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-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/scsidrivers.tmpl193
-rw-r--r--Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid66
-rw-r--r--Documentation/scsi/scsi-changer.txt180
-rw-r--r--Documentation/scsi/scsi_mid_low_api.txt12
5 files changed, 251 insertions, 202 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
index e69b3d2e7884..87da3478fada 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
DOCBOOKS := wanbook.xml z8530book.xml mcabook.xml videobook.xml \
kernel-hacking.xml kernel-locking.xml deviceiobook.xml \
- procfs-guide.xml writing_usb_driver.xml scsidrivers.xml \
+ procfs-guide.xml writing_usb_driver.xml \
sis900.xml kernel-api.xml journal-api.xml lsm.xml usb.xml \
gadget.xml libata.xml mtdnand.xml librs.xml
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/scsidrivers.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/scsidrivers.tmpl
deleted file mode 100644
index d058e65daf19..000000000000
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/scsidrivers.tmpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,193 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
- "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd" []>
-
-<book id="scsidrivers">
- <bookinfo>
- <title>SCSI Subsystem Interfaces</title>
-
- <authorgroup>
- <author>
- <firstname>Douglas</firstname>
- <surname>Gilbert</surname>
- <affiliation>
- <address>
- <email>dgilbert@interlog.com</email>
- </address>
- </affiliation>
- </author>
- </authorgroup>
- <pubdate>2003-08-11</pubdate>
-
- <copyright>
- <year>2002</year>
- <year>2003</year>
- <holder>Douglas Gilbert</holder>
- </copyright>
-
- <legalnotice>
- <para>
- This documentation is free software; you can redistribute
- it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
- License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
- version.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- This program is distributed in the hope that it will be
- useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
- warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
- See the GNU General Public License for more details.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
- License along with this program; if not, write to the Free
- Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
- MA 02111-1307 USA
- </para>
-
- <para>
- For more details see the file COPYING in the source
- distribution of Linux.
- </para>
- </legalnotice>
-
- </bookinfo>
-
-<toc></toc>
-
- <chapter id="intro">
- <title>Introduction</title>
- <para>
-This document outlines the interface between the Linux scsi mid level
-and lower level drivers. Lower level drivers are variously called HBA
-(host bus adapter) drivers, host drivers (HD) or pseudo adapter drivers.
-The latter alludes to the fact that a lower level driver may be a
-bridge to another IO subsystem (and the "ide-scsi" driver is an example
-of this). There can be many lower level drivers active in a running
-system, but only one per hardware type. For example, the aic7xxx driver
-controls adaptec controllers based on the 7xxx chip series. Most lower
-level drivers can control one or more scsi hosts (a.k.a. scsi initiators).
- </para>
-<para>
-This document can been found in an ASCII text file in the linux kernel
-source: <filename>Documentation/scsi/scsi_mid_low_api.txt</filename> .
-It currently hold a little more information than this document. The
-<filename>drivers/scsi/hosts.h</filename> and <filename>
-drivers/scsi/scsi.h</filename> headers contain descriptions of members
-of important structures for the scsi subsystem.
-</para>
- </chapter>
-
- <chapter id="driver-struct">
- <title>Driver structure</title>
- <para>
-Traditionally a lower level driver for the scsi subsystem has been
-at least two files in the drivers/scsi directory. For example, a
-driver called "xyz" has a header file "xyz.h" and a source file
-"xyz.c". [Actually there is no good reason why this couldn't all
-be in one file.] Some drivers that have been ported to several operating
-systems (e.g. aic7xxx which has separate files for generic and
-OS-specific code) have more than two files. Such drivers tend to have
-their own directory under the drivers/scsi directory.
- </para>
- <para>
-scsi_module.c is normally included at the end of a lower
-level driver. For it to work a declaration like this is needed before
-it is included:
-<programlisting>
- static Scsi_Host_Template driver_template = DRIVER_TEMPLATE;
- /* DRIVER_TEMPLATE should contain pointers to supported interface
- functions. Scsi_Host_Template is defined hosts.h */
- #include "scsi_module.c"
-</programlisting>
- </para>
- <para>
-The scsi_module.c assumes the name "driver_template" is appropriately
-defined. It contains 2 functions:
-<orderedlist>
-<listitem><para>
- init_this_scsi_driver() called during builtin and module driver
- initialization: invokes mid level's scsi_register_host()
-</para></listitem>
-<listitem><para>
- exit_this_scsi_driver() called during closedown: invokes
- mid level's scsi_unregister_host()
-</para></listitem>
-</orderedlist>
- </para>
-<para>
-When a new, lower level driver is being added to Linux, the following
-files (all found in the drivers/scsi directory) will need some attention:
-Makefile, Config.help and Config.in . It is probably best to look at what
-an existing lower level driver does in this regard.
