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29.Dd October 16, 1998
30.Dt BT 4
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm bt
34.Nd Buslogic/Mylex MultiMaster SCSI host adapter driver
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.Cd "device bt0 at isa? port ? irq ?"
37.Cd device scbus0 at bt0
38.Sh DESCRIPTION
39This driver provides access to the
40.Tn SCSI
41bus connected to a Buslogic/Mylex MultiMaster or compatible controller:
42.Bd -ragged -offset indent
43.Bl -column "BT-956CD " "ISA " "Commands " Description
44MultiMaster "W" Series Host Adapters:
45.Pp
46.Em "Adapter   Bus   Commands  Description"
47BT-948    PCI     192     ULtra SCSI-3
48BT-958    PCI     192     Wide ULtra SCSI-3
49BT-958D   PCI     192     Wide Differential ULtra SCSI-3
50.El
51.Bl -column "BT-956CD " "ISA " "Commands " Description
52MultiMaster "C" Series Host Adapters:
53.Pp
54.Em "Adapter   Bus   Commands  Description"
55BT-946C   PCI     100     Fast SCSI-2
56BT-956C   PCI     100     Wide Fast SCSI-2
57BT-956CD  PCI     100     Wide Differential Fast SCSI-2
58BT-545C   ISA      50     Fast SCSI-2
59BT-540CF  ISA      50     Fast SCSI-2
60.El
61.Bl -column "BT-956CD " "ISA " "Commands " Description
62MultiMaster "S" Series Host Adapters:
63.Pp
64.Em "Adapter   Bus   Commands  Description"
65BT-545S   ISA      30     Fast SCSI-2
66BT-542D   ISA      30     Differential Fast SCSI-2
67BT-542B   ISA      30     SCSI-2 (542B revision H)
68.El
69.Bl -column "BT-956CD " "ISA " "Commands " Description
70MultiMaster "A" Series Host Adapters:
71.Pp
72.Em "Adapter   Bus   Commands  Description"
73BT-542B   ISA      30     SCSI-2 (542B revisions A - G)
74.El
75.Ed
76.Pp
77AMI FastDisk Host Adapters that are true BusLogic MultiMaster clones are also
78supported by this driver.
79.Pp
80Tagged queueing is supported on 'W' series adapters, 'C' series adapters
81with firmware of rev 4.42 and higher, and 'S' series adapters with firmware
82of rev 3.35 and higher.
83.Pp
84Boards with certain firmware revisions may lock up under heavy load to
85certain devices, especially if tagged queueing is used.  Should you encounter
86a problem with your adapter, contact Mylex technical support and ensure you
87have the latest firmware for your controller.
88.Sh FILES
89.Bl -tag -width /usr/share/man0/template.doc -compact
90.It Pa /sys/dev/disk/buslogic/bt.c
91Core Driver Implementation
92.It Pa /sys/dev/disk/buslogic/btreg.h
93MultiMaster Register Set and Core Driver Data Structures
94.It Pa /sys/dev/disk/buslogic/bt_pci.c
95PCI Bus Driver Attachment
96.It Pa /sys/dev/disk/buslogic/bt_isa.c
97ISA Bus Driver Attachment
98.El
99.Sh SEE ALSO
100.Xr cd 4 ,
101.Xr da 4 ,
102.Xr sa 4 ,
103.Xr scsi 4
104.Sh HISTORY
105The
106.Nm
107driver first appeared in the
108.Bx 386
109patch kit.
110.Sh AUTHORS
111.An -nosplit
112.An Julian Elischer
113wrote a driver for the Multimaster cards that appeared in the
114.Bx 386
115patch kit.  The driver was rewritten by
116.An Justin T. Gibbs
117to take advantage of new board features and work with the CAM SCSI framework in
118.Fx 3.0 .
119.Pp
120Special thanks to
121.An Leonard N. Zubkoff
122for writing such a complete and well documented Mylex/BusLogic MultiMaster
123driver for Linux.  Support in this driver for the wide range of MultiMaster
124controllers and firmware revisions, with their otherwise undocumented quirks,
125would not have been possible without his efforts.
126