Avago Technologies LSI20160 - Manual (Page 226)

11-2 Linux Device Driver Installation
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Details on the drivers can be found on your system in the file:
/usr/src/linux/driver/scsi/README.ncr53c8xx
Current Linux drivers can be downloaded by anonymous ftp from:
ftp://ftp.lsil.com/HostAdapterDrivers/linux/
Instructions on how to do so are contained in the next two sections.
11.1.1 Features
The SYM53C8XX driver supports:
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SCRIPTS™ Load/Store command
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Phase Mismatch from SCRIPTS (for chips that support this feature)
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Parallel Protocol Request (PPR) negotiation
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Ultra160 Data Transfers (for LSI53C1000 and LSI53C1010)
The SYM53C8XX and NCR53C8XX drivers support:
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Integrity Checking (Domain Validation for 2.2.X Kernels)
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Handling one interrupt per I/O
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Synchronous negotiation (including Fast SCSI, Ultra SCSI,
Ultra2 SCSI)
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Wide negotiation
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Disconnect/Reselect
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Tagged command queuing
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Scatter/Gather
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Shared interrupts
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SCSI parity checking
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Master parity checking
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LSI Logic and Tekram formatted NVRAM
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Allowing memory-mapped or normal I/O user configurations
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Command line options to override default configuration
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Allowing drivers to be built into kernel or built as a module
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Allowing installation of both drivers simultaneously