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32.Dd August 26, 2001
33.Dt SII 4 pmax
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm sii
37.Nd
38SII SCSI adaptor
39.Sh SYNOPSIS
40.Cd "sii* at ibus0 addr ?
41.Cd "scsibus* at sii?"
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43The
44.Nm
45driver provides support for the
46.Tn DEC
47SII SCSI adaptor ASIC used in
48the DECstation 2100, 3100, and 5100, and in the VAXstation 3100.
49.Pp
50The
51.Nm
52is a medium-performance implementation of the SCSI-I common command set
53supporting synchronous and asynchronous SCSI devices.
54.Pp
55The SII cabling is unusual: the bulkhead connector is very similar
56to a standard submicro wide SCSI-II connector, but has the other gender.
57.Pp
58The
59.Nm
60chip only supports DMA to or from a fixed window in memory.
61The driver uses this "window" area as a bounce buffer, copying data
62to and from the DMA region.
63.Sh SEE ALSO
64.Xr cd 4 ,
65.Xr ch 4 ,
66.Xr ibus 4 ,
67.Xr intro 4 ,
68.Xr sd 4 ,
69.Xr st 4
70.Sh HISTORY
71The
72.Nm
73driver first appeared in
74.Bx 4.4 .
75