ncv — NCR 53C500 based SCSI host adapter driver
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Description
The ncv driver provides access to the SCSI bus connected to an NCR 53C500 based PC-Card SCSI host adapter
or an Adaptec AHA-2920 on the PCI bus.
Diagnostics
The following error messages are sometimes returned:
SCSIBUSRESETfailed Usually returned when a failure occurs during the bus reset.
CMD_NOPfailed No operation or the operation has failed.
CMD_NOP|CMD_DMA A failure occurred during the DMA read/write operations.
The ncv driver should return [ENODEV] when any of the previously noted failures occur.
Hardware
The following devices are currently supported by the ncv driver:
• I-O DATA PCSC-DV
• KME KXLC002 (TAXAN ICD-400PN, etc.), KXLC004, and UJDCD450
• Macnica Miracle SCSI-II mPS110
• Media Intelligent MSC-110, MSC-200
• New Media Corporation BASICS SCSI
• Qlogic Fast SCSI
• RATOC REX-9530, REX-5572 (SCSI only)
History
The ncv device driver has been developed for NetBSD/pc98 and ported to FreeBSD. The ncv driver first
appeared in FreeBSD 2.2 with PAO and merged in FreeBSD 4.2.
Name
ncv — NCR 53C500 based SCSI host adapter driver
See Also
cardbus(4), cd(4), da(4), pccard(4), sa(4), scsi(4)
Synopsis
To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file:
devicescbusdevicencv
Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):
ncv_load="YES"
