Documentation/scsi/BusLogic.rst

4 BusLogic MultiMaster and FlashPoint SCSI Driver for Linux
27 BusLogic, Inc. designed and manufactured a variety of high performance SCSI
30 BusLogic was acquired by Mylex Corporation in February 1996, but the products
31 supported by this driver originated under the BusLogic name and so that name is
34 This driver supports all present BusLogic MultiMaster Host Adapters, and should
36 recently, BusLogic introduced the FlashPoint Host Adapters, which are less
39 well and have very low command latency.  BusLogic has recently provided me with
47 My primary goals in writing this completely new BusLogic driver for Linux are
48 to achieve the full performance that BusLogic SCSI Host Adapters and modern
55 The latest information on Linux support for BusLogic SCSI Host Adapters, as
146   BusLogic SCSI Host Adapters directly implement SCSI-2 Tagged Queuing, and so
151   addition, BusLogic's Strict Round Robin Mode is used to optimize host adapter
205   /proc/scsi/BusLogic/<N> interface.
210   On systems that support shared interrupts, any number of BusLogic Host
217 The following list comprises the supported BusLogic SCSI Host Adapters as of
218 the date of this document.  It is recommended that anyone purchasing a BusLogic
273 AMI FastDisk Host Adapters that are true BusLogic MultiMaster clones are also
276 BusLogic SCSI Host Adapters are available packaged both as bare boards and as
296   BusLogic driver.
325   that previous BusLogic SCSI Host Adapters respond to.  This driver supports
327   However, if the obsolete BusLogic driver must be used for any reason, such as
329   BusLogic has provided an AutoSCSI configuration option to enable a legacy ISA
343   In systems with multiple BusLogic PCI Host Adapters, the order in which the
386 BusLogic Driver Options may be specified either via the Linux Kernel Command
389 strings by a semicolon, or by specifying multiple "BusLogic=" strings on the
395 The BusLogic Driver Probing Options comprise the following:
399   The "NoProbe" option disables all probing and therefore no BusLogic Host
429 The BusLogic Driver Tagged Queuing Options allow for explicitly specifying
461   based on the firmware version of the BusLogic Host Adapter and based on
486 The BusLogic Driver Miscellaneous Options comprise the following:
502 The BusLogic Driver Debugging Options comprise the following:
535   linux BusLogic=QueueDepth:[,7,15];QueueDepth:31,BusSettleTime:30
539   append = "BusLogic=QueueDepth:[,7,15];QueueDepth:31,BusSettleTime:30"
543   insmod BusLogic.o \
544       'BusLogic="QueueDepth:[,7,15];QueueDepth:31,BusSettleTime:30"'
559 To install the new BusLogic SCSI driver, you may use the following commands,
563   tar -xvzf BusLogic-2.0.15.tar.gz
564   mv README.* LICENSE.* BusLogic.[ch] FlashPoint.c linux/drivers/scsi
565   patch -p0 < BusLogic.patch (only for 2.0.33 and below)
574 BusLogic Announcements Mailing List
577 The BusLogic Announcements Mailing List provides a forum for informing Linux
579 for BusLogic SCSI Host Adapters.  To join the mailing list, send a message to