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30.Dd January 10, 2000
31.Dt MLX 4
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm mlx
35.Nd
36.Tn Mylex DAC960 RAID controller driver
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.Cd "mlx* at eisa? slot ?"
39.Cd "mlx* at pci? dev ? function ?"
40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41The
42.Nm
43driver provides support for the
44.Tn Mylex DAC960
45family of RAID controllers, including OEM versions from
46.Tn Compaq
47and
48.Tn DEC .
49Attached disk arrays are supported by the
50.Nm ld
51driver.
52.Pp
53The
54.Nm
55driver will warn if a controller firmware upgrade may be necessary, although
56as a matter of course, the latest available firmware should always be used.
57.Sh HARDWARE
58Supported controllers include:
59.Pp
60.Bl -tag -width Dv -offset indent -compact
61.It Tn DEC/Compaq SWXCR
62.It Tn Mylex AcceleRAID 150
63.It Tn Mylex AcceleRAID 200
64.It Tn Mylex AcceleRAID 250
65.It Tn Mylex DAC1164P (eXtremeRAID 1100)
66.It Tn Mylex DAC960P
67.It Tn Mylex DAC960PD
68.It Tn Mylex DAC960PG
69.It Tn Mylex DAC960PJ
70.It Tn Mylex DAC960PL
71.It Tn Mylex DAC960PR
72.It Tn Mylex DAC960PRL
73.It Tn Mylex DAC960PT
74.It Tn Mylex DAC960PTL0
75.It Tn Mylex DAC960PTL1
76.El
77.Sh SEE ALSO
78.Xr intro 4 ,
79.Xr ld 4 ,
80.Xr mly 4 ,
81.Xr mlxctl 8
82.Sh HISTORY
83The
84.Nm mlx
85driver first appeared in
86.Nx 1.5.3 ,
87and was derived from the
88.Fx
89driver of the same name.
90