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diff --git a/share/man/man4/aac.4 b/share/man/man4/aac.4 index 2a7577da763b..07d35df275e5 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/aac.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/aac.4 @@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ .Cd device pci .Cd device aac .Sh DESCRIPTION -The +The .Nm driver provides support for the Adaptec AAC family SCSI Ultra2 and Ultra160 -RAID controllers. +RAID controllers. These controllers support RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, and volume sets. They have four channels in the add-in version or 1-2 channels in the motherboard integrated version, @@ -64,27 +64,27 @@ Dell PERC 3/Di Access to RAID containers is available via the .Pa /dev/aacd? device nodes. -Individual drives cannot be accessed +Individual drives cannot be accessed unless they are part of a container or volume set, -and non-fixed disks cannot be accessed. +and non-fixed disks cannot be accessed. Containers can be configured by using -either the on-board BIOS utility of the card, +either the on-board BIOS utility of the card, or a Linux-based management application. .Pp The .Pa /dev/aac? -device nodes provides access to the management interface of the controller. +device nodes provides access to the management interface of the controller. One node exists per installed card. Compiling the driver with the .Dv AAC_COMPAT_LINUX -option enables the Linux-compatible +option enables the Linux-compatible +.Xr ioctl 2 +interface for the management device. +The .Xr ioctl 2 -interface for the management device. -The -.Xr ioctl 2 -command set is heavily tailored to existing linux applications. +command set is heavily tailored to existing linux applications. Native -.Xr ioctl 2 +.Xr ioctl 2 support is not present at this time. .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /boot/kernel/aac.ko -compact @@ -98,10 +98,10 @@ aac loadable module .Sh DIAGNOSTICS Compiling with .Dv AAC_DEBUG -set to a number between 0 and 3 +set to a number between 0 and 3 will enable increasingly verbose debug messages. .Pp -The adapter can send status and alert messages asynchronously +The adapter can send status and alert messages asynchronously to the driver. These messages are printed on the system console, and are also queued for retrieval by a management application. .Sh SEE ALSO @@ -123,16 +123,16 @@ and is .Sh BUGS This driver has not been tested on Alpha, though it should work. .Pp -The controller is not actually paused on suspend/resume. +The controller is not actually paused on suspend/resume. .Pp -Adapter-initiated messages are not returned back to the controller, +Adapter-initiated messages are not returned back to the controller, possibly causing a resource leak on the controller. .Pp Unloading and reloading the driver as a kernel loadable module without rebooting the system is strongly discouraged. .Pp -Only the Linux-compatible -.Xr ioctl 2 +Only the Linux-compatible +.Xr ioctl 2 interface is implemented at this time. This is not a bug, but native .Xr ioctl 2 |