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30.Dd July 16, 2007
31.Dt AHC 4
32.Os
33.\".Os FreeBSD
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm ahc
36.Nd Adaptec VL/EISA/PCI/CardBus SCSI host adapter driver
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.ie 0 \{
39For one or more VL/EISA cards:
40.Cd device eisa
41.Cd device ahc
42\}
43\{For VL cards:
44.Cd "ahc0 at isa? port ? irq ?"
45.Pp
46For EISA cards:
47.Cd "ahc* at eisa? slot ?"\}
48.Pp
49.ie 0 \{
50For one or more PCI cards:
51.Cd device pci
52.Cd device ahc
53\}
54\{For PCI cards:
55.Cd "ahc* at pci? dev ? function ?"
56.Pp
57For CardBus cards:
58.Cd "ahc* at cardbus? function ?"\}
59.Pp
60To allow PCI adapters to use memory mapped I/O if enabled:
61.Cd options AHC_ALLOW_MEMIO
62.Pp
63Disable tagged queuing (avoids hangs on some hardware under load)
64.Cd options AHC_NO_TAGS
65.Pp
66Change the default SCSI id for cards without a SEEPROM (default 7):
67.Cd options AHC_CARDBUS_DEFAULT_SCSI_ID=integer
68.Pp
69.if 0 \{
70To configure one or more controllers to assume the target role:
71.Cd options AHC_TMODE_ENABLE \*[Lt]bitmask of units\*[Gt]
72.Pp
73\}
74.ie 0 \{
75For one or more SCSI buses:
76.Cd device scbus0 at ahc0
77\}
78\{For
79.Tn SCSI
80buses:
81.Cd scsibus* at ahc?\}
82.Sh DESCRIPTION
83.ie 0 \{
84This driver provides access to the
85.Tn SCSI
86bus(es) connected to Adaptec
87.Tn AIC7770 ,
88.Tn AIC7850 ,
89.Tn AIC7860 ,
90.Tn AIC7870 ,
91.Tn AIC7880 ,
92.Tn AIC7890 ,
93.Tn AIC7891 ,
94.Tn AIC7892 ,
95.Tn AIC7895 ,
96.Tn AIC7896 ,
97.Tn AIC7897
98and
99.Tn AIC7899
100host adapter chips.
101These chips are found on many motherboards as well as the following
102Adaptec SCSI controller cards:
103.Tn 274X(W) ,
104.Tn 274X(T) ,
105.Tn 284X ,
106.Tn 2910 ,
107.Tn 2915 ,
108.Tn 2920C ,
109.Tn 2930C ,
110.Tn 2930U2 ,
111.Tn 2940 ,
112.Tn 2940U ,
113.Tn 2940AU ,
114.Tn 2940UW ,
115.Tn 2940UW Dual ,
116.Tn 2940UW Pro ,
117.Tn 2940U2W ,
118.Tn 2940U2B ,
119.Tn 2950U2W ,
120.Tn 2950U2B ,
121.Tn 19160B ,
122.Tn 29160 ,
123.Tn 29160B ,
124.Tn 29160N ,
125.Tn 3940 ,
126.Tn 3940U ,
127.Tn 3940AU ,
128.Tn 3940UW ,
129.Tn 3940AUW ,
130.Tn 3940U2W ,
131.Tn 3950U2 ,
132.Tn 3960 ,
133.Tn 39160 ,
134.Tn 3985 ,
135and
136.Tn 4944UW .
137\}
138\{The
139.Nm
140device driver supports
141.Tn SCSI
142controllers based on
143.Tn Adaptec
144.Tn AIC77xx
145and
146.Tn AIC78xx
147.Tn SCSI
148host adapter chips found on many motherboards as well as
149.Tn Adaptec
150.Tn SCSI
151controller cards.\}
152.Pp
153Driver features include support for twin and wide buses,
154fast, ultra or ultra2 synchronous transfers depending on controller type,
155.ie 0 \{
156tagged queuing, SCB paging, and target mode.
157\}
158\{
159tagged queuing and SCB paging.\}
160.Pp
161Memory mapped I/O can be enabled for PCI devices with the
162.Dq Dv AHC_ALLOW_MEMIO
163configuration option.
164Memory mapped I/O is more efficient than the alternative, programmed I/O.
