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Advansys ISA/VL/EISA/PCI 8bit SCSI Host adapter driver

To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file:

device scbus
device adv

For one or more EISA cards:
device eisa

For one or more VL/ISA cards:
device isa

In /boot/device.hints:
hint.adv.0.at="isa"

For one or more PCI cards:
device pci

This driver provides access to the 8bit SCSI bus connected to the Advanced Systems Products, Inc. ASC900, ASC1000, ASC1090, ASC1200, ASC3030, ASC3050, and ASC3150 host adapter chips. The following tables list the AdvanSys products using these chips, their bus attachment type, maximum sync rate, and the maximum number of commands that can be handled by the adapter concurrently.

Connectivity Products:
ABP510/5150 ISA No 10MHz 240 1
ABP5140 ISA PnP No 10MHz 16 1, 3
ABP5142 ISA PnP Yes 10MHz 16 4
ABP[3]902 PCI No 10MHz 16
ABP3905 PCI No 10MHz 16
ABP915 PCI No 10MHz 16
ABP920 PCI No 10MHz 16
ABP3922 PCI No 10MHz 16
ABP3925 PCI No 10MHz 16
ABP930 PCI No 10MHz 16 5
ABP930U PCI No 20MHz 16
ABP930UA PCI No 20MHz 16
ABP960 PCI No 10MHz 16
ABP960U PCI No 20MHz 16

Footnotes:

  1. This board has been shipped by HP with the 4020i CD-R drive. The board has no BIOS so it cannot control a boot device, but it can control any secondary SCSI device.
  2. This board has been sold by Iomega as a Jaz Jet PCI adapter.
  3. This board has been sold by SIIG as the i540 SpeedMaster.
  4. This board has been sold by SIIG as the i542 SpeedMaster.
  5. This board has been sold by SIIG as the Fast SCSI Pro PCI.
Single Channel Products:
ABP542 ISA Yes 10MHz 240
ABP742 EISA Yes 10MHz 240
ABP842 VL Yes 10MHz 240
ABP940 PCI No 10MHz 240
ABP[3]940UA PCI No 20MHz 240
ABP940U PCI No 20MHz 240
ABP3960UA PCI No 20MHz 240
ABP970 PCI No 10MHz 240
ABP970U PCI No 20MHz 240
Multi Channel Products (Commands are per-channel):
ABP752 EISA Yes 10MHz 240 2
ABP852 VL Yes 10MHz 240 2
ABP950 PCI No 10MHz 240 2
ABP980 PCI No 10MHz 240 4
ABP980U PCI No 20MHz 240 4
ABP[3]980UA PCI No 20MHz 16 4

Per target configuration performed in the AdvanceWare menu, which is accessible at boot, is honored by this driver. This includes synchronous/asynchronous transfers, maximum synchronous negotiation rate, disconnection, tagged queueing, and the host adapter's SCSI ID. The global setting for the maximum number of tagged transactions allowed per target is not honored as the CAM SCSI system will automatically determine the maximum number of tags a device can receive as well as guarantee fair resource allocation among devices.

The adv driver supports the following SCSI controllers:

  • AdvanSys ABP510/5150
  • AdvanSys ABP5140
  • AdvanSys ABP5142
  • AdvanSys ABP902/3902
  • AdvanSys ABP3905
  • AdvanSys ABP915
  • AdvanSys ABP920
  • AdvanSys ABP3922
  • AdvanSys ABP3925
  • AdvanSys ABP930, ABP930U, ABP930UA
  • AdvanSys ABP960, ABP960U
  • AdvanSys ABP542
  • AdvanSys ABP742
  • AdvanSys ABP842
  • AdvanSys ABP940
  • AdvanSys ABP940UA/3940UA
  • AdvanSys ABP940U
  • AdvanSys ABP3960UA
  • AdvanSys ABP970, ABP970U
  • AdvanSys ABP752
  • AdvanSys ABP852
  • AdvanSys ABP950
  • AdvanSys ABP980, ABP980U
  • AdvanSys ABP980UA/3980UA
  • MELCO IFC-USP (PC-98)
  • RATOC REX-PCI30 (PC-98)
  • @Nifty FNECHARD IFC-USUP-TX (PC-98)

adw(4), aha(4), ahb(4), ahc(4), cd(4), da(4), sa(4), scsi(4)

The adv driver appeared in FreeBSD 3.0.

The adv driver was ported by Justin T. Gibbs from the Linux driver written by Bob Frey of Advanced System Products, Inc. Many thanks to AdvanSys for providing the original driver under a suitable license for use in FreeBSD.