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ams(HW)


ams -- Advanced Micro Devices host adapter driver

Description

ams is a PCSCSI(TM) 2.3.0 boot-time loadable driver (BTLD) for any of these Advanced Micro Devices host adapter cards:

PCSCSI (part number Am53C974)
PCSCSI II (part number Am53C974A)
PCnet*-SCSI(TM) (part number Am79C970)

 +------------+-------------------------+
 |PCSCSI      | (part number Am53C974)  |
 +------------+-------------------------+
 |PCSCSI II   | (part number Am53C974A) |
 +------------+-------------------------+
 |PCnet*-SCSI | (part number Am79C970)  |
 +------------+-------------------------+

Refer to the Compatible Hardware Web Pages. to determine the support status of your host adapter, or contact your system supplier.

Configuring the ams driver

You can configure the ams driver using entries in /etc/conf/cf.d/mdevice and /etc/conf/sdevice.d/ams. See mdevice(F) and sdevice(F). Changes to these files take effect once you relink the using link_unix(ADM) and reboot the system.

Configure ams driver-specific characteristics by editing the /etc/conf/pack.d/ams/space.c file.

Boot time configuration of SCSI

Use the bootstring(HW) parameters to override the default hardware configuration information. Of special interest are the adapter= parameter that specifies information for the host adapter card that plugs into or is part of the motherboard, and the periph= parameter that specifies information about the host adapter being used by one of the generic peripheral interfaces (Sdsk, Srom, or Stp).

ioctl commands

The ams driver supports all standard SCSI ioctls that are defined in the <sys/scsicmd.h> header file and documented on the scsi(HW) manual page.

Diagnostics

See messages(M) for general information about kernel error messages, including a list of generic device driver errors.

Files


/usr/include/sys/scsicmd.h

SCSI interface header files

See also

boot(HW), link_unix(ADM), mdevice(F), mkdev(ADM), sconf(ADM), scsi(HW), sdevice(F)

``Adding SCSI host adapters and peripherals'' in the SCO OpenServer Handbook
SCO OpenServer System Administration Guide


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SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.7 -- 11 February 2003