165Most PCI BIOSes will map devices so that either technique for communicating
166with the card is available.
167In some cases,
168usually when the PCI device is sitting behind a PCI-\*[Gt]PCI bridge,
169the BIOS may fail to properly initialize the chip for memory mapped I/O.
170The typical symptom of this problem is a system hang if memory mapped I/O
171is attempted.
172Most modern motherboards perform the initialization correctly and work fine
173with this option enabled.
174.Pp
175.if 0 \{
176Individual controllers may be configured to operate in the target role
177through the
178.Dq Dv AHC_TMODE_ENABLE
179configuration option.  The value assigned to this option should be a bitmap
180of all units where target mode is desired.
181For example, a value of 0x25, would enable target mode on units 0, 2, and 5.
182.Pp
183\}
184Per target configuration performed in the
185.Tn SCSI-Select
186menu, accessible at boot
187in
188.No non- Ns Tn EISA
189models,
190or through an
191.Tn EISA
192configuration utility for
193.Tn EISA
194models,
195is honored by this driver.
196This includes synchronous/asynchronous transfers,
197maximum synchronous negotiation rate,
198wide transfers,
199disconnection,
200the host adapter's SCSI ID,
201and,
202in the case of
203.Tn EISA
204Twin Channel controllers,
205the primary channel selection.
206For systems that store non-volatile settings in a system specific manner
207rather than a serial EEPROM directly connected to the aic7xxx controller,
208the
209.Tn BIOS
210must be enabled for the driver to access this information.
211This restriction applies to all
212.Tn EISA
213and many motherboard configurations.
214.Pp
215Note that I/O addresses are determined automatically by the probe routines,
216but care should be taken when using a 284x
217.Pq Tn VESA No local bus controller
218in an
219.Tn EISA
220system.  The jumpers setting the I/O area for the 284x should match the
221.Tn EISA
222slot into which the card is inserted to prevent conflicts with other
223.Tn EISA
224cards.
225.Pp
226Performance and feature sets vary throughout the aic7xxx product line.
227The following table provides a comparison of the different chips supported
228by the
229.Nm
230driver.  Note that wide and twin channel features, although always supported
231by a particular chip, may be disabled in a particular motherboard or card
232design.
233.Pp
234.Bd -filled -offset indent
235.Bl -column "aic7770 " "10 " "EISA/VL  " "10MHz " "16bit " "SCBs " Features
236.Em "Chip       MIPS    Bus      MaxSync   MaxWidth  SCBs  Features"
237aic7770     10    EISA/VL    10MHz     16Bit     4    1
238aic7850     10    PCI/32     10MHz      8Bit     3
239aic7860     10    PCI/32     20MHz      8Bit     3
240aic7870     10    PCI/32     10MHz     16Bit    16
241aic7880     10    PCI/32     20MHz     16Bit    16
242aic7890     20    PCI/32     40MHz     16Bit    16        3 4 5 6 7 8
243aic7891     20    PCI/64     40MHz     16Bit    16        3 4 5 6 7 8
244aic7892     20    PCI/64     80MHz     16Bit    16        3 4 5 6 7 8
245aic7895     15    PCI/32     20MHz     16Bit    16      2 3 4 5
246aic7895C    15    PCI/32     20MHz     16Bit    16      2 3 4 5     8
247aic7896     20    PCI/32     40MHz     16Bit    16      2 3 4 5 6 7 8
248aic7897     20    PCI/64     40MHz     16Bit    16      2 3 4 5 6 7 8
249aic7899     20    PCI/64     80MHz     16Bit    16      2 3 4 5 6 7 8
250.El
251.Bl -enum -compact
252.It
253Multiplexed Twin Channel Device - One controller servicing two buses.
254.It
255Multi-function Twin Channel Device - Two controllers on one chip.
256.It
257Command Channel Secondary DMA Engine - Allows scatter gather list and
258SCB prefetch.
259.It
26064 Byte SCB Support - SCSI CDB is embedded in the SCB to eliminate an extra DMA.
261.It
262Block Move Instruction Support - Doubles the speed of certain sequencer
263operations.
264.It
265.Sq Bayonet
266style Scatter Gather Engine - Improves S/G prefetch performance.
267.It
268Queuing Registers - Allows queuing of new transactions without pausing the
269sequencer.