-</para>
- </chapter>
-
- <chapter id="intfunctions">
- <title>Interface Functions</title>
-!EDocumentation/scsi/scsi_mid_low_api.txt
- </chapter>
-
- <chapter id="locks">
- <title>Locks</title>
-<para>
-Each Scsi_Host instance has a spin_lock called Scsi_Host::default_lock
-which is initialized in scsi_register() [found in hosts.c]. Within the
-same function the Scsi_Host::host_lock pointer is initialized to point
-at default_lock with the scsi_assign_lock() function. Thereafter
-lock and unlock operations performed by the mid level use the
-Scsi_Host::host_lock pointer.
-</para>
-<para>
-Lower level drivers can override the use of Scsi_Host::default_lock by
-using scsi_assign_lock(). The earliest opportunity to do this would
-be in the detect() function after it has invoked scsi_register(). It
-could be replaced by a coarser grain lock (e.g. per driver) or a
-lock of equal granularity (i.e. per host). Using finer grain locks
-(e.g. per scsi device) may be possible by juggling locks in
-queuecommand().
-</para>
- </chapter>
-
- <chapter id="changes">
- <title>Changes since lk 2.4 series</title>
-<para>
-io_request_lock has been replaced by several finer grained locks. The lock
-relevant to lower level drivers is Scsi_Host::host_lock and there is one
-per scsi host.
-</para>
-<para>
-The older error handling mechanism has been removed. This means the
-lower level interface functions abort() and reset() have been removed.
-</para>
-<para>
-In the 2.4 series the scsi subsystem configuration descriptions were
-aggregated with the configuration descriptions from all other Linux
-subsystems in the Documentation/Configure.help file. In the 2.5 series,
-the scsi subsystem now has its own (much smaller) drivers/scsi/Config.help
-file.
-</para>
- </chapter>
-
- <chapter id="credits">
- <title>Credits</title>
-<para>
-The following people have contributed to this document:
-<orderedlist>
-<listitem><para>
-Mike Anderson <email>andmike@us.ibm.com</email>
-</para></listitem>
-<listitem><para>
-James Bottomley <email>James.Bottomley@steeleye.com</email>
-</para></listitem>
-<listitem><para>
-Patrick Mansfield <email>patmans@us.ibm.com</email>
-</para></listitem>
-</orderedlist>
-</para>
- </chapter>
-
-</book>
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid b/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid
index a9356c63b800..5331d91432c7 100644
--- a/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid
@@ -1,3 +1,69 @@
+Release Date : Mon Mar 07 12:27:22 EST 2005 - Seokmann Ju <sju@lsil.com>
+Current Version : 2.20.4.6 (scsi module), 2.20.2.6 (cmm module)
+Older Version : 2.20.4.5 (scsi module), 2.20.2.5 (cmm module)
+
+1. Added IOCTL backward compatibility.
+ Convert megaraid_mm driver to new compat_ioctl entry points.
+ I don't have easy access to hardware, so only compile tested.
+ - Signed-off-by:Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
+
+2. megaraid_mbox fix: wrong order of arguments in memset()
+ That, BTW, shows why cross-builds are useful-the only indication of
+ problem had been a new warning showing up in sparse output on alpha
+ build (number of exceeding 256 got truncated).
+ - Signed-off-by: Al Viro
+ <viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk>
+
+3. Convert pci_module_init to pci_register_driver
+ Convert from pci_module_init to pci_register_driver
+ (from:http://kerneljanitors.org/TODO)
+ - Signed-off-by: Domen Puncer <domen@coderock.org>
+
+4. Use the pre defined DMA mask constants from dma-mapping.h
+ Use the DMA_{64,32}BIT_MASK constants from dma-mapping.h when calling
+ pci_set_dma_mask() or pci_set_consistend_dma_mask(). See
+ http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=108001993000001&r=1&w=2 for more
+ details.
+ Signed-off-by: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@nuerscht.ch>
+ Signed-off-by: Domen Puncer <domen@coderock.org>
+
+5. Remove SSID checking for Dobson, Lindsay, and Verde based products.
+ Checking the SSVID/SSID for controllers which have Dobson, Lindsay,
+ and Verde is unnecessary because device ID has been assigned by LSI
+ and it is unique value. So, all controllers with these IOPs have to be
+ supported by the driver regardless SSVID/SSID.
