disk/4:0:0:0/device# cat unique_id 600508B1001044395355323037570F77 @@ -96,35 +102,28 @@ HPSA specific entries in /sys root@host:/sys/class/scsi_disk/4:0:0:0/device# cat raid_level RAID 0 -HPSA specific ioctls: ---------------------- +HPSA specific ioctls +==================== For compatibility with applications written for the cciss driver, many, but not all of the ioctls supported by the cciss driver are also supported by the hpsa driver. The data structures used by these are described in include/linux/cciss_ioctl.h - 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 - hpsa specific host "rescan" attribute. + 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 + hpsa 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:: - Returns driver version in three bytes encoded as: (major_version << 16) | (minor_version << 8) | (subminor_version) - CCISS_PASSTHRU - CCISS_BIG_PASSTHRU - + CCISS_PASSTHRU, CCISS_BIG_PASSTHRU Allows "BMIC" and "CISS" commands to be passed through to the Smart Array. These are used extensively by the HP Array Configuration Utility, SNMP storage agents, etc. See cciss_vol_status at http://cciss.sf.net for some examples. - diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/index.rst b/Documentation/scsi/index.rst index 4b577c9e804e..b16f348bd31b 100644 --- a/Documentation/scsi/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/scsi/index.rst @@ -21,5 +21,6 @@ Linux SCSI Subsystem dpti FlashPoint g_NCR5380 + hpsa scsi_transport_srp/figures |