270.It
271Multiple Target IDs - Allows the controller to respond to selection as a
272target on multiple SCSI IDs.
273.El
274.Ed
275.Sh HARDWARE
276Supported
277.Tn SCSI
278controllers include:
279.Pp
280.Bl -item -offset indent
281.It
282.Tn Adaptec AHA-2742W
283EISA Fast Wide SCSI adapter
284.It
285.Tn Adaptec AHA-274xAT
286EISA dual channel Fast SCSI adapter
287.It
288.Tn Adaptec AHA-284x
289VL Fast SCSI adapter
290.It
291.Tn Adaptec AHA-2910
292PCI Fast SCSI adapter (no SCSI BIOS)
293.It
294.Tn Adaptec AHA-2915
295PCI Fast SCSI adapter (no SCSI BIOS)
296.It
297.Tn Adaptec AHA-2920C
298PCI Fast SCSI adapter
299.Bl -item -offset indent
300.It
301Note:
302Adaptec AHA-2920/A which use the Future Domain's chips are not supported
303by this driver.
304.El
305.It
306.Tn Adaptec AHA-2930C
307PCI Ultra SCSI adapter
308.It
309.Tn Adaptec AHA-2930U2
310PCI Ultra2 Wide LVD SCSI adapter
311.It
312.Tn Adaptec AHA-2940
313PCI Fast SCSI adapter
314.It
315.Tn Adaptec AHA-2940U
316PCI Ultra SCSI adapter
317.It
318.Tn Adaptec AHA-2940AU
319PCI Ultra SCSI adapter
320.It
321.Tn Adaptec AHA-2940UW
322PCI Ultra Wide SCSI adapter
323.It
324.Tn Adaptec AHA-2940UW Dual
325PCI dual channel Ultra Wide SCSI adapter
326.It
327.Tn Adaptec AHA-2940UW Pro
328PCI Ultra Wide SCSI adapter
329.It
330.Tn Adaptec AHA-2940U2W
331PCI Ultra2 Wide LVD SCSI adapter
332.It
333.Tn Adaptec AHA-2940U2B
334PCI Ultra2 Wide LVD SCSI adapter
335.It
336.Tn Adaptec AHA-2944W
337PCI Fast Wide Differential SCSI adapter
338.It
339.Tn Adaptec AHA-2944UW
340PCI Ultra Wide Differential SCSI adapter
341.It
342.Tn Adaptec AHA-2950U2W
343.It
344.Tn Adaptec AHA-2950U2B
34564bit PCI Ultra2 Wide LVD SCSI adapter
346.It
347.Tn Adaptec AHA-19160B
348PCI Ultra160 Wide LVD SCSI adapter
349.It
350.Tn Adaptec ASC-29160
351PCI Ultra160 Wide LVD SCSI adapter
352.It
353.Tn Adaptec AHA-29160N
354PCI Ultra160 Wide LVD SCSI adapter
355.It
356.Tn Adaptec AHA-29160B
35764bit PCI Ultra160 Wide LVD SCSI adapter
358.It
359.Tn Adaptec AHA-3940
360PCI dual channel Fast SCSI adapter
361.It
362.Tn Adaptec AHA-3940U
363PCI dual channel Ultra SCSI adapter
364.It
365.Tn Adaptec AHA-3940AU
366PCI dual channel Ultra SCSI adapter
367.It
368.Tn Adaptec AHA-3940UW
369PCI dual channel Ultra Wide SCSI adapter
370.It
371.Tn Adaptec AHA-3940AUW
372PCI dual channel Ultra Wide SCSI adapter
373.It
374.Tn Adaptec AHA-3940U2W
375PCI dual channel Ultra2 Wide LVD SCSI adapter
376.It
377.Tn Adaptec AHA-3950U2
37864bit PCI dual channel Ultra2 Wide LVD SCSI adapter
379.It
380.Tn Adaptec AHA-3960
38164bit PCI dual channel Ultra160 Wide LVD SCSI adapter
382.It
383.Tn Adaptec AHA-3985
384PCI dual channel Fast SCSI RAID adapter
385.It
386.Tn Adaptec AHA-39160
38764bit PCI dual channel Ultra160 Wide LVD SCSI adapter
388.It
389.Tn Adaptec AHA-4944UW
390PCI quad channel PCI Ultra Wide Differential SCSI adapter
391.It
392Other SCSI controllers based on the
393.Tn Adaptec
394.Tn AIC7770 ,
395.Tn AIC7850 ,
396.Tn AIC7860 ,
397.Tn AIC7870 ,
398.Tn AIC7880 ,
399.Tn AIC7890 ,
400.Tn AIC7891 ,
401.Tn AIC7892 ,
402.Tn AIC7895 ,
403.Tn AIC7896 ,
404.Tn AIC7897
405and
406.Tn AIC7899
407.Tn SCSI
408host adapter chips.