+
+6. Date Thu, 27 Jan 2005 04:31:09 +0100
+ From Herbert Poetzl <>
+ Subject RFC: assert_spin_locked() for 2.6
+
+ Greetings!
+
+ overcautious programming will kill your kernel ;)
+ ever thought about checking a spin_lock or even
+ asserting that it must be held (maybe just for
+ spinlock debugging?) ...
+
+ there are several checks present in the kernel
+ where somebody does a variation on the following:
+
+ BUG_ON(!spin_is_locked(&some_lock));
+
+ so what's wrong about that? nothing, unless you
+ compile the code with CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK but
+ without CONFIG_SMP ... in which case the BUG()
+ will kill your kernel ...
+
+ maybe it's not advised to make such assertions,
+ but here is a solution which works for me ...
+ (compile tested for sh, x86_64 and x86, boot/run
+ tested for x86 only)
+
+ best,
+ Herbert
+
+ - Herbert Poetzl <herbert@13thfloor.at>, Thu, 27 Jan 2005
+
Release Date : Thu Feb 03 12:27:22 EST 2005 - Seokmann Ju <sju@lsil.com>
Current Version : 2.20.4.5 (scsi module), 2.20.2.5 (cmm module)
Older Version : 2.20.4.4 (scsi module), 2.20.2.4 (cmm module)
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/scsi-changer.txt b/Documentation/scsi/scsi-changer.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c132687b017a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/scsi-changer.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,180 @@
+
+README for the SCSI media changer driver
+========================================
+
+This is a driver for SCSI Medium Changer devices, which are listed
+with "Type: Medium Changer" in /proc/scsi/scsi.
+
+This is for *real* Jukeboxes. It is *not* supported to work with
+common small CD-ROM changers, neither one-lun-per-slot SCSI changers
+nor IDE drives.
+
+Userland tools available from here:
+ http://linux.bytesex.org/misc/changer.html
+
+
+General Information
+-------------------
+
+First some words about how changers work: A changer has 2 (possibly
+more) SCSI ID's. One for the changer device which controls the robot,
+and one for the device which actually reads and writes the data. The
+later may be anything, a MOD, a CD-ROM, a tape or whatever. For the
+changer device this is a "don't care", he *only* shuffles around the
+media, nothing else.
+
+
+The SCSI changer model is complex, compared to - for example - IDE-CD
+changers. But it allows to handle nearly all possible cases. It knows
+4 different types of changer elements:
+
+ media transport - this one shuffles around the media, i.e. the
+ transport arm. Also known as "picker".
+ storage - a slot which can hold a media.
+ import/export - the same as above, but is accessable from outside,
+ i.e. there the operator (you !) can use this to
+ fill in and remove media from the changer.
+ Sometimes named "mailslot".
+ data transfer - this is the device which reads/writes, i.e. the
+ CD-ROM / Tape / whatever drive.
+
+None of these is limited to one: A huge Jukebox could have slots for
+123 CD-ROM's, 5 CD-ROM readers (and therefore 6 SCSI ID's: the changer
+and each CD-ROM) and 2 transport arms. No problem to handle.
+
+
+How it is implemented
+---------------------
+
+I implemented the driver as character device driver with a NetBSD-like
+ioctl interface. Just grabbed NetBSD's header file and one of the
+other linux SCSI device drivers as starting point. The interface
+should be source code compatible with NetBSD. So if there is any
+software (anybody knows ???) which supports a BSDish changer driver,
+it should work with this driver too.
+
+Over time a few more ioctls where added, volume tag support for example
+wasn't covered by the NetBSD ioctl API.
+
+
+Current State
+-------------
+
+Support for more than one transport arm is not implemented yet (and
+nobody asked for it so far...).
+
+I test and use the driver myself with a 35 slot cdrom jukebox from
+Grundig. I got some reports telling it works ok with tape autoloaders
+(Exabyte, HP and DEC). Some People use this driver with amanda. It
+works fine with small (11 slots) and a huge (4 MOs, 88 slots)
+magneto-optical Jukebox. Probably with lots of other changers too, most
+(but not all :-) people mail me only if it does *not* work...
+
+I don't have any device lists, neither black-list nor white-list. Thus
+it is quite useless to ask me whenever a specific device is supported or
+not. In theory every changer device which supports the SCSI-2 media
+changer command set should work out-of-the-box with this driver. If it
+doesn't, it is a bug. Either within the driver or within the firmware
+of the changer device.
+
+
+Using it
+--------
+
+This is a character device with major number is 86, so use
+"mknod /dev/sch0 c 86 0" to create the special file for the driver.
