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37.Dd January 10, 2000
38.Dt MLX 4
39.Os
40.Sh NAME
41.Nm mlx
42.Nd
43.Tn Mylex DAC960 RAID controller driver
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.Cd "mlx* at eisa? slot ?"
46.Cd "mlx* at pci? dev ? function ?"
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48The
49.Nm
50driver provides support for the
51.Tn Mylex DAC960
52family of RAID controllers, including OEM versions from
53.Tn Compaq
54and
55.Tn DEC .
56Attached disk arrays are supported by the
57.Nm ld
58driver.
59.Pp
60The
61.Nm
62driver will warn if a controller firmware upgrade may be necessary, although
63as a matter of course, the latest available firmware should always be used.
64.Sh HARDWARE
65Supported controllers include:
66.Pp
67.Bl -tag -width Dv -offset indent -compact
68.It Tn DEC/Compaq SWXCR
69.It Tn Mylex AcceleRAID 150
70.It Tn Mylex AcceleRAID 200
71.It Tn Mylex AcceleRAID 250
72.It Tn Mylex DAC1164P (eXtremeRAID 1100)
73.It Tn Mylex DAC960P
74.It Tn Mylex DAC960PD
75.It Tn Mylex DAC960PG
76.It Tn Mylex DAC960PJ
77.It Tn Mylex DAC960PL
78.It Tn Mylex DAC960PR
79.It Tn Mylex DAC960PRL
80.It Tn Mylex DAC960PT
81.It Tn Mylex DAC960PTL0
82.It Tn Mylex DAC960PTL1
83.El
84.Sh SEE ALSO
85.Xr intro 4 ,
86.Xr ld 4 ,
87.Xr mly 4 ,
88.Xr mlxctl 8
89.Sh HISTORY
90The
91.Nm mlx
92driver first appeared in
93.Nx 1.5.3 .
94.Sh AUTHORS
95The
96.Nm
97driver was written by
98.An Andrew Doran
99.Aq ad@netbsd.org .
100It is derived from the
101.Fx
102driver of the same name, written by Michael Smith
103.Aq msmith@freebsd.org .
104