409.El
410.Sh SCSI CONTROL BLOCKS (SCBs)
411Every transaction sent to a device on the SCSI bus is assigned a
412.Sq SCSI Control Block
413(SCB).  The SCB contains all of the information required by the
414controller to process a transaction.  The chip feature table lists
415the number of SCBs that can be stored in on-chip memory.  All chips
416with model numbers greater than or equal to 7870 allow for the on chip
417SCB space to be augmented with external SRAM up to a maximum of 255 SCBs.
418Very few Adaptec controller configurations have external SRAM.
419.Pp
420If external SRAM is not available, SCBs are a limited resource.
421Using the SCBs in a straight forward manner would only allow the driver to
422handle as many concurrent transactions as there are physical SCBs.
423To fully use the SCSI bus and the devices on it,
424requires much more concurrency.
425The solution to this problem is
426.Em SCB Paging ,
427a concept similar to memory paging.  SCB paging takes advantage of
428the fact that devices usually disconnect from the SCSI bus for long
429periods of time without talking to the controller.  The SCBs
430for disconnected transactions are only of use to the controller
431when the transfer is resumed.  When the host queues another transaction
432for the controller to execute, the controller firmware will use a
433free SCB if one is available.  Otherwise, the state of the most recently
434disconnected (and therefor most likely to stay disconnected) SCB is
435saved, via DMA, to host memory, and the local SCB reused to start
436the new transaction.  This allows the controller to queue up to
437255 transactions regardless of the amount of SCB space.  Since the
438local SCB space serves as a cache for disconnected transactions, the
439more SCB space available, the less host bus traffic consumed saving
440and restoring SCB data.
441.Sh SEE ALSO
442.Xr aha 4 ,
443.Xr ahb 4 ,
444.Xr ahd 4 ,
445.Xr cd 4 ,
446.Xr ch 4 ,
447.Xr intro 4 ,
448.Xr scsi 4 ,
449.Xr sd 4 ,
450.Xr st 4
451.Sh HISTORY
452The
453.Nm
454driver appeared in
455.Fx 2.0
456and
457.Nx 1.1 .
458.Sh AUTHORS
459The
460.Nm
461driver, the
462.Tn AIC7xxx
463sequencer-code assembler,
464and the firmware running on the aic7xxx chips was written by
465.An Justin T. Gibbs .
466.Nx
467porting is done by Stefan Grefen, Charles M. Hannum,
468Michael Graff, Jason R. Thorpe, Pete Bentley,
469Frank van der Linden and Noriyuki Soda.
470.Sh BUGS
471Some
472.Tn Quantum
473drives (at least the Empire 2100 and 1080s) will not run on an
474.Tn AIC7870
475Rev B in synchronous mode at 10MHz.  Controllers with this problem have a
47642 MHz clock crystal on them and run slightly above 10MHz.  This confuses
477the drive and hangs the bus.  Setting a maximum synchronous negotiation rate
478of 8MHz in the
479.Tn SCSI-Select
480utility will allow normal operation.
481.Pp
482.ie 0 \{
483Although the Ultra2 and Ultra160 products have sufficient instruction
484ram space to support both the initiator and target roles concurrently,
485this configuration is disabled in favor of allowing the target role
486to respond on multiple target ids.  A method for configuring dual
487role mode should be provided.
488.Pp
489Tagged Queuing is not supported in target mode.
490.Pp
491Reselection in target mode fails to function correctly on all high
492voltage differential boards as shipped by Adaptec.  Information on
493how to modify HVD board to work correctly in target mode is available
494from Adaptec.
495\}
496\{Target mode is not supported on
497.Nx
498version of this driver.\}
499