+
+If the module finds the changer, it prints some messages about the
+device [ try "dmesg" if you don't see anything ] and should show up in
+/proc/devices. If not.... some changers use ID ? / LUN 0 for the
+device and ID ? / LUN 1 for the robot mechanism. But Linux does *not*
+look for LUN's other than 0 as default, becauce there are to many
+broken devices. So you can try:
+
+ 1) echo "scsi add-single-device 0 0 ID 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi
+ (replace ID with the SCSI-ID of the device)
+ 2) boot the kernel with "max_scsi_luns=1" on the command line
+ (append="max_scsi_luns=1" in lilo.conf should do the trick)
+
+
+Trouble?
+--------
+
+If you insmod the driver with "insmod debug=1", it will be verbose and
+prints a lot of stuff to the syslog. Compiling the kernel with
+CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS=y improves the quality of the error messages alot
+because the kernel will translate the error codes into human-readable
+strings then.
+
+You can display these messages with the dmesg command (or check the
+logfiles). If you email me some question becauce of a problem with the
+driver, please include these messages.
+
+
+Insmod options
+--------------
+
+debug=0/1
+ Enable debug messages (see above, default: 0).
+
+verbose=0/1
+ Be verbose (default: 1).
+
+init=0/1
+ Send INITIALIZE ELEMENT STATUS command to the changer
+ at insmod time (default: 1).
+
+timeout_init=<seconds>
+ timeout for the INITIALIZE ELEMENT STATUS command
+ (default: 3600).
+
+timeout_move=<seconds>
+ timeout for all other commands (default: 120).
+
+dt_id=<id1>,<id2>,...
+dt_lun=<lun1>,<lun2>,...
+ These two allow to specify the SCSI ID and LUN for the data
+ transfer elements. You likely don't need this as the jukebox
+ should provide this information. But some devices don't ...
+
+vendor_firsts=
+vendor_counts=
+vendor_labels=
+ These insmod options can be used to tell the driver that there
+ are some vendor-specific element types. Grundig for example
+ does this. Some jukeboxes have a printer to label fresh burned
+ CDs, which is addressed as element 0xc000 (type 5). To tell the
+ driver about this vendor-specific element, use this:
+ $ insmod ch \
+ vendor_firsts=0xc000 \
+ vendor_counts=1 \
+ vendor_labels=printer
+ All three insmod options accept up to four comma-separated
+ values, this way you can configure the element types 5-8.
+ You likely need the SCSI specs for the device in question to
+ find the correct values as they are not covered by the SCSI-2
+ standard.
+
+
+Credits
+-------
+
+I wrote this driver using the famous mailing-patches-around-the-world
+method. With (more or less) help from:
+
+ Daniel Moehwald <moehwald@hdg.de>
+ Dane Jasper <dane@sonic.net>
+ R. Scott Bailey <sbailey@dsddi.eds.com>
+ Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
+
+Special thanks go to
+ Martin Kuehne <martin.kuehne@bnbt.de>
+for a old, second-hand (but full functional) cdrom jukebox which I use
+to develop/test driver and tools now.
+
+Have fun,
+
+ Gerd
+
+--
+Gerd Knorr <kraxel@bytesex.org>
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/scsi_mid_low_api.txt b/Documentation/scsi/scsi_mid_low_api.txt
index e41703d7d24d..da176c95d0fb 100644
--- a/Documentation/scsi/scsi_mid_low_api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/scsi_mid_low_api.txt
@@ -936,8 +936,7 @@ Details:
*
* Returns SUCCESS if command aborted else FAILED
*
- * Locks: struct Scsi_Host::host_lock held (with irqsave) on entry
- * and assumed to be held on return.
+ * Locks: None held
*
* Calling context: kernel thread
*
@@ -955,8 +954,7 @@ Details:
*
* Returns SUCCESS if command aborted else FAILED
*
- * Locks: struct Scsi_Host::host_lock held (with irqsave) on entry
- * and assumed to be held on return.
+ * Locks: None held
*
* Calling context: kernel thread
*
@@ -974,8 +972,7 @@ Details:
*
* Returns SUCCESS if command aborted else FAILED
*
- * Locks: struct Scsi_Host::host_lock held (with irqsave) on entry
- * and assumed to be held on return.
+ * Locks: None held
*
* Calling context: kernel thread
*
@@ -993,8 +990,7 @@ Details:
*
* Returns SUCCESS if command aborted else FAILED
*
- * Locks: struct Scsi_Host::host_lock held (with irqsave) on entry
- * and assumed to be held on return.
+ * Locks: None held
*
* Calling context: kernel thread
*