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33 .Nd IBM/Adaptec ServeRAID controller driver
40 driver claims to support the
42 (now Adaptec) ServeRAID series
45 Some supported devices include:
60 Newer ServeRAID controllers are supported by the
66 These cards come with a built in configuration utility stored in
67 the firmware known as the
69 This utility is accessed with the
71 key combination during the initial card
74 It is highly recommended that this utility be used to configure the card
75 before attempting to diagnose the below error messages.
79 driver can have difficulties attaching during
80 the system initialization period.
81 To avoid these difficulties, set the
87 prevents the driver from attaching.
89 If you see occasional iobuf errors on the console after
93 are issued, you can try setting
94 .Dl debug.ips.ignore_flush_cmd
97 and see if that stops it.
100 command to change this setting after boot.
102 .Bl -tag -width ".Pa /dev/ipsdX" -compact
108 Several error codes may be shown when the card initializes the
111 utility and are independent of
114 .It ips%d: failed to get adapter configuration data from device
115 .It ips%d: failed to get drive configuration data from device
117 Unable to obtain adapter or drive configuration.
118 .It ips%d iobuf error
120 A buffer input/output error has occurred.
123 .Ss General adapter errors:
125 .It Attaching bus failed
127 This message is undocumented.
128 .It WARNING: command timeout. Adapter is in toaster mode, resetting
130 A command timeout has caused the adapter to be reset.
131 .It AIEE! adapter reset failed, giving up and going home! Have a nice day
133 An error occurred while attempting to reset the adapter.
134 .It unable to get adapter configuration
135 .It unable to get drive configuration
137 There was an error when attempting to get configuration information.
138 .It Adapter error during initialization.
139 .It adapter initialization failed
141 There was an error while attempting to initialize the adapter.
142 .It adapter failed config check
143 .It adapter clear failed
145 There was an error while checking the adapter.
146 .It device is disabled
148 The adapter is disabled.
149 .It resource allocation failed
150 .It irq allocation failed
153 The driver was unable to allocate resources for the device.
155 .Ss Error messages due to DMA:
157 .It can't alloc command dma tag
158 .It can't alloc SG dma tag
159 .It can't alloc dma tag for statue queue
162 Failure to map or allocate DMA resources.
164 .Ss Cache, buffer, and command errors:
166 .It failed to initialize command buffers
167 .It no mem for command slots!
174 .It ERROR: unable to get a command! can't flush cache!
175 .It ERROR: cache flush command failed!
176 .It ERROR: unable to get a command! can't update nvram
177 .It ERROR: nvram update command failed!
178 .It ERROR: unable to get a command! can't sync cache!
179 .It ERROR: cache sync command failed!
180 .It ERROR: unable to get a command! can't sync cache!
181 .It ERROR: etable command failed!
184 Unlike many of the other
190 driver does not use the
203 driver was written by
207 .An Scott Long Aq Mt scottl@FreeBSD.org .
209 This manual page was written by
210 .An Tom Rhodes Aq Mt trhodes@FreeBSD.org .